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Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban, advancing issue to state Senate: GOP anxieties about the politics of a near-total abortion ban have led to an ...
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Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban, advancing issue to state ...
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Divided on Emergency Abortion Access: Highlights
  • The Supreme Court seems divided on access to emergency abortions in states with near-total bans.

  • The 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act could impact abortion access in emergencies.

  • The debate raises questions about fetal personhood and abortion rights conflict.

  • The court's decision could affect abortion access in 14 states with strict abortion bans.
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A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?: As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case Thursday on whether presidents have ...
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A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?
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Meet the two Ohio women on the TIME's 100 list: Ohio women Jenny Holzer and Lauren Blauvelt have joined TIME's 100 most influential people ...
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Meet the two Ohio women on the TIME's 100 list
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Actions show Ohioans, Mike Dewine want our parks to be fracked to oblivion: Letters to the editor: DeWine and dirty gas and oil dollars. A vote for Moreno equals ...
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Actions show Ohioans, Mike Dewine want our parks to be fracked to oblivion
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Democratic candidate calls Florida Supreme Court abortion decisions a ‘game changer’ in Senate race
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Democrats hope an abortion ballot measure could make Florida a competitive state: On Monday, the state Supreme Court energized abortion rights proponents with ...
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Democrats hope an abortion ballot measure could make Florida a competitive ...
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Mother who left toddler alone for 10 days when she went on holiday jailed for murder
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'Major hurdles': The reality check behind Biden's big abortion promise: President Joe Biden has said that if re-elected, he would reverse the Trump-era actions ...
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'Major hurdles': The reality check behind Biden's big abortion promise
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Trump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
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Quick Glance: Trump expresses support for national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
  • Donald Trump suggested supporting a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy.

  • When asked about a specific time limit for the procedure, Trump criticized Democrats for not endorsing such a ban.

  • Trump seemed reluctant to a federal ban, emphasizing that abortion should be a state issue.

  • The discussion on abortion rights is expected to be a key issue in the 2024 election as Democrats and President Biden's campaign clearly oppose Trump's stance.
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Senate Democrats release ad targeting Ohio GOP candidate Moreno: ‘Even Republicans don’t trust him’
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Senate Democrats release ad targeting Ohio GOP candidate Moreno: ‘Even ...
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Why anti-abortion advocates are reviving a 19th century sexual purity law: The Comstock Act is the latest front in the fight over reproductive rights ...
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Why anti-abortion advocates are reviving a 19th century sexual purity law
Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans Block Efforts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
  • Democratic bills to repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban were blocked in the Legislature.

  • Arizona's highest court decision upholding a 1864 abortion ban caused chaos and confusion.

  • Democrats aimed to repeal the ban to protect women's health, facing hurdles in the Republican-controlled legislature.

  • The uncertainty loomed over whether Republican leaders would allow immediate action on repealing the ban, despite pressure from Democrats and some Republicans.
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Florida on Brink of Major Abortion Decision: Florida's Supreme Court will decide on wording for a constitutional amendment to abortion access laws on April 1.
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Florida on Brink of Major Abortion Decision
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What is the Comstock Act of 1873 and how is it tied to abortion pill case?: On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could reinstate ...
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What is the Comstock Act of 1873 and how is it tied to abortion pill case?
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Is the Flipped Alabama Seat a Sign IVF Will Be a Big Issue in November? It’s Complicated.
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Is the Flipped Alabama Seat a Sign IVF Will Be a Big Issue in November? ...
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Ohioans approved abortion rights. But most restrictions remain on the books: Ohioans now have the constitutional right to abortion. But for the average patient ...
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Ohioans approved abortion rights. But most restrictions remain on the ...
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With abortion rights looming, Missouri GOP advances slanted ballot rules : The proposal would make it much more difficult for the left — but not the right — to ...
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With abortion rights looming, Missouri GOP advances slanted ballot rules
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Ohio GOP Senate candidates pitch federal abortion bans even after voters protected reproductive rights
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Ohio GOP Senate candidates pitch federal abortion bans even after voters ...
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Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
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Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 ...
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New mifepristone sales from CVS, Walgreens aren’t coming to Ohio, pharmacies say: Restrictive Ohio abortion laws box out mifepristone expansion in pharmacies.
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New mifepristone sales from CVS, Walgreens aren’t coming to Ohio ...
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Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
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Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 ...
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Joe Biden Smacked Down the Supreme Court at His State of the Union: Biden said plainly that the upcoming election will see payback for the court’s reversal of ...
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Joe Biden Smacked Down the Supreme Court at His State of the Union
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‘Josh Is a Show Pony. Erin Is a Workhorse.’: Josh Hawley might be a senator but Erin Hawley’s legal work on abortion-related cases has transformed the American ...
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‘Josh Is a Show Pony. Erin Is a Workhorse.’
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Opinion: Trump owns Dobbs and everything that comes with it: As president, Donald Trump appointed the three justices who proved pivotal to the outcome in Dobbs v ...
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Opinion: Trump owns Dobbs and everything that comes with it
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Opinion | Trump Owns Dobbs and Everything That Comes With It: The challenge of this election is to remind the voting public that the former president is, in fact ...
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Opinion | Trump Owns Dobbs and Everything That Comes With It
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Ohio woman who miscarried at home won’t be charged: An Ohio grand jury declined to charge a woman who miscarried at home with a crime Thursday after prosecutors ...
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Ohio woman who miscarried at home won’t be charged
Quick Glance: Ohio Woman Not Criminally Liable for Home Miscarriage
  • Brittany Watts, 34, won't face criminal charge for handling her home miscarriage.

