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GOP fighting, 50-hour Democratic filibuster kill push to make amending Missouri Constitution harder
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — GOP infighting and a record-breaking, 50-hour Democratic filibuster on Friday killed a Republican push to make amending Missouri's constitution harder, an effort in part aimed at thwarting an upcoming ballot measure on abortion-rights. The GOP-led Senate...
Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado
Voters in Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after enough signatures were collected to put measures on the ballots. South Dakota voters will get a chance at direct democracy on the contentious issue in a conservative state where a trigger law...
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot, part of a national push to pose abortion rights questions to voters since the U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to...
Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law. Planned Parenthood had asked the law be set aside as...
Judge dismisses lawsuit by Georgia court candidate who sued to keep talking about abortion
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a former Democratic congressman running for Georgia state Supreme Court who claimed a state agency was unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. U.S. District Judge Michael Brown ruled John...
National political themes will lead off the campaign for Pennsylvania's next attorney general
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — National political themes will lead off the campaign for Pennsylvania's next attorney general, an office that played a major role — and gained national notoriety — in fighting lawsuits designed to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election...
An Arizona judge helped revive an 1864 abortion law. His lawmaker wife joined Democrats to repeal it
When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her. The conservative lawmaker was in the middle of a heated debate in the Republican-led Arizona Senate on a bill to repeal an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions, and Democrats needed at least one more vote...
New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states
A new abortion clinic will open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state’s role as a regional hub for reproductive health services whose neighbors have severely restricted access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Comprehensive Health of Planned...
Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation's capital was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison. Lauren Handy, 30, was among several people convicted of federal civil rights...
Georgia's governor and others pile into state court race where challenger has focused on abortion
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will spend more than $500,000 from his political committee to help a state Supreme Court justice he appointed win election. The Republican Kemp isn't the only conservative supporting Justice Andrew Pinson in his May 21 nonpartisan...
