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Abortion Politics in 2024
No American president has done as much to restrict abortion as Donald Trump. When he was running in 2016, he promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, and his three nominees helped do precisely that in…
What We Know About the Arizona Abortion Ban
Arizona’s highest court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for women’s health care and election-year politics in a critical battleground state. But the law is not…
Trump Says Abortion Law Should Be Left to the States
Former President Donald J. Trump said in a video statement on Monday that abortion rights should be left up to the states, remarks that came after months of mixed signals on an issue that he and his advisers have worried could cost him…
Why changing the constitution doesn’t guarantee access to abortion in France
As commentators hail France's decision to protect abortion rights within its constitution as a legal milestone, healthcare workers warn that having the right to an abortion and having access to one remain two different things."Enshrining…
France inscribes right to abortion in its constitution as world marks International Women’s
PARIS (AP) - France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women's rights on International Women's Day.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti used a…
France vote: Abortion rights across Europe, explained
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsFrance this week became the first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional…
Texas top court rules against woman who sought abortion for medical emergency
Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's ruling that would have allowed a pregnant woman to get an emergency abortion under the medical exception for the state's near-total abortion ban, granting a…
New state abortion numbers show increases in some surprising places
People seeking an abortion are "highly motivated" to travel if they can't get abortions where they live. That's one conclusion from a study from the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy group that supports reproductive…
An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio’s fall ballot to ensure abortion rights seems straightforward: It would enshrine the right “to make and carry out…