The Republican-controlled chamber rejects multiple bills to further restrict abortion access.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Wyoming governor signs bill banning abortion pills
The Republican also allows a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature.
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Posted inNew England
Vermont Senate passes bill to protect abortion providers
The legislation defines reproductive and gender-affirming health care as legally protected “health care activities.”
Posted inNation & World, News
Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions
The decision by Utah’s Republican governor to sign into law a ban on abortions clinics is raising concerns about how already overburdened hospitals will accommodate becoming the only place for legal abortions in the state.
Posted inNation & World
Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban
The push comes as red states work to implement restrictions after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Walgreens pulls abortion pills in most red states after legal threats
A group of 20 Republican attorneys general sent a letter to both Walgreens and CVS Health warning that the companies could face legal consequences if they decided to mail and distribute abortion medication in their states.
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Kentucky high court lets near-total abortion ban continue
Kentucky voters last year rejected a ballot measure that would have denied any constitutional protections for abortion.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine AG signs letter urging judge to reject lawsuit that would outlaw abortion drug
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined 21 other attorneys general in signing a brief that says withdrawing FDA approval for the drug would drastically reduce access to safe abortion care.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
The FDA approved mifepristone – in combination with a second drug – in 2000 as a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Abortion bill needs careful scrutiny
For countless Americans, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Care was a cataclysm. A constitutional right that women and their families had possessed for nearly half a century was suddenly taken away. The only comparable ruling in the Supreme Court’s entire history is Dred Scott v. Sanford, handed down in 1857, […]