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Near-total abortion ban rejected by Virginia House panel: The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that on a bipartisan 8-0 vote Wednesday night ...
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Near-total abortion ban rejected by Virginia House panel
Quick Glance: Virginia: Near-Total Abortion Ban Proposal Rejected
  • Virginia House Democrats reject bill proposing near-total abortion ban.

  • Bipartisan vote of 8-0 in subcommittee rejects the proposed measure.

  • Democrats also vote down bill seeking to ban abortions based on fetus sex or race.

  • Democrats aim to protect abortion access and consider adding protections to state Constitution.
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Biden joins Harris to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia: While Harris and Democrats have embraced abortion as a campaign issue, many Republicans are ...
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Biden joins Harris to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia
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Virginia’s Popular Governor Risked It All on Abortion. Oops.: The GOP thought it had cracked the code with this state.
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Virginia’s Popular Governor Risked It All on Abortion. Oops.
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BREAKING: Virginia Democrats have maintained their control of the state Senate and flipped the state House, consolidating their grip on the state legislature ... Show more
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Republicans Need to Come Up With a New Abortion Stance — Fast: Youngkin tried going on the offensive with a less extreme abortion ban and failed dismally on ...
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Republicans Need to Come Up With a New Abortion Stance — Fast
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Fact Check: Trump Falsely Claims Roe v. Wade Allowed Doctors To Kill Babies: Donald Trump's falsehood about abortion was left unchallenged by Fox News' Sean ...
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Fact Check: Trump Falsely Claims Roe v. Wade Allowed Doctors To Kill ...
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Top takeaways from 2023 election results — and what they mean for 2024: Democrats have another good election, the role of abortion rights and what it all means ...
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Top takeaways from 2023 election results — and what they mean for 2024
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Be wary of Democrats’ lies about abortion  : Democrats intend to make abortion a key issue in the 2024 election — it is important to set the record straight. 
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Be wary of Democrats’ lies about abortion  
Quick Glance: Republicans' Struggle with Abortion Strategy
  • After 17 months, Republicans still lack a clear strategy for addressing the abortion issue.

  • Abortion rights played a role in GOP defeats in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia elections.

  • Republicans are divided on how to approach the abortion issue.

  • The GOP is divided on the next steps of the anti-abortion movement, both nationally and on the state level.
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Quick Glance: March for Life Continues in Snowy D.C.
  • Thousands gather annually in D.C. for anti-abortion march, even after the end of Roe v. Wade.

  • Participants of all ages from across the country brave freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall to spread their message.

  • Organizers and participants are focused on the future of their movement, aiming to march until abortion is unthinkable.

  • Following the Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, activists continue to mobilize for a long struggle, with some hoping for federal government action to restrict abortions.
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Virginia elections could allow 'reasonable' 15-week abortion ban with exceptions, Gov. Youngkin argues
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Virginia elections could allow 'reasonable' 15-week abortion ban with ...
Quick Glance: Biden endorses candidates ahead of Virginia election
  • President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have endorsed nearly two dozen candidates for the Virginia legislature.

  • All seats of the Virginia legislature are up for election in 2023.

  • Biden and Harris have endorsed 23 candidates in contested districts.

  • The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is grateful for the support.
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Tuesday's Election Results Show Women Will Fight for Abortion Rights: Women don't want men making laws getting between us, our families, and our doctors.
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Tuesday's Election Results Show Women Will Fight for Abortion Rights
Quick Glance: China's New Approach: Encouraging Women to Stay Home and Have Children
  • Government confirms a shift in thinking about the role of women in society.

  • Ding Xuexiang omitted the standard phrasing on gender equality in his opening address.

  • President Xi mentioned the basic national policy of gender equality in his address to the leaders of the All-China Women’s Federation.

