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News Articles: Abortion

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Who wants the U.S. Supreme Court to limit abortion pill access? Here’s the list.

Anti-abortion groups, attorneys general from 25 states and more than 140 members of Congress have signed on to dozens of briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court during the past two weeks, encouraging the justices to revert use and prescribing of the medication abortion pill mifepristone to what was in place prior to 2016.

March 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Shutt
French lawmakers applaud after National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet announced the result of the vote during a joint session of parliament in the Palace of Versailles, southwestern of Paris, on Monday, to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution.

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  • Europe

France makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitution

French lawmakers passed a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, a historic move prompted by concerns over the rollback of abortion laws in the U.S.

March 04, 2024
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Alex Leff
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

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  • Health

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal

CVS will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Walgreens will start in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois.

March 01, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Alina Selyukh
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Savannah Civic Center on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

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  • Politics

Kamala Harris speaks in Savannah on abortion rights, bringing VP's new campaign push to the South

Polls show Georgians disapprove of the state's abortion law, even as Trump leads Biden in popularity.

February 07, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Allie Phillips, 28, is running to represent Tennessee's District 75. She also cares for four children at her in-home daycare in Clarksville during the week.

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  • National

Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office

Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed.

February 07, 2024
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
Richard Briggs has served as Tennessee state senator for District 7, representing part of Knox County, since 2014. In 2019, he helped pass a state trigger bill on abortion that was one of the most austere in the U.S.

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  • Politics

A Tennessee lawmaker helped pass a strict abortion law. He's now trying to loosen it

Republican state Sen. Richard Briggs co-sponsored a Tennessee bill that would codify some of the country's most austere abortion restrictions. He says he never thought it would actually become law.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on Aug. 2, 2022, as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on.

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  • Law

As she leaves DOJ, associate AG recalls the cases that will 'stick with me forever'

Vanita Gupta has been the first woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. It's a job with a huge portfolio that ranges from civil rights to immigration to abortion.

January 31, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Women's rights advocates demonstrate against abortion bans in May 2019, in Philadelphia.

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  • Law

Pennsylvania high court revives a case challenging Medicaid limits for abortions

The court's 3-2 decision overturns a decision to dismiss the case and puts aside a 1985 state Supreme Court decision that upheld a law banning the use of state Medicaid dollars for abortion.

January 29, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
On Friday<strong>, </strong>the Supreme Court intervened to allow Idaho's criminal abortion ban to take effect and agreed to hear an appeal in April.

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  • Law

Supreme Court allows Idaho abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since Dobbs

Idaho's "Defense of Life Act" would would make it a crime for "every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion," even when the woman's health is greatly endangered.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
A new study finds most scripted TV shows are unrealistic when it comes to depictions of abortions, but applauds <em>The Morning Show </em>for "the first in-depth portrayal of self-managed abortion." Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) pursues a story about a woman in Texas who helps people get abortion pills from Mexico.

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  • Television

Study: Abortions on TV remain unrealistic — but 'Morning Show' treatment was nuanced

The annual Abortion Onscreen study credits The Morning Show for "the first in-depth portrayal of self-managed abortion."

December 19, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Kate Cox is about 21 weeks pregnant and her fetus has a condition that is almost always fatal. She is also having problems with her own health that has sent her to the emergency room multiple times.

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  • Health

A woman who sued Texas for access to abortion seeks a procedure out of state instead

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, is ill and carrying a fetus with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. She decided to leave Texas to get an abortion.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022.

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  • National

Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion

The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

December 09, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
From left to right: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. Republican candidates continue to be pressed on abortion rights on the campaign trail.

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  • Elections

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on abortion

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans have struggled with messaging on the issue. GOP presidential hopefuls are trying to strike a balance on the campaign trail.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
GPB News NPR

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  • National

A mom and son are charged in Idaho after a teen is taken to Oregon for an abortion

With some narrow exceptions, abortion is banned in Republican-controlled Idaho but is legal in Oregon, and the state made it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents' consent.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A poll worker has an "Ohio Voted" sticker on her shirt during early in-person voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati on Oct. 11. Ohio has a constitutional amendment before voters this year that would include reproductive health protections in the state's constitution, including abortion rights.

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  • Politics

Abortion is on the ballot in Ohio. The results could signal what's ahead for 2024

If approved by voters on Nov. 7, 'Issue 1' would amend Ohio's state constitution to include protections for reproductive health decisions, laying the groundwork for similar measures next year.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
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