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Nevada verifies enough signatures to put constitutional amendment for abortion rights on ballot

Jun. 28, 2024 19:32 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday, and Democrats across the nation hope similar measures mobilize...

Nevada officials verify enough signatures to put proposed constitutional amendment for abortion rights on 2024 ballot

Jun. 28, 2024 18:41 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada officials verify enough signatures to put proposed constitutional amendment for abortion rights on 2024 ballot.

Faced with the opportunity to hit Trump on abortion rights, Biden falters

Jun. 28, 2024 16:03 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity during the presidential debate to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade, something his campaign sees as a major...

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Jun. 28, 2024 15:48 PM EDT

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. ...

New Hampshire teacher who helped student with abortion gets license restored after filing lawsuit

Jun. 28, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Department of Education has restored a teacher's credentials days after she sued, alleging officials had mispresented her involvement in a student's abortion. The teacher, identified only as Jane Doe in her lawsuit filed Monday, didn’t...

Tennessee law changes starting July 1 touch on abortion, the death penalty and school safety

Jun. 28, 2024 11:53 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After Tennessee lawmakers spent months debating a slew of new laws during their legislative session, many of those statutes will go into effect Monday — ranging from abortion travel restrictions for minors, allowing the death penalty for child rape convictions and many...

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Jun. 28, 2024 10:03 AM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect.

Trump and Biden mix it up over policy and each other in a debate that turns deeply personal

Jun. 28, 2024 01:34 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — They passed on a handshake at the start, and from there President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump went right to mixing it up on policy — and each other — in their first 2024 presidential debate on Thursday night. Personal animosity between the two...

The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling

Jun. 27, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The order was...

Despite Supreme Court ruling, the future of emergency abortions is still unclear for US women

Jun. 27, 2024 18:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions. ...