  • China needs more births to reverse demographic decline and boost economic growth.
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Virginia Dems propose amending state constitution to guarantee abortion rights: Amending the constitution is one of the few things Democrats can use their new ...
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Virginia Dems propose amending state constitution to guarantee abortion ...
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A look at state races where reproductive rights are a key issue in next week's elections
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A look at state races where reproductive rights are a key issue in next ...
Quick Glance: Campaign against Abortion Aims to End Losing Streak
  • Ohio to vote on abortion rights

  • Six other states have voted on abortion since the Supreme Court ruling

  • Opponents argue the proposed amendment is too broad

  • Governor DeWine calls for moderation on abortion
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DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison campaigns for Virginia Democrats, blasts Glenn Youngkin
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DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison campaigns for Virginia Democrats ...
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What to expect in Virginia's 2023 legislative elections: Control of Virginia’s legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday's off-year general election ...
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What to expect in Virginia's 2023 legislative elections
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Virginia elections put messaging on abortion, crime to the test: Virginia is serving as a test case for both parties’ political messaging ahead of next year’s ...
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Virginia elections put messaging on abortion, crime to the test
Quick Glance: Virginia Holds Key to GOP’s Abortion Policy Future
  • Crucial phase in the political battle over abortion rights unfolding in Virginia's suburbs.

  • Virginia Republicans, led by Governor Glenn Youngkin, aim to develop a more appealing position for voters outside the traditional Republican strongholds.

  • In the current legislative session, Youngkin and the Republicans, who have a narrow majority in the state House of Delegates, proposed a 15-week limit on legal abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest, and threats to the mother's life.

  • Virginia Republicans argue that the 15-week limit, with exceptions, represents a "consensus" position that most voters will accept, despite the state's recent Democratic trend.
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Abortion Rights and Weed Are Super Popular. Who Knew?: Big wins for Democrats in yesterday’s Ohio, Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania elections.
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Abortion Rights and Weed Are Super Popular. Who Knew?
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What the Biden campaign is watching for this Election Day: President Joe Biden and his team at the White House are closely watching Tuesday’s elections to ...
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What the Biden campaign is watching for this Election Day
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Abortion rights win big in 2023 off-year elections: "We have a really strong strategy to build power in the states."
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Abortion rights win big in 2023 off-year elections
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Democratic lawmakers hope Youngkin will sign right to contraception bills: Two lawmakers gathered with reproductive healthcare advocates Thursday to celebrate ...
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Democratic lawmakers hope Youngkin will sign right to contraception bills
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Democrats wrestle with young voters' mixed messages: Abortion rights and the war in Gaza are fueling two polar reactions.
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Democrats wrestle with young voters' mixed messages
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Anger at Youngkin’s strategy fueling Virginia House GOP leadership fight: A group of Republican legislators said they will try to overthrow House Speaker Todd ...
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Anger at Youngkin’s strategy fueling Virginia House GOP leadership fight
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These candidates in Virginia could shape how both parties talk about abortion in 2024
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These candidates in Virginia could shape how both parties talk about ...
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Democrats Defeat the Polls: The surprising results yesterday could not have come at a better time for Democratic leaders.
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Democrats Defeat the Polls
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🔊 Ballots in Ohio and Virginia are being watched closely for how much abortion rights are still impacting voters. On the Reuters World News daily podcast we ... Show more
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Alarmed Republicans are preparing to draft Glenn Youngkin: Talk of an audacious, break-glass moment for the anti-Trump faction inside the Republican Party has ...
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Alarmed Republicans are preparing to draft Glenn Youngkin
Quick Glance: Glenn Youngkin: Virginia Governor Emerges as Potential Trump Challenger
  • Big money GOP donors see Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin as an alternative to Trump.

  • Former Fox chair Rupert Murdoch courted Youngkin to run for the White House.

  • Republican donors plan to support Youngkin's presidential campaign at a closed-door retreat.

