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A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky's near-total ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky in the latest challenge to the state's near-total ban on the procedure. The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, claims that Kentucky laws blocking abortions violate...
As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration
As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory will hang over the proceedings. The incoming Trump administration offers promise and peril for American Catholic leaders' top...
Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor's attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court's liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s...
Abortion-rights groups see mixed success in races for state Supreme Court seats
A costly campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats yielded mixed results in Tuesday's election, with Republicans expanding their majority on Ohio's court while candidates backed by progressive groups won in Montana and Michigan. One of the most expensive and...
Democrat April McClain Delaney wins a US House seat in a competitive Maryland race
BALTIMORE (AP) — Democrat April McClain Delaney narrowly won a U.S. House seat in Maryland’s most competitive congressional races that came to focus on reproductive rights and the economy. The state’s sprawling 6th Congressional District covers a wide swath of rural Maryland as...
Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen is reelected in Nevada, securing battleground seat
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state. The first-term senator had campaigned on abortion rights and positioned herself as a nonideological politician, a...
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins reelection in Washington's closely watched 3rd District
SEATTLE (AP) — First-term Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won reelection Saturday in southwestern Washington state’s closely watched 3rd Congressional District, surviving a rematch with Republican Joe Kent. Two years ago, Gluesenkamp Perez, who owns an auto-repair shop with her...
Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-abortion advocates say there is still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when Republican Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance that the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden...
Gov. Tim Walz vows to fight Donald Trump's agenda while working to understand his appeal
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz vowed on Friday to make Minnesota a safe haven for the values that drove the Democratic presidential ticket he helped lead, while at the same time promising to work harder to understand the concerns of President-elect Donald Trump’s voters. ...
Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledges to work with Trump and calls for less division
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin pledged during her reelection victory speech Thursday to work with President-elect Donald Trump when possible, but she also vowed to fight him to protect the national health care law and abortion rights. Baldwin...
