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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Changing Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump's orders aimed at curtailing "radical indoctrination" and "gender ideology."
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Georgia's Brain Dead Woman Delivers Prematurely, Baby On Life Support
The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said.
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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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31-Year-Old Woman Forced To Leave US State For Emergency Abortion
A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said Monday.
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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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Joe Biden Moves To "Protect Patient Privacy" After US' Abortion Ruling
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on abortion Friday that among other things aims to protect the privacy of women seeking to end a pregnancy, the White House said.
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Joe Biden Warns Of "Unconstitutional Chaos" Due To Texas Abortion Law
US President Joe Biden lashed out on Thursday at the Supreme Court's refusal to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, warning that it threatens to unleash "unconstitutional chaos".
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On Abortion Law, Trump Says "Strongly Pro-Life" But With Three Exceptions
President Donald Trump has declared himself "strongly Pro-Life", days after two US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
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Alabama Passes Bill To Ban Abortions, No Exception Even In Rape Cases
The Alabama senate passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the United States on Tuesday that bans any termination of pregnancy and could punish doctors who perform the procedure with life in prison.
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With "Heartbeat Bill", Mississippi Moves To Ban Abortion After Six Weeks
Lawmakers in the southeastern US state of Mississippi passed a bill on Tuesday banning abortion of pregnancies where a heartbeat is detectable -- from six weeks -- as human rights groups vowed to fight the move.
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US Court Won't Let North Dakota Enforce Tough Abortion Law
The US Supreme Court refused on Monday to review lower court rulings overturning North Dakota's ban on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy - before many women know they're pregnant.
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Indian-American Woman's Sentencing Sparks Debate Over Laws
The stiff 30-year prison sentence for an Indian-American woman for female foeticide and child maltreatment has sparked a debate in the US on how prosecutors are using laws designed to protect expecting mothers to criminalise women for terminating a pregnancy.
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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Changing Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump's orders aimed at curtailing "radical indoctrination" and "gender ideology."
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Georgia's Brain Dead Woman Delivers Prematurely, Baby On Life Support
The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said.
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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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31-Year-Old Woman Forced To Leave US State For Emergency Abortion
A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said Monday.
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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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Joe Biden Moves To "Protect Patient Privacy" After US' Abortion Ruling
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on abortion Friday that among other things aims to protect the privacy of women seeking to end a pregnancy, the White House said.
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Joe Biden Warns Of "Unconstitutional Chaos" Due To Texas Abortion Law
US President Joe Biden lashed out on Thursday at the Supreme Court's refusal to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, warning that it threatens to unleash "unconstitutional chaos".
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On Abortion Law, Trump Says "Strongly Pro-Life" But With Three Exceptions
President Donald Trump has declared himself "strongly Pro-Life", days after two US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
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Alabama Passes Bill To Ban Abortions, No Exception Even In Rape Cases
The Alabama senate passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the United States on Tuesday that bans any termination of pregnancy and could punish doctors who perform the procedure with life in prison.
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With "Heartbeat Bill", Mississippi Moves To Ban Abortion After Six Weeks
Lawmakers in the southeastern US state of Mississippi passed a bill on Tuesday banning abortion of pregnancies where a heartbeat is detectable -- from six weeks -- as human rights groups vowed to fight the move.
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US Court Won't Let North Dakota Enforce Tough Abortion Law
The US Supreme Court refused on Monday to review lower court rulings overturning North Dakota's ban on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy - before many women know they're pregnant.
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Indian-American Woman's Sentencing Sparks Debate Over Laws
The stiff 30-year prison sentence for an Indian-American woman for female foeticide and child maltreatment has sparked a debate in the US on how prosecutors are using laws designed to protect expecting mothers to criminalise women for terminating a pregnancy.