  • Youngkin is among several GOP presidential hopefuls, but Trump remains the frontrunner in the polls.
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Virginia Democrats propose amendment to guarantee abortion access after winning General Assembly
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Virginia Democrats propose amendment to guarantee abortion access after ...
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At March for Life, thousands rally against abortion: More than 3,000 abortion opponents gathered at Virginia’s Capitol Wednesday to rally and take part in the ...
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At March for Life, thousands rally against abortion
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Election 2023 results and analysis: Democrats excel in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia: Tracking the key races on Election Day 2023, including Virginia's state ...
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Election 2023 results and analysis: Democrats excel in Kentucky, Ohio ...
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Virginia’s political lab is testing the mood on abortion, crime and MAGA: The legislative contests will set the stage for 2024.
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Virginia’s political lab is testing the mood on abortion, crime and MAGA
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Opinion | Don’t Believe the Hype About Abortion: Its importance in last week’s elections for state office has been vastly overstated.
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Opinion | Don’t Believe the Hype About Abortion
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2023 elections reveal Republicans are in trouble with suburban voters: It’s not just abortion rights. The results of the 2023 elections reveal warning signs for ...
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2023 elections reveal Republicans are in trouble with suburban voters
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Will Voters Buy Youngkin’s 15-Week Abortion-Ban Gambit?: Republicans want to keep pushing for abortion bans wherever they can while claiming they’re being ...
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Will Voters Buy Youngkin’s 15-Week Abortion-Ban Gambit?
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Commentary: My abortion changed my life for the better. I'm not alone: Democrats currently hold a 22-18 edge in the Senate, and Republicans hold a 52-48 majority ...
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Commentary: My abortion changed my life for the better. I'm not alone
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Youngkin's PAC sets $1.4 million ad push on abortion issue: Republican General Assembly candidates don’t always stress their abortion stands when wooing swing ...
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Youngkin's PAC sets $1.4 million ad push on abortion issue
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Can Glenn Youngkin Pull Off Another Magic Trick in Virginia?: The GOP governor is making a pitch for abortion restrictions and conservative governance in his ...
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Can Glenn Youngkin Pull Off Another Magic Trick in Virginia?
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Good rally with Gaetz in Louisa shifts from public to private venue: Louisa County Republicans have stepped back from plans to use a public middle school gym to ...
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Good rally with Gaetz in Louisa shifts from public to private venue
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Meet the Army Vet Protecting Women From Anti-Abortion Protesters: Dani Cook has always been a defender of womens’ rights. She has her own way of approaching the ...
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Meet the Army Vet Protecting Women From Anti-Abortion Protesters
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Appeals court limits access to mifepristone as abortion pill remains on market - UPI.com
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Appeals court limits access to mifepristone as abortion pill remains on ...
Quick Glance: Restrictions on Abortion Pills Upheld
  • No impact on access until Supreme Court's final decision.

  • A federal appeals court panel announced restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, preventing telemedicine and mail prescriptions.

  • According to a Supreme Court ruling, mifepristone remains available under current rules until the appeals process concludes.

  • The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld part of a federal judge's decision in Texas from April.
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Harris tells Hampton students abortion rights at stake in Virginia elections: The vice president kicked off her "Fight for our Freedoms" college tour ...
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Harris tells Hampton students abortion rights at stake in Virginia ...
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It’s Election Day. Here is what you need to know: Though its an off-year general election, races across the country will have far-reaching implications for 2024 ...
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It’s Election Day. Here is what you need to know
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Political Future Hinges On Banning Abortion: If the Virginia governor wants to be a GOP presidential contender ...
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Political Future Hinges On Banning Abortion
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Fox News Host Confronts Lindsey Graham on GOP's Abortion Position: The South Carolina Republican addressed whether his party's stance on abortion-rights is ...
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Fox News Host Confronts Lindsey Graham on GOP's Abortion Position
Quick Glance: AOC says the Biden White House should disregard the abortion pill ruling. Is that possible?
  • Can Biden simply disregard the Texas ruling?

  • Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon stated on Friday that the Biden administration and the Food and Drug Administration have "the authority to ignore this ruling."