  • Grand jury decided not to indict her for abuse of a corpse.

  • Watts had no criminal record and was being demonized for something that goes on every day.

  • Warren Assistant Prosecutor Lewis Guarnieri highlighted the significance of Ohio's abuse of a corpse law.
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Advocates collect enough voter signatures to put abortion rights on Florida ballot
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Quick Glance: Florida Advances Efforts to Protect Abortion Rights
  • Florida is among approximately twelve states where groups are aiming to address abortion rights this year.

  • Advocates for abortion rights in Florida have obtained sufficient state-certified signatures to place a referendum on the 2024 ballot.

  • The initiative aims to reverse abortion bans in Florida and maintain access for thousands of patients in the South.

  • The Florida initiative would ensure protection of abortion rights up to approximately 24 weeks of pregnancy, following similar actions in Republican-leaning states such as Kansas and Ohio.
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Ohio AG argues some of state's abortion ban may still be constitutional: All aspects of Ohio's ban on most abortions might not need to be tossed out even though ...
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Ohio AG argues some of state's abortion ban may still be constitutional
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Abortion rights groups reach petition threshold to put abortion on Florida ballot in 2024
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Abortion rights groups reach petition threshold to put abortion on Florida ...
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Ohio Woman Who Miscarried Faces Charge That She Abused Corpse: In a case that has drawn international attention, a grand jury in Ohio is expected to decide ...
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Ohio Woman Who Miscarried Faces Charge That She Abused Corpse
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Poland’s Tusk tries to roll back one of Europe’s strictest abortion bans: Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s promise to overturn a near-ban on abortion helped bring ...
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Poland’s Tusk tries to roll back one of Europe’s strictest abortion bans
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Mississippi, Missouri GOP: No popular votes on abortion access: Following the successful passage of referendums legalizing abortion in Republican states such as ...
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Mississippi, Missouri GOP: No popular votes on abortion access
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Prosecutor urged to drop case against woman charged after miscarriage : Legal and medical groups say an Ohio prosecutor should drop charges against a woman ...
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Prosecutor urged to drop case against woman charged after miscarriage
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A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as stricter abortion laws play out nationwide
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A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as ...
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INSPIRING: These Republicans Talking About Obamacare in 2009 Make A Great Case for Abortion Rights
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Want to see what Republicans want for abortion rights nationally? Look at Texas.: Texas' abortion laws are so draconian, 31-year-old Kate Cox had to get a judge ...
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Quick Glance: Legal Action for Abortion Rights in Kentucky
  • A woman in Kentucky is demanding the right to have an abortion through a legal action.

  • The ban on abortions in Kentucky violates the rights of the plaintiff.

  • Jane Doe, about eight weeks pregnant, wants to have an abortion in Kentucky.

  • She is seeking class-action status to include other Kentuckians who desire to have an abortion.
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Leading abortion rights group endorses Sherrod Brown for reelection: A leading abortion rights group is endorsing Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) as the incumbent ...
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Leading abortion rights group endorses Sherrod Brown for reelection
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More nonpregnant women are requesting abortion pills to have on hand: Requests for abortion pills by women who weren't pregnant spiked when abortion rights were ...
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More nonpregnant women are requesting abortion pills to have on hand
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Abortion Is a Looming Disaster for the GOP in 2024. Here's How We Fix It | Opinion
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Abortion Is a Looming Disaster for the GOP in 2024. Here's How We Fix It | ...
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The Slatest for Jan. 3: A Life-or-Death Abortion Case Is Heading for SCOTUS: Stories about Arkansas' abortion ban, A.I., the terrible owner of the Carolina ...
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The Slatest for Jan. 3: A Life-or-Death Abortion Case Is Heading for ...
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How to Protect US Reproductive Rights in 2024: We need more people who believe in abortion as a human right to stand up for telemedicine abortion and protect ...
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How to Protect US Reproductive Rights in 2024
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Ohio Doctors Urge Prosecutor to Drop Case Against Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage: A prosecutor in Trumbull County, Ohio is "under no legal obligation" to ...
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Ohio Doctors Urge Prosecutor to Drop Case Against Woman Who Suffered ...
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12 states where the fate of abortion rights could be on 2024 ballots: Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, every ballot measure that has ...
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12 states where the fate of abortion rights could be on 2024 ballots
Quick Glance: Vice President Harris launches 'reproductive freedoms tour' for 2024 election
  • Vice President Kamala Harris is starting a 'reproductive freedoms tour' with a focus on abortion in Wisconsin.

