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News Articles: anti-abortion

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
Demonstrators at the Texas State Capitol call for access to abortion at a rally in September 2021 in Austin. Days earlier, Texas had enacted SB 8, which bans most abortions after about six weeks.

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Anti-abortion groups are getting more calls for help with unplanned pregnancies

With abortion illegal in a growing number of states, both groups that help patients access the procedure and those who oppose it are reporting more calls for help.

September 14, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
Women protest outside the State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, June 25, 2022 the day of the Roe v. Wade decision.

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Post-Roe: What lies ahead for Georgia’s women

Women share abortion experiences, worry about reproductive care in a state with high maternal mortality rates.

June 24, 2022
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  • Sonia Chajet Wides and
  • Kate Griem
A counter-protestor holds a large cross during a youth pro-abortion rights rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on May 5, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.

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  • Politics

The leaked abortion decision blew up overnight. In 1973, Roe had a longer fuse

The reaction to Roe vs. Wade was immense, but not immediately so. It took months and years for the anti-abortion movement to fully form, to organize and gain political power.

May 08, 2022
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  • Ron Elving
Activists Lori Gordon (R) and Tammie Miller (L) of Payne, Ohio, take part in the annual "March for Life" event January 22, 2002 in Washington, D.C.

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  • History

The movement against abortion rights is nearing its apex. But it began way before Roe

Despite gaining national traction in the 1970s, the history of the anti-abortion movement in the U.S. goes back more than a century before the landmark Supreme Court decision.

May 04, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Abortion rights jump to a top priority for Democrats in a new poll

The number of Democrats citing abortion rights as a top priority for the federal government to address jumped from less than 1% in 2021 to 13% in a new poll.

January 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
With the U.S. Capitol in the background, thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in downtown Washington, D.C., during the Women's March on Saturday.

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  • Politics

5th Women's March focuses on reproductive rights after new Texas abortion law

The first such march was held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. Thousands of people were expected to turn out in hundreds of cities across the nation on Saturday.

October 02, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Glenda Lima, a surgical tech at Houston Women's Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound on a patient on Sept. 30. The patient drove to the clinic from Louisiana, and the ultrasound was to determine whether the woman was less than six weeks pregnant and eligible to have an abortion in Texas, which has enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the United States.

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  • Law

Doctors say the Texas abortion ban is complicating other types of medical decisions

The law bans nearly all abortions, and doctors providing pregnancy care are hoping for more clarity soon, as legal challenges continue.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon

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