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Thousands protest in Serbia as anger mounts over train station accident
3 days, 7 hours ago

Thousands protest in Serbia as anger mounts over train station accident

Al Jazeera  

Protesters demand the resignation of Serbia’s leader and mayor of Novi Sad city over the deadly accident that killed 15 people. “We came here to say ‘Stop’ to everything that has been happening since 2012,” said Aleksa, 30, an IT expert from Novi Sad. “We want to see an end to corruption and nepotism.” Many are demanding that Serbia’s leader …

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Abortion rights won major victories on Election Day. But Trump and his allies could threaten them
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion rights won major victories on Election Day. But Trump and his allies could threaten them

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. “We’ve seen voters across the country really step up and speak out about how …

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Voters appear ready to reject Arizona’s abortion ‘compromise’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Voters appear ready to reject Arizona’s abortion ‘compromise’

Politico  

Passage of Arizona’s measure would undermine the argument from the country’s biggest anti-abortion groups and leading GOP officials — including Virginia Gov. “It’s a new paradigm we’d have to overcome.” In the final weeks of the election, despite polls showing the initiative is far more popular than either presidential candidate, Arizona conservatives insist the state’s current law is their secret …

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How Sherrod Brown is navigating Harris in GOP-leaning Ohio with Senate at stake
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Sherrod Brown is navigating Harris in GOP-leaning Ohio with Senate at stake

CNN  

For more on the high-stakes battle for control of the Senate, watch “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” on Sunday at 8 a.m. “I’ve got my own schedule,” Brown said when asked if he would campaign with Harris. “He doesn’t want to have Kamala Harris showing up in Ohio,” Montana Sen. Steve Daines, who chairs the Senate GOP campaign committee, …

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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban to the Senate
8 months ago

Arizona House advances a repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban to the Senate

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump’s campaign to return to the White House. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the vote is a sign that “we’re moving forward in …

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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy after a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday found that officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman’s life is at stake. “Even with today’s ruling, Planned Parenthood Arizona will continue to provide abortion through 15 weeks for …

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Trump suggests supporting national abortion ban around 15 weeks of pregnancy
9 months ago

Trump suggests supporting national abortion ban around 15 weeks of pregnancy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure. AP AUDIO: Trump suggests he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy. Last month, Trump’s campaign dismissed reports that he privately had expressed …

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DeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months
1 year, 2 months ago

DeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months

Associated Press  

When Ron DeSantis seemed to say during last week’s Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they had been waiting months to hear. The president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a leading anti-abortion advocacy group, issued a statement thanking DeSantis “for his …

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Apple iPhone 15 series faces unavailability issue
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple iPhone 15 series faces unavailability issue

The Hindu  

The Apple iPhone 15 series is facing unavailability issues offline, online and as well as at Apple’s stores. People familiar with the matter say that Apple is facing supply constraints, especially with the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models. Smartphone market analysts believe that since the Apple iPhone 15 Pro series uses a titanium frame, the sourcing of it …

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Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Russet Perry has knocked on thousands of doors in a swing district outside the nation’s capital as she campaigns for a seat that could decide control of the Virginia state Senate in November. Zack Roday, the coordinated campaign director at Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia PAC, said Democrats are focused on abortion because they “have nothing to …

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Virginia’s ‘Moderate’ GOP Governor Is Quietly Funding Anti-Choice Extremists
1 year, 3 months ago

Virginia’s ‘Moderate’ GOP Governor Is Quietly Funding Anti-Choice Extremists

Huff Post  

Glenn Youngkin speaks at the grand opening ceremony for Amazon HQ2 on June 15, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. Glenn Youngkin’s attempt to appear moderate by calling for a 15-week abortion ban, the Republican governor is quietly funding anti-choice extremist lawmakers, many of whom have said they believe life begins at conception. Spirit of Virginia, Youngkin’s political action committee previously known …

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Where abortion laws stand in every state a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe
1 year, 6 months ago

Where abortion laws stand in every state a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe

