How to Spot Abortion-Related Misinformation
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Tennessee GOP is willing to reject millions in funding, if it avoids complying with federal strings
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than comply with requirements over LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and other hot-button issues. …
Illinois Gov. Pritzker takes his fight for abortion access national with a new self-funded group
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide, introducing on Wednesday a political organization to fund similar efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion …
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in place
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions …
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in place
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions …
Ahead of abortion vote, Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a rewrite of some misleading ballot language
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A wildly divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday that only one element of the disputed ballot language for describing a closely watched fall abortion rights question …
Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Russet Perry has knocked on thousands of doors in a swing district outside the nation’s capital as she campaigns for a seat that could decide control …
Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Abortion-rights advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion that voters could see on Missouri’s …
Mexico ends its federal ban on abortion, but a patchwork of state restrictions remains
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican Supreme Court decision to end the federal ban on abortion extended a regional trend of increasing access to the procedure, but left in place a …
Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, but patchwork of state restrictions remains
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure, but left in place …