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The Supreme Court is involved in the case
The US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to abortion pill access across the country. More than six in 10 abortions in 2023 were carried out via medication, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute. Anti-abortion activists are challenging abortion pill access across the country, including in states where abortion…
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Women are suing Texas claiming the state’s anti- abortion laws hurt them
Eight more women are joining a lawsuit against the state of Texas that claims its abortion bans put their health at risk while facing pregnancy-related medical emergencies. “It concerns me, yeah, because…the statute was never intended to restrict access to medically-necessary abortions,” the women said. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union…
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A judge is putting Ohio’s six-week abortion ban on hold.
US President Joe Biden has said he is in favour of a national ban on abortions following a study by the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights group. Biden said that the report showed that “there’s a lot of interest in this.” He added that he would also support a nationwide ban on partial-birth abortions.
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One woman gave up trying to have a child because of the abortion ban.
US President Joe Biden and a White House task force have been urged to overturn Wisconsin’s new anti-abortion law that bans abortions after 20 weeks. Elizabeth Nash, a policy analyst with the Guttmacher Institute, told the task force, “I’ve had teenagers with chronic medical conditions…who receive a terrible diagnosis of a fetal anomaly cry when…