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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
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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
Read More »France to enshrine abortion in its constitution in response to rollback of rights in U.S.
France’s Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron in response to a rollback in abortion rights in the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »North Dakota judge rejects temporary exemption to section of abortion ban that targets doctors
A North Dakota judge on Tuesday rejected a temporary block on a part of the state’s revised abortion laws that would have allowed doctors to perform the procedure when they deem it necessary to save a patient’s life or health. CBC | World News
Read More »Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from getting emergency abortion
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion on Friday, shortly after the state’s attorney general requested the block. CBC | World News
Read More »Texas attorney general threatens doctors with prosecution after court rules woman can get emergency abortion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity. CBC | World News
Read More »Ohio votes to entrench abortion rights in state constitution
Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for Democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential race. CBC | World News
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