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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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Idaho Becomes First US State To Introduce Abortion-Related Travel Ban
After the US Supreme Court's ruling that ended the right to terminate a pregnancy last June, the state of Idaho has become the first to move forward with a bill that restricts interstate travel for abortion.
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US House Passes Bills To Protect Abortion Access Across Country
The US House of Representatives adopted two bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion after the Supreme Court ruled that individual states can ban or restrict the procedure.
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US Supreme Court Refuses To Block Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
The conservative-leaning US Supreme Court refused on Friday to block a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks, but left the door open for abortion providers to challenge the law in lower courts.
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Actor Matthew McConaughey, 52, Won't Run For Texas Governor "At This Moment"
The 52-year-old's political ambitions had caused excitement in liberal circles, and particularly among Texans appalled by Governor Greg Abbott, who signed a highly restrictive law banning most abortions
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US Supreme Court Appears To Lean Towards Blocking Texas Abortion Law
A majority on the US Supreme Court appeared to be leaning Monday towards blocking a Texas bill that bans abortion after six weeks, the most restrictive law passed since abortion was made a constitutional right five decades ago.
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US Supreme Court To Hear Texas Abortion Law Case On November 1
The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear legal challenges on November 1 to a restrictive abortion law passed in Texas, but declined to block the controversial legislation in the meantime.
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IT Firm Offers To Help Texas Employees Relocate After Abortion Law
The IT giant Salesforce has offered to help relocate its employees working in Texas, following the passage of a restrictive abortion law in the conservative US state.
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US Supreme Court Refuses To Block Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
The United States' top court formally refused Wednesday to block a Texas law banning almost all abortions, less than a day after the nation's most restrictive reproductive rights legislation took effect in the southern state.
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Texas Abortion Restriction "Blatantly Violates" US Constitutional Rights: Joe Biden
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that tough new legal restrictions on abortion in Texas "blatantly" counter constitutional rights under the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
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On Abortion Law, Trump Says "Strongly Pro-Life" But With Three Exceptions
President Donald Trump has declared himself "strongly Pro-Life", days after two US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
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Alabama Passes Bill To Ban Abortions, No Exception Even In Rape Cases
The Alabama senate passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the United States on Tuesday that bans any termination of pregnancy and could punish doctors who perform the procedure with life in prison.
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Ireland Votes Yes To Overturning Abortion Ban
The Irish have swept aside one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the developed world in a landslide vote that reflects Ireland's emergence as a socially liberal country no longer obedient to Catholic dictates.
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Ireland Votes To Overturn Abortion Ban, 'Culmination Of A Quiet Revolution,' Prime Minister Says
The Irish are poised to end, perhaps in a landslide, one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the developed world, according to incoming tallies of the votes cast in Friday's referendum.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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Idaho Becomes First US State To Introduce Abortion-Related Travel Ban
After the US Supreme Court's ruling that ended the right to terminate a pregnancy last June, the state of Idaho has become the first to move forward with a bill that restricts interstate travel for abortion.
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US House Passes Bills To Protect Abortion Access Across Country
The US House of Representatives adopted two bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion after the Supreme Court ruled that individual states can ban or restrict the procedure.
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US Supreme Court Refuses To Block Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
The conservative-leaning US Supreme Court refused on Friday to block a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks, but left the door open for abortion providers to challenge the law in lower courts.
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Actor Matthew McConaughey, 52, Won't Run For Texas Governor "At This Moment"
The 52-year-old's political ambitions had caused excitement in liberal circles, and particularly among Texans appalled by Governor Greg Abbott, who signed a highly restrictive law banning most abortions
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US Supreme Court Appears To Lean Towards Blocking Texas Abortion Law
A majority on the US Supreme Court appeared to be leaning Monday towards blocking a Texas bill that bans abortion after six weeks, the most restrictive law passed since abortion was made a constitutional right five decades ago.
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US Supreme Court To Hear Texas Abortion Law Case On November 1
The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear legal challenges on November 1 to a restrictive abortion law passed in Texas, but declined to block the controversial legislation in the meantime.
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IT Firm Offers To Help Texas Employees Relocate After Abortion Law
The IT giant Salesforce has offered to help relocate its employees working in Texas, following the passage of a restrictive abortion law in the conservative US state.
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US Supreme Court Refuses To Block Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
The United States' top court formally refused Wednesday to block a Texas law banning almost all abortions, less than a day after the nation's most restrictive reproductive rights legislation took effect in the southern state.
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Texas Abortion Restriction "Blatantly Violates" US Constitutional Rights: Joe Biden
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that tough new legal restrictions on abortion in Texas "blatantly" counter constitutional rights under the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
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On Abortion Law, Trump Says "Strongly Pro-Life" But With Three Exceptions
President Donald Trump has declared himself "strongly Pro-Life", days after two US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
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Alabama Passes Bill To Ban Abortions, No Exception Even In Rape Cases
The Alabama senate passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the United States on Tuesday that bans any termination of pregnancy and could punish doctors who perform the procedure with life in prison.
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Ireland Votes Yes To Overturning Abortion Ban
The Irish have swept aside one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the developed world in a landslide vote that reflects Ireland's emergence as a socially liberal country no longer obedient to Catholic dictates.
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Ireland Votes To Overturn Abortion Ban, 'Culmination Of A Quiet Revolution,' Prime Minister Says
The Irish are poised to end, perhaps in a landslide, one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the developed world, according to incoming tallies of the votes cast in Friday's referendum.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
