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Why Adriana Smith, A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman, Is Being Kept Alive In US
Adriana Smith has remained on life support for over three months.
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Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman In US Kept Alive Due To Abortion Ban: Family
A 30-year-old pregnant woman in the southeastern US state of Georgia has been kept on life support for three months -- despite being declared brain-dead -- due to the state's abortion restrictions, the woman's mother says.
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Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Fetus To Birth In US Because Of Abortion Ban
The law, known as the "heartbeat law," restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which is generally around six weeks into pregnancy.
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move hospital said was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
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What Trump's Election Win Could Mean For Abortion Laws In US
Donald Trump's second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States -- with or without a Republican-controlled Congress.
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From Early Laws To Arizona: How Abortion Laws Have Evolved In The US Over The Decades
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that foetuses can be termed "unborn human beings" in voter pamphlets regarding abortion rights.
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New US Rule To Protect Privacy Of Women Who Seek Abortions
President Joe Biden's administration announced a new rule Monday to protect the privacy of women who go out of their home state to have legal abortions, amid fears they could be prosecuted upon their return.
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Prescription-Free Birth Control Pills To Be Available In US Pharmacies Soon
Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against US Woman's Abortion Hours After She Leaves State
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.
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New York Passes Bill To Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills
New York's Democratic-majority state legislature announced Tuesday that it had passed a bill to provide legal protection to doctors prescribing and shipping abortion pills to patients in states that ban the procedure.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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Idaho Becomes First US State To Introduce Abortion-Related Travel Ban
After the US Supreme Court's ruling that ended the right to terminate a pregnancy last June, the state of Idaho has become the first to move forward with a bill that restricts interstate travel for abortion.
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US Court To Hear Lawsuit Seeking To Ban Abortion Pill In Country
A Texas judge favored by anti-abortion activists will hear arguments Wednesday in an unprecedented challenge to the legality of a widely-used abortion pill.
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US Man Uses New State Law To Sue 3 For Securing Abortion Pills
In a first test of a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions, a man is suing three women he says helped his ex-wife obtain abortion pills to end her pregnancy.
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US State South Carolina's Supreme Court Overturns Six-Week Abortion Ban
In the first reversal of its kind, South Carolina's Supreme Court overturned a law banning abortion after six weeks on Thursday -- inflicting a major setback for abortion opponents in the conservative, southern state.
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Why Adriana Smith, A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman, Is Being Kept Alive In US
Adriana Smith has remained on life support for over three months.
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Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman In US Kept Alive Due To Abortion Ban: Family
A 30-year-old pregnant woman in the southeastern US state of Georgia has been kept on life support for three months -- despite being declared brain-dead -- due to the state's abortion restrictions, the woman's mother says.
-
Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Fetus To Birth In US Because Of Abortion Ban
The law, known as the "heartbeat law," restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which is generally around six weeks into pregnancy.
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move hospital said was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
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What Trump's Election Win Could Mean For Abortion Laws In US
Donald Trump's second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States -- with or without a Republican-controlled Congress.
-
From Early Laws To Arizona: How Abortion Laws Have Evolved In The US Over The Decades
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that foetuses can be termed "unborn human beings" in voter pamphlets regarding abortion rights.
-
New US Rule To Protect Privacy Of Women Who Seek Abortions
President Joe Biden's administration announced a new rule Monday to protect the privacy of women who go out of their home state to have legal abortions, amid fears they could be prosecuted upon their return.
-
Prescription-Free Birth Control Pills To Be Available In US Pharmacies Soon
Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against US Woman's Abortion Hours After She Leaves State
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.
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New York Passes Bill To Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills
New York's Democratic-majority state legislature announced Tuesday that it had passed a bill to provide legal protection to doctors prescribing and shipping abortion pills to patients in states that ban the procedure.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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Idaho Becomes First US State To Introduce Abortion-Related Travel Ban
After the US Supreme Court's ruling that ended the right to terminate a pregnancy last June, the state of Idaho has become the first to move forward with a bill that restricts interstate travel for abortion.
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US Court To Hear Lawsuit Seeking To Ban Abortion Pill In Country
A Texas judge favored by anti-abortion activists will hear arguments Wednesday in an unprecedented challenge to the legality of a widely-used abortion pill.
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US Man Uses New State Law To Sue 3 For Securing Abortion Pills
In a first test of a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions, a man is suing three women he says helped his ex-wife obtain abortion pills to end her pregnancy.
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US State South Carolina's Supreme Court Overturns Six-Week Abortion Ban
In the first reversal of its kind, South Carolina's Supreme Court overturned a law banning abortion after six weeks on Thursday -- inflicting a major setback for abortion opponents in the conservative, southern state.
