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The Trump-backed candidate won the Arizona primary
In her bid for Arizona’s governorship, Kari Lake has said that the state has “less than three-and-a-half months to save the country alongside Donald Trump”. She also said that Arizonans had less than three weeks to save the country. This comes after a US Supreme Court ruling reviving a near-total ban on abortions in the…
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Opinion about the Polling about a Kamala Harris candidacy
During the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Trump claimed Democrats support abortions during pregnancy “even after birth”. Trump further said that Democrats support abortions late in pregnancy. A recent Pew Research Centre poll showed that 67% of people say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, with 43% saying it…
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The abortion issue is already playing out on the campaign trail
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday denied a bid by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to block a proposal in the House of Representatives to bar federal aid to abortion clinics. The ruling comes after US Supreme Court overturned the state law that had banned most abortions in Alabama. This comes…
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In Alabama, the court says embryos are children
The Alabama Supreme Court’s decision to drop a frozen embryo in a cryogenic storage facility of a pregnant woman in the womb is “likely” to reduce the chances of successful In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) cycles for people without insurance and can’t afford it, an expert said. Alabama banned all abortions in the state and made no…
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The US Supreme Court will have a say in this issue
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a woman who left Texas to get an abortion. She had been seeking an abortion for over two months when she decided to leave Texas. Texas law makes it illegal to perform abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation and requires doctors who perform abortions to…
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Again, abortion rights win big in elections
US President Donald Trump has criticised Arizona lawmakers for passing an amendment to the state constitution that bans most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. Trump claimed that the amendment would make it more difficult for women in Arizona to get abortion care. He added that it was a “total travesty” of the Constitution…
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The first polls close in the off-year election
In the US, voters will decide a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine Abortion and other reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. The amendment, which has been put forward by the Republican Party in the state, proposes to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The amendment would replace Ohio’s current law that prohibits…
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Maternity care suffers as abortions Drive Obstetricians from Red States
Idaho, a state in the US, is the only jurisdiction in the country that bars abortions at any point in a pregnancy with just two exceptions. A federal judge has issued a temporary order permitting abortions in certain cases when the health of the woman is at risk. The American College of Obstetricians and obstetricians…
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A rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals are caused by the abortion ban
A lawsuit against the state of Texas argues that language in the medical exception is vague and confusing, causing hospitals and doctors to delay care, which harms patients. Doctors can legally provide abortions in the state only if a patient is “in danger of death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major…
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The lawmaker is trying to expand abortion access in Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a law that gives doctors leeway to provide abortions in Texas when a patient’s water breaks too early and for ectopic pregnancies. The law will allow abortions in Texas when a patient’s water break too early and for ectopic pregnancies. A lawsuit against the state argues that language in…