  • If the Texas ruling is upheld, the Supreme Court may impose "a national abortion ban."

  • If the Supreme Court upholds Kacsmaryk's ruling and restricts access to medication abortion, Ocasio-Cortez has left the door open for the Biden administration to disregard the ruling.
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These November elections will set the stage for a turbulent 2024 : While it’s far too early to say how the 2024 presidential and congressional elections will ...
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These November elections will set the stage for a turbulent 2024 
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Abortion has been a losing topic for the GOP since the Supreme Court overturned Roe, but Republicans in some Virginia swing districts are airing ads in support ... Show more
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Virginia voters oust two controversial state politicians in primary election: R-Sen. Amanda Chase, who embraced falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election ...
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Virginia voters oust two controversial state politicians in primary ...
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Virginia early voting kicks off in fight for legislature with 2024 implications: Early voting is set to start Friday in Virginia, where every seat in the state ...
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Virginia early voting kicks off in fight for legislature with 2024 ...
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Virginia Republicans Hint They Could Be Plotting Abortion Crackdown: Republican candidates in Virginia are running on a 15-week abortion ban ...
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Virginia Republicans Hint They Could Be Plotting Abortion Crackdown
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Virginia Is Next Key Battleground for Abortion Rights: Come November, most of the attention will be on the only Southern state that hasn’t banned or restricted ...
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Virginia Is Next Key Battleground for Abortion Rights
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At Louisa fundraiser, Good, Gaetz defend ousting McCarthy: “We’re not going to just rubber-stamp someone else from the swamp,” Good told the crowd.
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At Louisa fundraiser, Good, Gaetz defend ousting McCarthy
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‘There is no ban’: Republicans test-drive new abortion messaging: Ad released in Virginia part of well-funded effort to portray Democrats as abortion extremists ...
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‘There is no ban’: Republicans test-drive new abortion messaging
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Exclusive: Memo Reveals Democratic Plan to Flip More State Houses in 2024: In a memo shared first with TIME, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee sees ...
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Exclusive: Memo Reveals Democratic Plan to Flip More State Houses in 2024
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Why Republicans Think They’ve Finally Cracked the Abortion Question: Virginia's Nov. 7 elections are a test case for whether a 15-week abortion ban is how ...
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Why Republicans Think They’ve Finally Cracked the Abortion Question
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Two polarizing lawmakers ousted in Virginia primaries: Joe Morrissey's loss in Petersburg suggests abortion continues to motivate voters.
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Two polarizing lawmakers ousted in Virginia primaries
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First US IVF baby shares her thoughts on Alabama ruling: “It’s not just infertility,” said Elizabeth Carr, 42, who will be Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine's guest ...
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First US IVF baby shares her thoughts on Alabama ruling
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Jeff Yass, TikTok Billionaire, Funds Groups Key to GOP Abortion Fights: Groups funded by GOP megadonor Jeff Yass have spent millions supporting anti-abortion ...
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Jeff Yass, TikTok Billionaire, Funds Groups Key to GOP Abortion Fights
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Democrats, Republicans release dueling abortion ads in high-stakes Virginia elections
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Democrats, Republicans release dueling abortion ads in high-stakes ...
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The Republicans in the Abortion Dilemma: The Republicans no longer know how to position themselves on the issue of abortion. A visit to Virginia ...
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The Republicans in the Abortion Dilemma
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GOP aims to ban abortion, transgender care, pride flags at VA centers: Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee adopted a funding bill amendment Tuesday ...
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GOP aims to ban abortion, transgender care, pride flags at VA centers
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Virginia is the lone southern state that hasn't banned or restricted abortion since SCOTUS overturned Roe. Now Democrats are mobilizing for what they widely ... Show more
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House Democrats launch digital ads attacking GOP for abortion stance: Virginia is the least restrictive state in the South for abortion access ...
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House Democrats launch digital ads attacking GOP for abortion stance