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Texas GOP senator files bill to clarify abortion ban, expand protections in emergencies
A new bill by the author of a sweeping Texas abortion ban would give doctors more leeway to end pregnancies during medical emergencies, a highly anticipated proposal that comes after reports of increased sepsis rates and several avoidable maternal deaths.
Texas Legislature to consider bill clarifying medical exceptions in state's abortion ban
The bill represents a pivot from GOP legislators who have defended the abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny.
Texas Republicans seek to clarify when doctors can intervene under abortion bans
A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that come with up to life in prison.
Republican lawmakers pass medical exceptions to KY abortion ban. Dems call it ‘false hope’
Republicans pass bill to relax and clarify medical exceptions in Kentucky’s near-total ban, in the first major move to modify the strict ban since it became law in 2022.
An abortion ban with no exception for rape or incest has come to the SC Statehouse
Testimony was heard on March 4 on abortion ban that would provide no exceptions in cases of rape and incest. Not all Republicans are in support of the measure.
Alert: Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify the state’s abortion laws, citing confusion over medical exceptions
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify the state’s abortion laws, citing confusion over medical exceptions. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that you wish someone would answer?
After years of refusals, Republicans move to add medical exceptions to KY abortion ban
Republicans advanced bills to relax & clarify medical exceptions in Kentucky’s near-total ban Wednesday, in the first hearings on such bills since Kentucky banned abortion in 2022.
‘This is blood on the arrow that stabs at Democracy’: Abortion bans threaten all our rights.
We have to understand the dismantling of Roe as being an assault against democracy,” says Georgetown Law professor Michele ...
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Mother of woman who died after Georgia’s six-week abortion ban calls for law’s repeal
Shanette Williams is again calling on state lawmakers to repeal Georgia’s six-week abortion ban that she says led to her ...
Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country
Donald Trump pretended to be a "moderate" on abortion during the presidential campaign. He denied he would back a national ...
A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines.
Abortion ballot measure's victory makes AZ's 15-week ban unconstitutional, judge rules
Given no one stepped up to defend the law in Attorney General Kris Mayes' place, it is unlikely the case can be appealed.
Justice Dept. Signals It Will End Challenge to Idaho Abortion Ban
The Trump administration is poised to roll back a Biden-era legal effort to blunt the effects of the overturning of Roe v.
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Abortion bans cause people to leave red states, studies find
New evidence confirms that people started fleeing red states after the Supreme Court overturned abortion rights in its 2022 ...
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Doctors argue patient privacy, harassment in fight for Indiana abortion record injunction
The fight over whether terminated pregnancy reports (TPRs) filed with the state are public records took a new turn Wednesday ...