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News Articles: Abortion

Georgia Democrat Bee Nguyen urges voters to choose her for secretary of state on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 in Milledgeville, Ga. Nguyen is trying to persuade voters to reject Republican incumbent Brad Raffensperger, arguing his support for Georgia's voting law and opposition to abortion outweighs his defiance of pressure from President Donald Trump to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results.

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  • Elections

Democrat tells Georgians that GOP's Raffensperger is no hero

Democrat Bee Nguyen, who is running to be Georgia's top elections official, says incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger is no hero for standing up to Donald Trump.

November 02, 2022
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  • Associated Press
2nd Jane Doe accuses Walker of paying for her abortion.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: 2nd Walker accuser on GMA; New AJC poll; Affirmative action case in Supreme Court

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Herschel Walker's second accuser appears on Good Morning America. A new AJC poll leans towards a runoff in the Senate. 

November 01, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Altia Connor, 71, of Louisville, says she remembers a time when pregnant teens sometimes died from botched abortions. She opposes Amendment 2.

In Kentucky, abortion rights activists hope for a repeat of Kansas win

A proposed amendment would state explicitly that there is no right to abortion in Kentucky's state constitution, complicating efforts to challenge two state abortion bans.

October 31, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
Former Georgia running back and Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker attends a college football game between UAB and Georgia, Sept. 11, 2021, in Athens, Ga. Police in Irving, Texas once confiscated a gun from Walker following a domestic disturbance because the former football legend talked about having “a shoot-out with police.” The revelation was included in a 2001 police report that recently obtained by The Associated Press.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Second woman alleges Walker paid for abortion; Latino vote; Poll workers

Thursday on Political Rewind: A second woman has alleged that Herschel Walker tried to convince her to have an abortion. How will it affect his campaign?



Plus, election officials brace for disruptions at polling places motivated by the "big lie" conspiracy.

And a look at Georgia's Hispanic electorate.

 

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Abortion protest

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  • News

Judge hears arguments in state constitutional challenge of abortion ban

Georgia’s strict abortion ban was debated again in court this week as part of a bench trial in a constitutional challenge of the recently implemented law.

October 26, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to the media after Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia in the 2016 election on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Ruling on abortion law likely to come after election; Justice Thomas on Graham

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney won't rule on today's arguments against Georgia's abortion law until after the election. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas put a temporary hold on Lindsey Graham's testimony in the grand jury investigating the 2020 election. 

October 25, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday, May 2, 2022, to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Challenge to state abortion law; Lindsey Graham appeals to SCOTUS; new ad spending

Monday on Political Rewind: A challenge to the state’s abortion law heads to court today. The trial starts as more than 800,000 Georgians have already cast ballots. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham appeals to the Supreme Court to avoid testifying in the special grand jury investigating the 2020 election.

 

October 24, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
People gather in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade.

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  • News

Trial over Georgia's restrictive abortion law to begin

A trial to determine whether Georgia can continue to ban abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy is set to begin in an Atlanta courtroom. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney has scheduled two days of testimony starting Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down the law.

October 24, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Writer Gabrielle Blair argues that irresponsible ejaculation by male partners is an often-overlooked cause of unintended pregnancies.

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  • Author Interviews

Book by mom of six puts onus on men to stop unwanted pregnancies

In her new book, writer — and mother of six — Gabrielle Blair makes the case that the abortion debate should focus much more on men's roles in unintended pregnancy.

October 20, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
Secretary of State Debate

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Nearly 300K Georgians cast ballots; Tuesday's debates center down-ballot races

Wednesday on Political Rewind: A record number of Georgians are already casting their ballots. This comes as President Biden says he'll prioritize codifying Roe v. Wade into law if Democrats take control of Congress. Meanwhile, Georgia's restrictive abortion law was a central theme in the debate for attorney general. 

October 19, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Protesters gather in wake of Roe v. Wade decision

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  • News

New poll finds nearly two-thirds of Georgia voters object to state’s new abortion restrictions

A new poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Georgians — particularly Black voters — continue to oppose the state’s new restrictive abortion law.

October 12, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch and
  • Jill Nolin
Herschel Walker

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Walker urged ex to get 2nd abortion; Race for governor is overshadowed

Monday on Political Rewind: The woman who claims Herschel Walker paid for a 2009 abortion told Maya King from The New York Times that he tried to convince her to terminate a second pregnancy. Meanwhile, Republican senators come to Georgia to campaign for Walker. 

October 10, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Celina Washburn protests outside the Arizona Capitol to voice her dissent with an abortion ruling on Sept. 23, 2022, in Phoenix.

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  • National

Appeals court ruling allows Arizona abortions to restart

Abortions can take place again in Arizona, at least for now, after an appeals court on Friday blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood law that almost entirely criminalized the procedure.

October 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The entrance of Barnard College in New York City.

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  • Education

Barnard College will offer abortion pills for students

The move is a direct response to the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. Though Barnard is in New York, where abortion access hasn't been restricted, the college wants to be prepared.

October 07, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday, May 2, 2022, to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Judge to hear abortion law challenge before election; Walker ad calls for grace

Thursday on Political Rewind: A Fulton County judge will hear a case against Georgia's abortion law two weeks before Election Day. Plus, the woman alleging Herschel Walker paid for an abortion revealed that the two have a child together. And more record fundraising for campaigns.

 

October 06, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
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