North Dakota governor signs bill banning abortion procedure
5 years, 9 months ago

North Dakota governor signs bill banning abortion procedure

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Republican Gov. The bill’s primary sponsor, Republican Rep. Luke Simons, a rancher with five children, said the practice is wrong and he hopes that Burgum “signed it big.” Another supporter, Republican Rep. Jeff Hoverson, a pastor with six children, called the measure “a no-brainer” and said he “can’t imagine anyone not being pleased about it.” The bill becomes effective if a federal appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court allows its enforcement. She has said her facility’s lawyers would wait for a decision in the Arkansas case before deciding on possible legal challenges to North Dakota’s legislation. In his first gubernatorial debate, Burgum did not take a position on abortion, saying he preferred allowing North Dakota residents to vote on abortion issues, instead of the Legislature. After criticism from an opponent, he said in a later debate he would’ve supported some of the nation’s toughest abortion laws passed in North Dakota in 2013, including one that would have banned abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected, something that can happen before a woman knows she is pregnant.

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Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
1 month ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press  

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except …

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

Associated Press  

— A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except to protect to a pregnant …

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including its explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including its explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

LA Times  

Mifepristone, a medication used in combination to end a pregnancy, was banned under a law struck down by a state judge in Wyoming. A state judge this week struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state …

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

South Dakota to Decide on Abortion Rights and Recreational Marijuana
2 months, 1 week ago

South Dakota to Decide on Abortion Rights and Recreational Marijuana

Associated Press  

South Dakota will hold a vote on Tuesday to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana. The abortion rights measure would amend the state constitution to bar restrictions on terminating a pregnancy during its first 12 weeks. The recreational marijuana measure would legalize recreational use for those 21 and older, with up to 2 ounces in a …

The Catholic father-son duo fighting for abortion rights in South Dakota
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Catholic father-son duo fighting for abortion rights in South Dakota

The Independent  

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A lawsuit challenging a South Dakota abortion rights measure will play out after the election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A lawsuit challenging a South Dakota abortion rights measure will play out after the election

Associated Press  

An anti-abortion group’s lawsuit to invalidate an abortion rights measure appearing on South Dakota’s statewide ballot won’t be resolved until after the November election. In a statement, Life Defense Fund spokesperson Caroline Woods said both parties were surprised the trial was not going to happen next week. Dakotans for Health co-founder Rick Weiland said, “I think for us the bottom …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
4 months ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban
4 months ago

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban

LA Times  

A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. The judge acknowledged in his ruling that in the past, the North Dakota courts had relied on federal court precedents on abortion, but said those state precedents had been “upended” by the …

Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota blast state’s video of abortion laws
4 months, 1 week ago

Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota blast state’s video of abortion laws

Associated Press  

A newly released, state-produced video intended to help doctors comply with South Dakota’s strict abortion law isn’t specific enough to ensure health care professionals don’t violate the regulations and open themselves up for prosecution, a group of abortion rights supporters said Friday. The video notes that its collaborators included the health department, the state attorney general’s office, the American Association …

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits
4 months, 1 week ago

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — In competing developments about reproductive rights in the nation’s largest state, Alaska Gov. The Republican governor’s veto Wednesday stunned supporters of the measure, which would have forced insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply of birth control at a time, something considered especially important in providing access in distant rural communities. But in an emailed …

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits
4 months, 1 week ago

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits

LA Times  

Mike Dunleavy gestures while speaking with reporters on May 1, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. The Republican governor’s veto Wednesday stunned supporters of the measure, which would have forced insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply of birth control at a time, something considered especially important in providing access in distant rural communities. But in an emailed statement, Dunleavy …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
4 months, 1 week ago

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton in 2021 granted the group’s request to allow advanced practice clinicians to provide medication abortion pending her decision in the underlying case. Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit argued there was no medical …

Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure

Politico  

Justices Karen Baker and Courtney Rae Hudson, in their dissent, accused Arkansas officials of unfairly changing the rules in order to disqualify the abortion-rights petition. Today’s decision strips every Arkansan of this power.” The group Arkansans for Limited Government submitted more than 100,000 signatures earlier this month for a ballot measure that would legalize abortion for any reason up to …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
5 months, 1 week ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

South Dakota court decision threatens abortion rights measure on November ballot
5 months, 1 week ago

South Dakota court decision threatens abortion rights measure on November ballot

Associated Press  

The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a judge’s ruling from last month that dismissed a lawsuit aiming to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot. The anti-abortion group Life Defense Fund had appealed Judge John Pekas’s ruling that dismissed its lawsuit seeking to invalidate the measure. Weiland said, “This is just an ongoing effort by the Life …

Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A trial looming in a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s abortion ban was canceled Monday as the judge in the case weighs whether to throw out the lawsuit. The notice comes nearly a week after the state and plaintiffs, who include the formerly sole abortion clinic in North Dakota, made their pitches to the judge as to why …

Minnesota providers prepare for influx of patients from Iowa as abortion ban takes effect
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Minnesota providers prepare for influx of patients from Iowa as abortion ban takes effect

LA Times  

Minnesota providers and public officials are preparing to welcome patients traveling from Iowa, where a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect Monday. Sarah Traxler, an ob-gyn based in Minnesota and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood North Central States, said Iowa’s law could have ripple effects throughout the region. Across the country, …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical …

