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GOP at odds with itself

Kerry Eleveld — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:11:17 +0000

Senate Republicans breathed a sigh of relief several weeks ago when Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano announced he was taking a pass on running for the Keystone State’s Senate seat. A forced birther MAGA extremist, he imploded last year as Republicans’ gubernatorial nominee. That makes the Senate GOP nomination path of hedge fund manager David McCormick, the […]

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Idaho’s ‘total abortion ban’ somehow gets even more total

Ryan Mendias — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:51:02 +0000

When the Supreme Court overturned a half-century of precedent last June and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion first recognized in Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion politicians claimed that the court was doing nothing more than sending the issue back to the states, allowing each to decide for itself how to regulate abortion. Late last month, […]

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Texas denied abortions to these women when their lives were in danger; now they’re suing the state

Shefali Luthra — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:00:24 +0000

Your trusted source for contextualizing abortion news in Texas and beyond. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Amanda Zurawski never wanted to be here. Neither did Lauren Miller. Nor did Lauren Hall or Anna Zargarian. But they didn’t feel like they had a choice. The four women repeated that refrain, one by one, on a […]

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Leading anti-abortion group drops support of Texas lawmaker after he pledges to support exceptions for rape

Pooja Salhotra — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 18:00:12 +0000

A leading statewide anti-abortion group suspended its endorsement of state Sen. Robert Nichols this week after the Republican leader from Jacksonville said he’d support a loosening of Texas’ abortion ban. Nichols, who is up for reelection in November, said Friday during the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival that he’d vote in favor of an exception to Texas’ abortion prohibition in […]

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Indiana becomes first state to pass abortion ban after Roe v. Wade reversal

Mariel Padilla — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:21 +0000

With the passage of a near-total abortion ban Friday night, Indiana became the first state to pass an abortion restriction after Roe v. Wade, which protected the federal right to abortion, was overturned. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 1, which is set to go into effect September 15, shortly after it passed the […]

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Abortion rights defenders applaud judge’s block on Utah ‘trigger ban’

Brett Wilkins — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:00:45 +0000

Reproductive rights defenders on Monday welcomed a Utah judge’s 14-day injunction against the state’s so-called “trigger law” banning abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade last week. KSTU reports abortions were allowed to resume immediately after 3rd District Court Judge Andrew Stone approved a request from Planned Parenthood of Utah (PPAU) and the […]

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