On the second day of the party’s convention, the GOP adopts a platform that takes positions on school curriculum, foreign policy and news coverage.
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Supreme Court conservatives appear skeptical that law requires emergency abortions
It was unclear whether members of the conservative majority were swayed by the Biden administration’s argument that federal law overrides the state in rare emergency cases where a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk.
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The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.
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Gov. Mills signs bill protecting providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
The proposal drew significant debate in the Legislature this session as well as opposition from out-of-state Republican attorneys general who called it ‘constitutionally defective.’
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Biden moves to shield patients’ abortion records from Republican threats
Health officials said rules would protect the privacy of women seeking abortions from Republican prosecutors who have threatened to crack down on the procedure.
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The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold: This era produced Arizona’s abortion ban
The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864.
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Maine Legislature advances abortion, gender care shield bill after heated debate
The legislation to shield providers of legally protected abortion and gender-affirming care from hostile, out-of-state litigation faces more votes in both chambers before going to the governor.
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Proposed constitutional right to abortion fails in Maine Legislature
The proposal failed to get the necessary two-thirds support in a decisive vote late Tuesday, effectively ending the effort to amend the Maine Constitution.
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Arizona can enforce 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
It provides no exceptions for rape or incest, but allows abortions if a mother’s life is in danger.
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Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect
The high court simultaneously ruled that a referendum enshrining abortion rights can go on the November ballot.