The fight is over a newly revived 1864 Arizona law criminalizing abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman’s life is at risk.
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Maine Legislature advances abortion, gender care shield bill after heated debate
The legislation to shield providers of legally protected abortion and gender-affirming care from hostile, out-of-state litigation faces more votes in both chambers before going to the governor.
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As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats
Women who never intended to end their pregnancies have nearly died because they could not get emergency treatment. Miscarriage care has been delayed. And even routine reproductive medical care is drying up.
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What to know about the Arizona ruling reinstating an 1864 near-total abortion ban
The state will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy after a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday.
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Proposed constitutional right to abortion fails in Maine Legislature
The proposal failed to get the necessary two-thirds support in a decisive vote late Tuesday, effectively ending the effort to amend the Maine Constitution.
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Trump says abortion should be left to states, declines to endorse national ban
The former president also says he’s ‘proudly the person responsible for the ending’ of the constitutional right to an abortion and thanks the conservative justices who overturned it.
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Sen. Eloise Vitelli: Mainers deserve to have their reproductive autonomy protected
The ability to determine our reproductive health is a fundamental human right, and it deserves the same level of protection as other constitutionally protected rights. The ability to control one’s reproductive health is vital to being an equal member of our society and economy — this includes the decision of when, whether and how to […]
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Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect
The high court simultaneously ruled that a referendum enshrining abortion rights can go on the November ballot.
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Constitutional right to abortion falls short of needed support in first vote by Maine Senate
A majority of senators voted in favor of L.D. 780 and it faces more votes, but the bill failed to meet the two-thirds majority that would ultimately be needed to send the measure to voters.
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Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to abortion medication mifepristone
A consensus appeared to emerge among justices that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA’s approval of the medication and subsequent actions to ease access to it lack the legal right to sue.
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