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The 10 states where abortion rights will be on the ballot this fall
After months of gathering signatures, filing petitions and navigating lawsuits, constitutional amendments that would protect or expand abortion rights are officially set to appear on the general election ballot in 10 states.
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Trump to vote against Florida's abortion rights ballot measure
Former President Donald Trump came out on Friday against a ballot measure in his home state of Florida that would expand access to abortion, after spending a day doing damage control on the issue.
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Trump says Florida's 6-week abortion ban is ‘too short'
Republican candidate for resident Donald Trump criticized Florida’s current six-week limit on abortion, saying it’s “too short” in an interview with NBC News.
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Trump says Florida's 6-week abortion ban is ‘too short'
Republican candidate for resident Donald Trump criticized Florida’s current six-week limit on abortion, saying it’s “too short.”
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Trump says Florida abortion ban is ‘too short'
In a major shakeup on the road to the White House, former President Donald Trump said he is backing Amendment 4 in Florida, the constitutional amendment to give abortion rights up to viability.
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Florida pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, among those turned away from ERs despite federal law
More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022. That’s according to an Associated Press analysis of federal hospital investigations. In Texas, where doctors face up to 99 years in prison if convicted of performing an illegal abortion, medical experts worry the law is complicating decision-making around...
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Florida abortion numbers down amid law preventing them after six weeks of pregnancy
More than 40,000 abortions had been reported this year in Florida as of Aug. 1, but the number being performed is down after a law took effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, according to newly released state data.
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Some OB-GYNs aren't getting abortion training, report finds, while pregnancy complications are on the rise
House Democrats, in a monthslong investigation, interviewed OB-GYN residency program leaders and found worrisome effects of abortion restrictions.
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Minnesota prepares for influx of patients from Iowa as abortion ban takes effect
Minnesota medical providers and public officials are preparing for the arrival of new patients before an Iowa law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect.
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Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another
North Carolina still remains a destination for many out-of-state women seeking abortions, as most states in the U.S. South have implemented laws banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Court dismisses Florida abortion ‘financial impact statement' case
An appeals court Monday declined to take up a fight stemming from a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights, saying the case is moot because the statement was revised last week.
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Debates over financial statement for Florida abortion amendment
A state panel late Monday finished revising a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights — with amendment supporters accusing the panel of a “dirty trick to mislead voters.”
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Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
Voters in five states will decide referendums on abortion rights this year, with potentially more to come. Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and South Dakota will hold referendums on enshrining protection for abortion rights. The U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to abortion with a 2022 ruling, which sparked a national push to have voters decide. Voters have sided with...
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In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions
The Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health.
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Nevada verifies enough signatures to put constitutional amendment for abortion rights on ballot
A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday.
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Despite Supreme Court ruling, the future of emergency abortions is still unclear for US women
The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions.
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What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court's latest abortion case?
The Justice Department had sued Idaho over its abortion law, which allows a woman to get an abortion only when her life — not her health — is at risk. Here’s what the Supreme Court is set to weight in.
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‘All of this is a lack of respect for women': Pelosi on state of reproductive rights in the US
On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the former Speaker of the House reflected on changes to reproductive rights during her tenure in Congress.
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Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows
In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows.