Abortion Clinics In Virginia Face Regulation Like Hospitals : Shots
14 years, 1 month ago

Abortion Clinics In Virginia Face Regulation Like Hospitals : Shots

NPR  

Abortion Clinics In Va. Face Regulation Like Hospitals After years of trying, the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would beef up regulation of abortion clinics. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said in a statement: If we cannot accept sub-standard care that would jeopardize women's health in other areas, such as post-natal care, we cannot accept it from abortion clinics. But advocates for abortion rights in the state warn the law will place such heavy burdens on clinics, where most early-term abortions are performed, that many may be forced to close. Most of the more than 26,000 abortions performed in the state are done in clinics that are regulated like doctor's offices that offer colonoscopies or similar procedures, the Washington Post reports.

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Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban
2 weeks ago

Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers inserted several medical exceptions into Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban on Thursday, seeking to offer clarity to doctors fearful of breaking the law for terminating pregnancies while treating expectant mothers with grave complications. “It ensures women facing life-threatening situations receive timely, appropriate medical care, and gives providers the legal certainty they need to act decisively,” said …

Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing
1 month, 1 week ago

Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

Associated Press  

Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder. A Missouri committee heard testimony on a bill to create a database of pregnant women deemed “at risk” of getting an abortion and connecting them with prospective adoptive …

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion

Associated Press  

Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies. The pill fight is roaring even without additional state laws Authorities in two states with stringent abortion laws have targeted a New York doctor for allegedly …

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortions

LA Times  

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says there is decades of evidence that mifepristone, along with the drug misoprostol, is safe and effective. Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading antiabortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies. The pill …

US lawmaker issues bill to ban men for masturbating 'without intent to make a baby' - senator accused of 'politicial trolling'
2 months ago

US lawmaker issues bill to ban men for masturbating 'without intent to make a baby' - senator accused of 'politicial trolling'

Daily Mail  

A Democrat Senator has been accused of 'trolling' anti-abortionists with a new bill that intends to ban men from climaxing, unless they're trying to conceive. Blackman's bill targets mens' reproductive rights as a means of highlighting that all of the recent legislative bills relating to abortion and contraception focus on women. He said in a statement to local news outlet …

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
2 months, 1 week ago

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office

Associated Press  

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans. The states argue that efforts to provide access to the pills “undermine …

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in …

Nevadans take first step to protecting abortion in state constitution
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nevadans take first step to protecting abortion in state constitution

NPR  

Nevadans take first step to protecting abortion in state constitution toggle caption Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images This piece originally appeared as part of NPR's live coverage of the 2024 election. RENO – Abortion is one step closer to being constitutionally protected in Nevada after voters approved a statewide ballot question for the first time, according to the Associated Press. …

I wish there had been a buffer zone outside my abortion clinic...
4 months, 3 weeks ago

I wish there had been a buffer zone outside my abortion clinic...

The Independent  

Finally, some good news for abortion rights in England and Wales: safe access buffer zones outside abortion clinics are now to be enforced. They have done this to harrowing effect through various tactics, such as standing outside abortion clinics for hours on end obstructing entrances and exits; sprinkling women and staff with “holy water”; staring; praying; wearing body cameras; holding …

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
5 months ago

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

The Independent  

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Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
5 months ago

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

LA Times  

Mifepristone is one of two pills used in medication abortions. Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, according to a report released Tuesday. They increasingly used telehealth, the report found, as medical providers in states with …

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion

LA Times  

Abortion rights, always a polarizing issue in American politics, became an electoral tinderbox in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision to create a federal right to abortion access. The prospect of women not having access to abortion was theoretical in many voters’ minds until the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health …

Kamala Harris Gives First Speech Focused On Abortion Rights As Dem Nominee
6 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris Gives First Speech Focused On Abortion Rights As Dem Nominee

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday delivered a powerful speech on abortion rights — her first address to focus solely on reproductive rights and the dire landscape for pregnant people in a post-Roe v. Wade world since she became the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris spoke at a rally in Atlanta, where she was surrounded by supporters holding …

A new abortion clinic is bringing the debate over reproductive rights to a Kansas college town
6 months, 1 week ago

A new abortion clinic is bringing the debate over reproductive rights to a Kansas college town

Associated Press  

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Rev. But she was guarded in her optimism, saying ” the reception that we are going to get from the community is going to be favorable in some ways and probably not always.” Security personnel stand outside a recently opened Planned Parenthood clinic, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Pittsburg, Kan., that is serving patients from Kansas …

"Dangerously warped": Care for pregnant people since Dobbs is "compromised," doctors say
6 months, 2 weeks ago

"Dangerously warped": Care for pregnant people since Dobbs is "compromised," doctors say

Salon  

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision, doctors on the frontlines have shared horror stories about how medical care for pregnant people has changed. "Our findings suggest that, rather than increasing clarity and identifying workarounds over time to provide evidence- based care, abortion bans have fundamentally altered how pregnancy-related care — and even other medical …

Abortion bans are pushing people to terminate later in pregnancy
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion bans are pushing people to terminate later in pregnancy

Salon  

Dr. Diane Horvath is an OB-GYN who has worked in abortion care over the last 15 years. But since the Supreme Court Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to deny access to abortion, she’s noticed a trend at her clinic in Maryland: abortion bans and gestational restrictions are forcing people who try to get abortions earlier in pregnancy …

Health Care Providers Urge Biden To Support Abortion Rights Policy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Health Care Providers Urge Biden To Support Abortion Rights Policy

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING More than 400 health care providers called on the Biden administration to “actively and unequivocally” support an abortion rights policy that goes further than Roe v. Wade and restores access to abortion later in pregnancy. “The promise of Roe, the legal right to abortion care, was never fulfilled.” When Roe was still intact, pregnant people routinely had …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
9 months ago

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the most recent abortion case mandating that doctors provide life-saving abortions if a pregnant woman is dying and in the event her health is in jeopardy. "An Idaho law prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman's death; the law makes no exception for abortions necessary to prevent grave harms to the woman's …

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

NPR  

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Dr. Rachel Humphrey went to medical school, she says she never imagined caring for her patients could land her in prison. Humphrey says an exemption to protect a pregnant person’s life makes sense on the surface, but that it …

Despite restrictions and bans, abortions rose across the U.S. according to new data
10 months, 1 week ago

Despite restrictions and bans, abortions rose across the U.S. according to new data

Salon  

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago, eliminating the constitutional right to access abortion, 14 states have nearly totally banned abortions. “We’re also able to look at the loss in states with either total abortion bans or six-week bans, and we found that there are about 180,000 fewer abortions in the 18 months since …

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
10 months, 1 week ago

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions

Associated Press  

Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers, a new report shows. Tuesday’s release of the #WeCount survey shows about 8,000 women a month in states that severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth were getting the pills by mail …

Supreme Court weighs whether hospitals obligated to provide emergency abortions
11 months ago

Supreme Court weighs whether hospitals obligated to provide emergency abortions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a …

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions
11 months ago

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions

Huff Post  

Photo: Getty The Supreme Court this week will debate whether states have the power to outlaw life-saving abortions in hospital emergency rooms. “This case could radically alter how emergency medicine is practiced in this country and make pregnant people second-class citizens in America’s emergency rooms,” Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, told reporters on a press …

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world
11 months, 2 weeks ago

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For much of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. “People really minimized it initially, because they didn’t realize the scope.” Democratic candidates are increasingly running on the broader reproductive rights issues and they are seeing results. For Biden, who is trying to overcome consistently low approval ratings and …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
1 year ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion
1 year ago

Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion

LA Times  

South Dakota legislators listen while Gov. The Republican-controlled South Dakota Legislature wants to create a video in which medical experts — and the state’s attorneys — would explain to doctors and patients when abortions can be legally performed. The first-in-the-nation idea is wholeheartedly supported by SBA Pro-Life, one of the country’s largest antiabortion groups, which says the video will help …

Virginia lawmakers advancing bills that aim to protect access to contraception
1 year, 1 month ago

Virginia lawmakers advancing bills that aim to protect access to contraception

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democrats who control the state Legislature are advancing legislation that aims to protect access to a wide range of contraception, something they say should not be taken for granted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. “I think the overturning of Roe was a first step on the assault on reproductive health care,” …

Campaign advocate for abortion rights makes plea for Kentucky lawmakers to relax abortion ban
1 year, 2 months ago

Campaign advocate for abortion rights makes plea for Kentucky lawmakers to relax abortion ban

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A young woman who dominated the discussion about abortion during Kentucky’s campaign last year stepped forward again Tuesday to call on lawmakers to relax the state’s near-total abortion ban. This bill will provide those.” The debate about loosening Kentucky’s abortion ban comes after Republicans spent years adding restrictions to the procedure. Democratic state Sen. David Yates, the …

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law
1 year, 4 months ago

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Physicians and the former, sole abortion provider in North Dakota on Tuesday asked a judge to block enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions, saying a provision that allows the procedure to protect a woman’s health is too vague. North Dakota outlaws all abortions, except in cases where women could face death or …

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana
1 year, 4 months ago

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction Thursday to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The plaintiffs include the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; another past abortion …

Ending Roe v. Wade May Have Had the Opposite Effect That Conservatives Had Hoped For
1 year, 4 months ago

Ending Roe v. Wade May Have Had the Opposite Effect That Conservatives Had Hoped For

Slate  

On Tuesday, Ohio voters passed a ballot measure enshrining the right to an abortion in the state constitution, joining several states where voters have responded to the end of Roe v. Wade by protecting reproductive rights via popular referendum. To many observers’ surprise, two recent studies reveal that national abortion numbers have actually slightly increased since the Supreme Court ended …

Virginia’s Elections Could Change Abortion Access
1 year, 5 months ago

Virginia’s Elections Could Change Abortion Access

Huff Post  

The entire Virginia legislature is on the ballot for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “But now I have to, because if I don’t, people may not have the right to make this decision for themselves.” The South’s Last Abortion Access Point Access in Virginia is critical for several reasons. “If you go southwest from …

Virginia Democrats warn Republicans will ban abortion; GOP says their rhetoric is fearmongering
1 year, 6 months ago

Virginia Democrats warn Republicans will ban abortion; GOP says their rhetoric is fearmongering

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Republicans stepped up their criticism this week of the rhetoric being used by their Democratic opponents in abortion-focused messaging in this year’s critical legislative elections. “With no vision to offer the Commonwealth in this election and nothing to inspire Virginians to vote for their extreme candidates, Virginia Democrats are reverting to their tired tactics of overt …

Abortion bans fuel a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals
1 year, 6 months ago

Abortion bans fuel a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals

Salon  

When she was around 22 weeks pregnant, the patient found out that the son she was carrying didn't have kidneys and his lungs wouldn't develop. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, recently launched a state program with a goal to get patients who show up at clinics, yet need a higher level of abortion care, connected more quickly with Illinois hospitals. The …

West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales, judge rules, despite FDA approval that it’s safe
1 year, 7 months ago

West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales, judge rules, despite FDA approval that it’s safe

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill, despite federal regulators’ approval of it as a safe and effective medication, a federal judge has ruled. “The Supreme Court has made it clear that regulating abortion is a matter of health and safety upon which States may appropriately exercise their police power,” Chambers wrote in a …

Federal judge: West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales
1 year, 7 months ago

Federal judge: West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The Supreme Court has made it clear that regulating …

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised
1 year, 9 months ago

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised

The Hindu  

Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with a range of reactions that vary from praise and protests. “I’m absolutely livid that people think that they can interfere with medical decisions between a woman and her doctor,” said Lynn Rust, of Silver Springs, Maryland, at a …

One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised
1 year, 9 months ago

One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised

Associated Press  

Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with praise from some and protests from others. “We knew this decision would create a healthcare crisis in America,” she said, pointing to women who were initially denied abortion access even during miscarriages because hospitals were concerned about legal …

Anti-abortion laws threaten millions one year after Roe v Wade fell. The battle for access is far from over
1 year, 9 months ago

Anti-abortion laws threaten millions one year after Roe v Wade fell. The battle for access is far from over

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A decision from the US Supreme Court’s conservative …

One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws
1 year, 9 months ago

One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws

Salon  

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world. In the past year, women's rights organizations and women's health advocates have brought numerous legal challenges to restrictive abortion laws. As a result, physicians are choosing to leave states with the …

How GOP efforts to restrict trans rights take a page from the antiabortion playbook
1 year, 9 months ago

How GOP efforts to restrict trans rights take a page from the antiabortion playbook

LA Times  

New laws threatening doctors with malpractice suits and criminal charges. “Attacks on LGBTQIA+ people and attacks on abortion care are really inextricably linked,” said Heather Shumaker, the director of state abortion access at the National Women’s Law Center. “They’re both attacks on bodily autonomy and the right to take care of our own health, families and future.” Strangio said the …

Disappointed foes vow to keep attacking abortion pill after SCOTUS ruling
1 year, 11 months ago

Disappointed foes vow to keep attacking abortion pill after SCOTUS ruling

Raw Story  

Though the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an effective ban on medication abortion, anti-abortion groups are not giving up on trying to fast-track a national abortion ban. We have many, many avenues out there to try to ban chemical abortion.” Legally challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decades-old approval of the drug mifepristone despite its high safety and …

Lawsuit seeking to revoke West Virginia abortion ban dropped
1 year, 11 months ago

Lawsuit seeking to revoke West Virginia abortion ban dropped

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An abortion provider on Monday dropped a two-month-old federal lawsuit seeking to overturn West Virginia’s near-total ban. The Women’s Health Center of West Virginia said in a court filing that its primary physician determined he will be unable to resume providing abortion care in the state “due to intervening professional obligations.” Another physician who provided abortion care …

Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get
1 year, 11 months ago

Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get

NPR  

Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP Jeff Roberson/AP When Mara Pliskin started working at Planned Parenthood Illinois, she didn't expect to feel like a travel agent. Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains President Adrienne Mansanares said they had been anticipating the reversal of Roe v. Wade since former …

Abortion clinic ban in Utah challenged by lawsuit
1 year, 11 months ago

Abortion clinic ban in Utah challenged by lawsuit

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah law that would ban abortion clinics has been challenged in state court by abortion rights advocates who argue it effectively prohibits abortion in the deeply conservative state. Though state officials have said clinic licenses will remain until then, Planned Parenthood attorney Hannah Swanson said “confusing licensing provisions” would force clinics to stop providing abortions …

Column: Ironic justice: Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights
2 years ago

Column: Ironic justice: Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights

LA Times  

The law of unintended consequences is never as powerful as when those consequences originate from a hasty, ill-considered action. When you use wording that talks about choice in healthcare, it’s a pretty natural fit with respect to abortion care.” Ohio’s law — the Health Care Freedom Act, enacted as a constitutional amendment in a 2011 ballot referendum — bars the …

New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’
2 years ago

New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new abortion provider is opening this year in Democratic-controlled Maryland — just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban. The Women’s Health Center of Maryland in Cumberland, roughly 5 miles from West Virginia, will open its doors in June — a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned …

Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions
2 years ago

Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Abortion clinics in Utah could be banned from operating under a law signed by the state’s Republican governor, setting off a rush of confusion among clinics, hospitals and prospective patients in the deeply conservative state. On Thursday, the governor rebuffed critics who’ve equated restricting clinics to a de facto ban on abortion and said the law …

Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban
2 years ago

Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. It has faced fierce opposition from business, civil liberties and abortion rights groups, including Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, which operates three of the four abortion clinics in the state. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah sent Cox a letter on Friday demanding he veto the legislation, with its executive director writing it …

Abortion clinics crossing state borders not always welcome
2 years ago

Abortion clinics crossing state borders not always welcome

Associated Press  

BRISTOL, Va. — The pastors smiled as they held the doors open, grabbing the hands of those who walked by and urging many to keep praying and to keep showing up. At the request of some concerned citizens, the socially conservative, faith-based Family Foundation of Virginia helped draft an amendment to the city’s zoning code that says, apart from where …

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