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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Arkansas organizers hope to join the list
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban face a Friday deadline to submit enough signatures to try to put their proposal before voters in November's election. If they're successful, Arkansas would be the sixth state where election...
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a sufficient number of them are deemed valid. They now bring to five the number of states where election officials are...
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Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for...
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San Diego County to pay nearly $15M to family of pregnant woman who died in jail 5 years ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County will pay nearly $15 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who died in jail after a sheriff's deputy and a medical worker watched her collapse in a cell five years ago. The settlement reached Friday night after...
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In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week's Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law...
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Some Nebraskans say misleading words led them to sign petitions on abortion they don't support
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tea Rohrberg was heading into her county's treasurer's office in Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday when she says she was approached by a man and asked if she wanted to sign a “pro-choice petition.” Because she believes access to abortion is a right all women should have, she...
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Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows
In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows. The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University is the latest research to find higher infant mortality rates in states with abortion restrictions....
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Stingray that got pregnant despite no male companion has died, aquarium says
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stingray that got pregnant at a North Carolina aquarium this winter despite not having shared a tank with a male of her species for many years has died. The Aquarium and Shark Lab in Hendersonville said on Facebook late Sunday that the stingray,...
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Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. ...
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Mississippi sets new laws on Medicaid during pregnancy, school funding, inheritance and alcohol
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is enacting several new laws, including one that says sign language courses may replace foreign language courses for students to earn credit toward high school graduation. A look at some of the other new laws taking effect on July 1: ...
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