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Susan Collins Signals Another Vote Against Abortion Rights While Claiming to Support Them

The supposed moderate Republican will not be throwing support behind a new bill protecting those seeking abortions,…

Shannon Melero

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Wow, Not Many Americans Want to See Roe v. Wade Overturned

It turns out the vast majority of voters would appreciate having access to abortion

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Democrats Are Still Talking About Abortion on Republicans' Terms

Terry McAuliffe, who is running for governor in Virginia, is centering abortion in his campaign messaging, but…

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Department of Justice Requests Emergency Court Order To Block Texas Abortion Law

This temporary restraining order would stop Texas from enforcing the draconian abortion ban

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Mississippi Is Preparing for Its Own Abortion Fight at the Supreme Court

Abortion providers in the state urged justices to strike down a 15-week abortion ban lawmakers passed in 2018

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What We Know About the Conservative Lawyer Behind S.B. 8

Jonathan Mitchell, the architect of Texas' six-week abortion ban, hit on a legal loophole when he was drafting…

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Republicans Are Trying To Make Abortions Dangerous

After deploying an all-out attack on clinics, conservative lawmakers are turning their attention to at-home abortions

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The Futile Attempts To Stop Texas's Restrictive Abortion Law

The DOJ says it will provide support to abortion clinics, but the statement fails to account for how dire the…

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More Than a Half-Dozen States Are Already Planning on Copying Texas's Abortion Ban

The Supreme Court validated the anti-abortion camp's legal strategy when justices refused to block the law

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With Roe Teetering on Total Collapse, Abortion Activism Is More Important than Ever

Progress does not happen without popular support, direct action, and outrage in the streets

Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay

9/03/21 9:30AM

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Democrats Hope To Counteract Texas Abortion Ban With Proposed Law That Would Codify Abortion Rights

But without a 60 vote majority in the Senate, it's unlikely the bill will become law

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Biden Finally Spoke Out on Abortion, But Somehow Still Said Nothing

Biden condemned Texas's six-week ban, but there's something maddening about watching the party in power act helpless

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One Texas Woman Describes Her Abortion Hours Before the State's Six-Week Ban Went Into Effect

Jen*, a 21-year-old, got an abortion at eight weeks on Tuesday, hours before SB 8 went into effect

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A Six-Week Abortion Ban in Texas Will Probably Go Into Effect; This Is Why

The Texas law relies on a legal mechanism that makes it almost impossible to preemptively block

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Instagram Suspends Abortion Pill Resource Days Ahead of Texas Ban

Plan C, a site that provides people with information about self-managed abortion, had its account removed from the…

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Another Abortion Access Crisis Looms in Texas

An appeals court is upholding a ban on a common second-trimester procedure

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Mississippi Has Officially Asked the Supreme Court To Overturn Roe v. Wade

The court plans to hear arguments for the case in November and December

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Arkansas Judges to Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Bigots: Not Today

Bills banning trans kids' right to medical care and near-total abortion bans have both been blocked by Arkansas…

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Abortion Providers and Advocates File Lawsuit Attempting to Block Dangerous Texas Anti-Abortion Bill

The "heartbeat bill" empowers individuals to sue anyone who helps an abortion-seeker

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Alabama Would Like to Make It Possible to Prosecute Pregnant People for Taking Legal Prescriptions

Kim Blalock's arrest is another in the move to control pregnant people

Emily Alford

6/22/21 1:15PM

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