  • The tour kicks off on January 22, the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

  • The Biden campaign sees abortion as a central pillar of the 2024 election campaign.

  • A CNN poll showed that Americans align more with the Democratic Party on the issue of abortion.
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Marijuana to abortion: 4 times Ohio voters told thirsty politicians to sashay away in 2023
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Marijuana to abortion: 4 times Ohio voters told thirsty politicians to ...
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'I'm sorry for your loss': The five little words I hope Kate Cox and her family will hear
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'I'm sorry for your loss': The five little words I hope Kate Cox and her ...
Quick Glance: Lack of Compassion in Abortion Discourse
  • The abortion discourse has led to a lack of compassion in society.

  • We have ceased to consider those seeking abortion as parents or as individuals doing their best given the circumstances.

  • Many individuals will use the story of the Kate Cox family as a basis for further debating abortion.

  • Others will undoubtedly pass judgment if the family even considers ending the life of their unborn child.
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Woman drops class-action lawsuit challenging Kentucky abortion laws : A Kentucky woman has dropped a recently filed class-action lawsuit challenging two of ...
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Woman drops class-action lawsuit challenging Kentucky abortion laws
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Extreme abortion bans harm women’s lives | Letters to the editor: A reader says women's lives and well-being are being placed in severe danger because of ...
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Extreme abortion bans harm women’s lives | Letters to the editor
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The Clear Next Step in the Anti-Abortion Playbook: A woman in Ohio miscarried. Then she was charged with abusing a corpse.
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The Clear Next Step in the Anti-Abortion Playbook
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A Black Ohio woman was charged with a felony after a miscarriage at home: Ohio was in a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts ...
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A Black Ohio woman was charged with a felony after a miscarriage at home
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US: Ohio woman charged with abuse of corpse after losing foetus in toilet
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The mifepristone case: abortion and the US supreme court meet again: On Tuesday the justices will hear oral arguments on a rightwing effort to roll back access ...
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The mifepristone case: abortion and the US supreme court meet again
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Ramaswamy: Supreme Court should rule against FDA approval of abortion pill: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that he believes the Supreme ...
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Ramaswamy: Supreme Court should rule against FDA approval of abortion pill
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US supreme court agrees to consider abortion pill access : Case will determine future of mifepristone in first major abortion issue to reach country’s highest ...
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US supreme court agrees to consider abortion pill access
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Ohio abortion clinics ask judge to block abortion ban permanently: Ohio abortion clinics are asking a judge to strike down the state’s ban on most abortions ...
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Ohio abortion clinics ask judge to block abortion ban permanently
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Justice Neil Gorsuch took 10 minutes to approve Dobbs abortion opinion – report: New York Times reports conservative supreme court justice had no changes to ...
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Justice Neil Gorsuch took 10 minutes to approve Dobbs abortion opinion – ...
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Following Ohio, Pa. Democrats introduce bill to protect reproductive rights: Two state legislators have introduced a measure that would amend the Pennsylvania ...
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Following Ohio, Pa. Democrats introduce bill to protect reproductive ...
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Rep. Bob Good tapped to serve as next chair of House Freedom Caucus: The group has garnered a reputation for being a thorn in leadership's side.
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Rep. Bob Good tapped to serve as next chair of House Freedom Caucus
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Inquiry finds Kroger, other pharmacies shared records with no warrant: Lawmakers say the prescription records of many Americans at pharmacies including Kroger ...
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Inquiry finds Kroger, other pharmacies shared records with no warrant
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If a period can be flushed without legal consequence, then so can a miscarriage | Opinion
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With abortion amendment in effect, Supreme Court expected to take new look at ‘heartbeat’ appeal
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With abortion amendment in effect, Supreme Court expected to take new look ...
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Ohio AG Yost says Issue 1 overrides abortion ban, but appeal should continue: Ohio's new constitutional right to reproductive decisions overrides the state's ban ...
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Ohio AG Yost says Issue 1 overrides abortion ban, but appeal should ...