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Ohio Issue 1: Attacks on parental rights do not appear in amendment
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Thousands of women march in Latin American cities calling for abortion rights
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Billboards supporting women seeking abortions are popping up along I-55 heading north
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Afghan women’s rights activist tells summit: Young people are power of the world
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Florida’s Republican attorney general will oppose putting abortion rights amendment on 2024 ballot
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GOP Alabama AG Says He Has Right to Prosecute Women Who Aid Travel for Abortions
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Abortion rights group sues on behalf of women denied care in emergencies
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After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines
March 19, 2025 5:00 AM ET By Rosemary Westwood At the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project (MAP), physicians use telehealth to prescribe and mail pills to people who live in states…
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Trump DOJ’s limits on FACE Act enforcement fuel concern from abortion providers
March 9, 20256:00 AM ETRyan Lucas One morning in late August 2021, Phebe Brandt was attending to patients at a Planned Parenthood facility in Philadelphia, where she works as a…
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Risks of state abortion reporting mandates outweigh the benefits, an advocacy group says
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Updated 9:47 AM CDT, March 12, 2025 States should stop requiring health providers to file reports on every abortion because the information poses a risk to both them…
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What to know about state proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek to end pregnancies
By — Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Feb 11, 2025 1:32 PM EDT Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take…
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Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
Social networks and online apps should be more inclusive of the needs of all people in society, the Human Rights heard, in a debate covering digital and assistive technologies. 10…
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New WA rule states abortion care must be provided in emergencies
A policy ensuring access to lifesaving procedures performed during miscarriage was started by former Gov. Inslee and will be finalized by Gov. Ferguson. by Megan Burbank February 24, 2025 On his…
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Republican states claim zero abortions. A red state doctor calls that ‘ludicrous’
States reported a sharp decline in abortions after Roe v. Wade was overruled. By Sarah Varney February 13, 2025, 2:51 PM In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic…
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Missouri prison nursery opens to bipartisan fanfare with goal of keeping mothers with babies
‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,’…
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Pentagon ends paying for travel for abortion and other reproductive care
The move, which is already drawing criticism from women in Congress, reverses a policy put in place after the repeal of Roe v Wade. Jan. 31, 2025, 12:58 PM CST…
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WA pharmacists turn to telehealth to prescribe abortion medication
The pilot program aims to expand access amid a national push by the Heritage Foundation to ban the distribution of mifepristone and misoprostol by mail. by Kelcie Moseley-Morris January 17, 2025…
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