Dec 9 2019
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On Monday, the Supreme Court—without comment or noted dissent—rejected a challenge to Kentucky’s abortion law, which…
May 22 2019
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Nevada’s state assembly just passed a bill removing a series of restrictions on abortions, including requirements…
Mar 27 2018
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On Sunday, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a law that will obligate doctors to report all cases in which a patient…
Jul 13 2017
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During Arkansas’s 2017 legislative session, the state passed House Bill 1566, a bill ostensibly about the disposal…
Feb 17 2017
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Margaret Sanger opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in October of 1916, which would eventually evolve…
Nov 16 2016
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A Tennessee woman who previously faced attempted murder charges for attempting to self-induce an abortion with a…
Sep 24 2016
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Protesters across the world gathered Saturday in support of a movement to repeal Ireland’s incredibly strict…
May 5 2016
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The Alabama Legislature approved a law Wednesday night that will prevent abortion clinics from operating within…
Apr 22 2016
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On Thursday, April 21, the Republican-dominated Oklahoma House of Representatives approved SB 1552, one of the…
Apr 7 2016
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Planned Parenthood has filed suit against Indiana for a new anti-abortion law, arguing that it’s blatantly…
Feb 12 2016
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A Kentucky Senate committee has just approved a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to be shown an…
Aug 23 2015
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The New York Times has a long story on a new bill in Ohio that would make it illegal for doctors to perform an…
Apr 29 2015
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Some good news, for once: Montana Governor Steve Bullock, a Democrat, has vetoed a bill that would have outlawed…
Mar 26 2015
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In an absolute triumph for bullshit, Arizona lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that will require doctors to tell…
Aug 3 2013
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U.S. District Judge William Conley has temporarily blocked restrictive new abortion laws in Wisconsin that are…
Aug 3 2013
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Alas, there is no handy Schoolhouse Rock that informs us how much three special sessions held by the Texas…
Oct 13 2009
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A new report by the Guttmacher Institute shows that legalizing abortion doesn't make it any more common — it just…
Aug 20 2009
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• Pro-government militiaman Abbas Kargar Javid has been accused of murdering Neda Soltan, the young woman from Iran…