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2 days agoTrump makes case for Iran war. And, SCOTUS leans toward upholding birthright citizenship
Trump stated that the war has been a military success and he expects U.S. forces to leave the country in a few weeks, emphasizing the need for allies to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for oil access.
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2 weeks agoMillions of Americans are about to lose access to birth control. Why? | Moira Donegan
Title X program funding may expire March 31 due to Trump administration's refusal to complete administrative renewal tasks, threatening sexual and reproductive healthcare access for 2.3 million low-income Americans.
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2 weeks agoRed states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation
The CARE Act is "model legislation" created by the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-abortion, conservative Christian legal advocacy group. The Wyoming bill says that pregnancy centers, many of which are affiliated with religious organizations, need legal protection after facing "unprecedented attacks" following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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3 weeks agoDOJ Quietly Pleads With Another State to STFU About Its Anti-Abortion Agenda
The Trump administration's DOJ is requesting federal courts pause mifepristone lawsuits filed by Republican state attorneys general, citing the need for FDA review before the midterm elections.
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3 weeks agoSen. Josh Hawley's Bill Would Undo Federal Approval of Mifepristone Nationwide
Sen. Josh Hawley filed legislation to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone and criminalize its distribution, reflecting anti-abortion movement frustration with federal regulatory approaches.
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2 weeks agoWyoming passes new six-week abortion ban that lawmakers call insult to voters'
Wyoming's Republican legislature passed a six-week abortion ban that will likely face constitutional challenges, as previous similar bans were struck down by the state's Republican-appointed supreme court citing healthcare decision protections.
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1 week agoMore Pregnant Women Around the World Die When the U.S. Has a GOP President
Since 1985, every time the U.S. elects a Republican president, global maternal mortality increases by about 10.5%, or about 44.7 additional deaths per 100,000 live births. This erodes roughly one-fifth of the average worldwide decline in maternal mortality achieved since 1985.
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3 weeks agoHow the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination
President Obama called Nancy Keenan early morning to pressure NARAL Pro-Choice America's support for healthcare reform despite anti-choice Democrats' abortion coverage concerns tied to the Hyde Amendment's decades-old taxpayer funding restrictions.
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2 weeks agoPolice Charge Woman With Murder for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pill, Even Though State Law Says They Can't
A Georgia woman was charged with first-degree murder for taking misoprostol for a medication abortion, despite state law prohibiting prosecution of pregnant people for ending pregnancies.
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2 weeks agoPolice Charge Woman With Murder for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pill, Even Though State Law Says They Can't
A Georgia woman was charged with first-degree murder for taking misoprostol for a medication abortion, despite state law prohibiting prosecution of pregnant people for ending pregnancies.
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2 weeks agoMissouri Senator Josh Hawley Introduces Bill To Ban Abortion Pill
We've known for years that mifepristone is risky, but it's really just in the last few years that we've learned this drug is inherently dangerous and it's inherently prone to abuse. Hawley bases his opinion about the death pill on a 2025 study conducted by conservative think tank, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which found that 11% of people taking the drug suffered serious adverse effects.
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2 months agoBills Targeting Abortion Pills Advance in States That Already Ban Most Abortions
Nearly 200 anti-abortion bills have been introduced in 29 states, according to an estimate by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization. "In 2026, medication abortion remains one of the central battlegrounds in the fight over reproductive autonomy, with policymakers in several states pushing bills that would criminalize patients, restrict telehealth and mailing, and even misclassify abortion pills as controlled substances or environmental hazards," Kimya Forouzan, Guttmacher's principal policy adviser for state issues, said in a statement.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoOne of the Most Significant Texas Abortion Bans Might Be Facing a Major Loss in Court
S.B. 8 enabled private bounty lawsuits and spurred nationwide abortion enforcement and censorship efforts, but more sweeping criminal bans and pill-targeting laws now supersede it.
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2 months agoTrial Over Missouri Abortion Regulations May Affect Access Across Midwest, South
The outcome of a trial over Missouri's abortion regulations could ripple far beyond the state, potentially creating new availability for women in the Midwest and South who can't access abortion close to home. As a judge weighs the constitutionality of a litany of state restrictions on abortion, the stakes are clear for Missouri women: The decision could hamper access for nearly everyone in the state - or greatly broaden it in ways not seen in decades.
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2 months agoHow abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies
Bipartisan lawmakers support reviving expired federal health-care subsidies, but abortion coverage disputes threaten compromise and could leave millions facing higher premiums.
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