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban
5 months, 3 weeks ago

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Attorneys argued Tuesday over whether a North Dakota judge should toss a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, with the state saying the plaintiffs’ case rests on hypotheticals, and the plaintiffs saying key issues remain to be resolved at a scheduled trial. State District Judge Bruce Romanick said he will rule as quickly as he can, but …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a …

South Dakota anti-abortion group appeals ruling that dismissed its lawsuit over ballot initiative
5 months, 3 weeks ago

South Dakota anti-abortion group appeals ruling that dismissed its lawsuit over ballot initiative

Associated Press  

— An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has appealed to the state’s Supreme Court after a judge dismissed its lawsuit to take an abortion rights initiative off the November ballot. In a statement, Life Defense Fund Co-Chair Leslee Unruh said the group has asked for an expedited order from the court “because there are absolutely no legal grounds for this …

Ruling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota
6 months ago

Ruling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota

Associated Press  

A state court judge’s ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota. “This is another failed effort by a small group opposed to giving women the option to terminate pregnancies caused by rape and incest or to address dangerous pregnancies affecting the life and health of women.” Republican Rep. Jon Hansen, who is a co-chair …

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
6 months, 1 week ago

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers. The court’s dissenting justice, widely seen as its most conservative, warned that Kansas is headed toward “a legal regime of unrestricted access to …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Kim Reynolds celebrated the ruling Friday, saying she is glad the state’s high court “upheld the will of the people.” “As the heartbeat bill finally becomes law, we are deeply committed to …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
6 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

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Judge won’t block North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children
7 months, 1 week ago

Judge won’t block North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota law banning gender-affirming care for children will continue to be enforced pending a court challenge, but any kids whose treatments began before the law took effect in April 2023 can keep getting the care, according to a judge’s ruling released Wednesday. “The longer this law is allowed to remain in effect, the more North …

Judge won't block North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for children
7 months, 1 week ago

Judge won't block North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for children

The Independent  

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Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in Colorado and South Dakota
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in Colorado and South Dakota

LA Times  

Colorado lawmakers pose for a photo with Gov. Abortion rights measures will appear on statewide ballots in Colorado and South Dakota this fall. Voters in Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after enough signatures were collected to put measures on ballots in both states. Voters in seven other states have already approved abortion …

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot
8 months, 1 week ago

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot

Associated Press  

Supporters of a South Dakota abortion rights initiative submitted far more signatures than required Wednesday to make the ballot this fall. “Women that get raped, victims of incest, women carrying nonviable or problem pregnancies have zero options.” Weiland said the ballot measure is based on Roe v. Wade, which had established a nationwide right to abortion. The initiative would allow …

Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a proposal that is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Last year, Idaho became the first state to enact the so-called “ abortion trafficking ” law, but a federal …

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies

Hindustan Times  

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded back into the battle over abortion access during arguments in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who …

Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to the state. But supporters of the reporting bill say it would give the state better data that would help legislators make policy decisions. The bill …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US

Associated Press  

A judge in Montana rejected abortion restrictions, the attorney general in Missouri is accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally transporting minors for abortions and new data shows how the way abortions they’re provided continues to shift in a nation where some states have bans and others are protecting access. A judge last year also put on hold enforcement of more restrictions …

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit

Associated Press  

— Three Montana laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a state judge said in granting a motion for summary judgment filed by Planned Parenthood of Montana. But she said the organization’s efforts continue, noting Montana’s Legislature in 2023 passed another slate of bills seeking to limit abortion access. District Court …

South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state’s abortion laws. They propose a video
10 months, 2 weeks ago

South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state’s abortion laws. They propose a video

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. Republican Sen. Erin Tobin told a Senate panel on Wednesday that a video could be used by hospitals and health care systems “to review their policies and to educate …

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
11 months ago

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The rules instruct physicians to make “a bona fide effort to detect a fetal heartbeat” by performing a transabdominal pelvic ultrasound “in …

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution
11 months, 3 weeks ago

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge ruled Tuesday that he won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution if they perform an abortion to save a patient’s life or health. The request asked the judge to bar the state from enforcing the law against physicians who use their “good-faith medical …

North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors
1 year ago

North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge said Wednesday he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state’s revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient’s life or health. The request for a preliminary injunction asks state District Court Judge Bruce Romanick to bar the state from enforcing the law against …

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
1 year ago

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

Associated Press  

Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. “We have black and white laws on something that is almost always multiple shades of gray,” said Kaitlyn Kash, one of 20 Texas women denied abortion who are suing …

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it's uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
1 year ago

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it's uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

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A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills
1 year, 1 month ago

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills

Associated Press  

— Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy urged a judge Thursday to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial. Wyoming’s abortion pill ban specifically bars any exception for “psychological or emotional conditions.” “When the state says they are trying …

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Judge denies initial request to temporarily block North Dakota’s ban on kids’ gender-affirming care
1 year, 2 months ago

Judge denies initial request to temporarily block North Dakota’s ban on kids’ gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge has ruled that he won’t immediately block the state’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, delivering an early setback to families who want the new law found unconstitutional. “We’re disappointed in this ruling, but we are confident that when all the evidence has been presented, the court will ultimately find that ending …

Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in place
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in place

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued an order halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after 12 weeks — those for cases of rape and incest, for example — be performed only …

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care
1 year, 4 months ago

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women across the U.S. filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging abortion restrictions that went into effect in Republican-led states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. A woman in Oklahoma who said she had a dangerous and nonviable pregnancy filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday asserting that she was denied an abortion despite a …

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