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The 2-pronged GOP plot to make it harder to get an abortion
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (1188+ words) Anti-abortion conservatives have long sought to force Planned Parenthood's clinics to close their doors and to make it harder, if not impossible, to get abortion pills as part of a two-pronged approach to limit access to abortion. First, undermine Planned…...
GOP’s anti-Obamacare push helps overturn Wyoming abortion ban
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (313+ words) The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state's two near-total abortion bans were unconstitutional. One law banned all abortions except extreme circumstances such as protecting a pregnant woman's life and cases involving rape or incest. The other law…...
Pope Leo takes aim at MAGA’s false gospel
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (364+ words) Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others," the future Pope Leo said in response, calling the vice president wrong." On Thursday, in the wake of his interview with Crux, Leo published the first major document of his…...
"Proudly pro-life" Wisconsin Republican scrubs anti-abortion text from campaign site
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (441+ words) A U.S. House Republican from Wisconsin quietly removed pro-life positions from the issues page of his campaign website earlier this summer, as the nation approached the third anniversary of the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. The move adds to GOP lawmakers" apparent…...
"Ordering people to suffer": Trump backs states that ban life-saving care for pregnant women
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (617+ words) Donald Trump ... life of the mother," he insisted. This week, he proved beyond all doubt that he was lying about the "exceptions," at least when it comes to saving the lives of pregnant women. "Ordering people to suffer": Trump backs…...
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1728+ words) This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths More in this series Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind…...