Associated Press  

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that ended nearly a half-century of a nationwide right to abortion, states have enacted contrasting policies on the issue. A state-by-state breakdown of where things stand: STATES WHERE ABORTION IS BANNED THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY ALABAMA Law adopted in 2019 took effect after Dobbs. …

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Because of Florida abortion laws, she carried her baby to term knowing he would die
1 year, 7 months ago

Because of Florida abortion laws, she carried her baby to term knowing he would die

CNN  

CNN — A Florida woman, unable to get an abortion in her state, carried to term a baby who had no kidneys. Dorbert says the doctor told her that in all the cases he’d seen, “that was always the outcome – someone’s baby went stillborn – and the ones that did deliver, the babies pass shortly after birth.” But the …

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Virginia abortion proposal: Youngkin's 15-week ban has narrow exceptions.
1 year, 11 months ago

Virginia abortion proposal: Youngkin's 15-week ban has narrow exceptions.

Slate  

On Wednesday, Virginia Republicans introduced a bill to criminalize abortion in the commonwealth after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It contains extremely limited exceptions while exposing doctors to criminal liability for performing emergency abortions, including up to 10 years’ imprisonment. 2278 allows doctors to perform emergency abortions after 15 weeks only after determining that “the continuation of the pregnancy will result …

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Court: Abortion doctors can’t be charged under Arizona law
1 year, 11 months ago

Court: Abortion doctors can’t be charged under Arizona law

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades. The Arizona Court of Appeals said it wasn’t viewing the pre-statehood law in isolation of other state abortion laws, explaining that “the legislature has created a complex regulatory scheme to …

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What abortion access looks like in every state after the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v Wade
2 years, 3 months ago

What abortion access looks like in every state after the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v Wade

The Independent  

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Abortion ban legislation adds to political challenge for GOP
2 years, 3 months ago

Abortion ban legislation adds to political challenge for GOP

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Don Bolduc didn’t have much time to celebrate winning the Republican nomination for Senate in New Hampshire on Wednesday before he and other swing-state GOP candidates were on the defensive. A conservative retired Army brigadier general, Bolduc insisted during the Republican primary he would “always default for a system that protects lives from beginning to end.” But …

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Abortion ban legislation adds to political challenge for GOP
2 years, 3 months ago

Abortion ban legislation adds to political challenge for GOP

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. In Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters described abortion as “demonic” during his GOP …

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‘Late-Term Abortion’ Is A Phrase Politicians Made Up
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Late-Term Abortion’ Is A Phrase Politicians Made Up

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When Republicans unveiled their legislation to ban abortion nationwide at 15 weeks into pregnancy on Tuesday, they rolled it out using a familiar but deeply troubling phrase: “late-term abortions.” As prevalent as the expression is, it’s a political construct that’s meaningless in a medical sense, doctors and experts on reproductive rights have said for years ― and …

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GOP’s Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP’s Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. The South Carolina Republican said that rather than shying away from the Supreme Court’s ruling this summer overturning Roe v. …

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Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
2 years, 3 months ago

Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. Ron DeSantis pledging to “expand pro-life protections.” What’s happened since Dobbs: Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban law went into effect July 1. What’s happened since Dobbs: A federal appeals court allowed the state’s 2019 abortion law to be …

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Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. Background: Under current law, Kansas does not ban most abortions until the 22nd week of pregnancy, when they’re allowed only to save a patient’s life or to prevent “a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily …

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Florida 15-week abortion ban reinstated after legal appeal
2 years, 5 months ago

Florida 15-week abortion ban reinstated after legal appeal

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban was blocked and then quickly reinstated Tuesday after an appeal from the state attorney general in a lawsuit challenging the restriction. Judge John C. Cooper issued the order temporarily halting the law after reproductive health providers argued that the state constitution guarantees the right to the procedure. The legal back and forth …

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Judge to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida judge on Thursday said he would temporarily block a 15-week abortion ban, following a court challenge by reproductive health providers who say the state constitution guarantees a right to the procedure. In his ruling, Cooper said Florida’s law was “unconstitutional in that it violates the privacy provision of the Florida Constitution.” The move came days …

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