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Melania Trump says women have right to abortion access
Melania Trump writes in her upcoming memoir that a woman has the right to an abortion, The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday, while her husband, Donald Trump, backs the ability for U.S. states to restrict the procedure. CBC | World News
Read More »Abortion issue returns to haunt Trump’s campaign
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Read More »U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, handing a victory on Thursday to President Joe Biden’s administration in its efforts to preserve broad access to the drug. CBC | World News
Read More »Louisiana passes bill to categorize abortion pills as controlled substances
Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. CBC | World News
Read More »Poland has a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers have taken 1st steps to possibly lifting it
Polish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with several bills aimed at reforming the Catholic country’s abortion laws, including two that would lift the near-total ban on abortion that currently exists in the EU country. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Arizona revived an abortion ban from 1864 | About That
Arizona just revived a Civil War-era law — written before it became a state — banning abortion with virtually no exceptions, causing chaos and confusion across the state. About That producer Lauren Bird examines how Arizona’s Supreme Court decided the law is still enforceable, and what the ruling could mean at the 2024 ballot box. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump tries to dump abortion issue before it can tank his re-election chances
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Read More »Trump says abortion laws should be left to states, but leaves critical questions unanswered
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday said he still believed abortion laws should be determined by U.S. state laws and did not address the issue of a national ban on abortion. CBC | World News
Read More »What the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on abortion medication is about
Nearly two years after a momentous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court helped restrict abortion access, the top court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case involving access to the abortion medication mifepristone. Tens of thousands currently get the pills by mail in order to terminate a pregnancy. CBC | World News
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