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News Articles: Abortion

Clinic escorts use party horns and whistles to counter the presence of anti-abortion activist Gabriel Olivier, right, outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., on July 6, 2022.

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Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working

The clinic is now headed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Women gather outside of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on June 24 to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to dissolve federal abortion protections. In 2019, state lawmakers passed a law that would ban abortions at around six-weeks.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Georgia reacts to Supreme Court abortion decision

On this week's episode, we look at the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to undo precedent around abortion — upending Georgia politics in the process.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Abortion rights activists protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure.

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  • Politics

The fight to fund abortions in post-Roe America

In post-Roe America, money is even more determinative of who can get an abortion and who can't. Abortion funds are trying to close the gap, but they are now forced to navigate a murky legal landscape.

July 05, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
A medical assistant checks a patient's pregnancy test at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, N.M., in a photo taken last month.

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  • Health

How companies offering to cover travel for out-of-state abortions might work

Major companies like Nike and Tesla say they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel for the procedure. But several potential pitfalls abound.

July 05, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022.

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  • Health

Doctors weren't considered in Dobbs, but now they're on abortion's legal front lines

In a departure from earlier Supreme Court decisions on abortion, Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

July 03, 2022
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Bryan Peden, an anti-abortion supporter stands outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., and waves his King James version of the Bible, as he cries out to women entering the medical facility to not have and abortion, Saturday, July 2, 2022.

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  • National

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

July 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Bryan Peden, an anti-abortion supporter stands outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., and waves his King James version of the Bible, as he cries out to women entering the medical facility to not have and abortion, Saturday, July 2, 2022.

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  • National

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

July 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Mahayana Landowne, of Brooklyn, N.Y., wears a "Lady Justice" costume as she marches past the Supreme Court during a protest for abortion rights on June 30, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked an order that resumed abortions in the state

The whiplash of Texas clinics turning away patients, rescheduling them and now potentially canceling appointments again illustrated the confusion and scrambling taking place since Roe fell.

July 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
President Joe Biden speaks as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appears on a screen during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors on abortion rights on Friday.

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  • Politics

Biden warns Democratic governors a GOP Congress would try to ban abortion nationwide

President Joe Biden met with Democratic governors Friday afternoon to discuss ways their states are protecting abortion access and continuing to push abortion as an election issue in November.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
President Joe Biden speaks as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appears on a screen during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors on abortion rights on Friday.

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  • Politics

Biden warns Democratic governors a GOP Congress would try to ban abortion nationwide

President Joe Biden met with Democratic governors Friday afternoon to discuss ways their states are protecting abortion access and continuing to push abortion as an election issue in November.

July 01, 2022
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  • Ximena Bustillo

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  • News

What does Georgia's 2019 abortion law HB 481 do?

Abortion is still legal in Georgia up until 20 weeks into a pregnancy, But future court rulings on a 2019 law could drastically limit access.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, stands up in a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. Photo by Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Surprise January 6th hearing; voter registration yields gains for Republicans

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Will Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony at the January 6th Hearings have any effect on voters this November? Plus, the AP reports that a million voters have switched to the Republican Party. Meanwhile, more DAs say they will not enforce laws that restrict abortions.

 

June 29, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Brick exterior of the Savannah Medical Clinic. A sign for the clinic is displayed in front of the building, behind bushes.

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  • Health

Sole surgical abortion provider in Coastal Georgia closes, more than 40 years after its founding

Despite abortion still being legal in Georgia for the time being, Savannah Medical Clinic closed its doors on Friday.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Abortion rights protesters in Louisville, Ky., after the Supreme Court announced it had voted to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. On Monday, abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit arguing that the Kentucky state constitution protects the right to abortion.

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  • Law

With Roe overturned, state constitutions are now at the center of the abortion fight

In a sense, what was one battleground has become 50, as advocates on both sides of the abortion issue race to put the issue before state constitutions. Half a dozen lawsuits are already in court.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Abortion rights protesters in Louisville, Ky., after the Supreme Court announced it had voted to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. On Monday, abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit arguing that the Kentucky state constitution protects the right to abortion.

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  • Law

With Roe overturned, state constitutions are now at the center of the abortion fight

In a sense, what was one battleground has become 50, as advocates on both sides of the abortion issue race to put the issue before state constitutions. Half a dozen lawsuits are already in court.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
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