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Abortion bans are barring people from life-saving pregnancy care, medical groups warn
In a report shared first with The 19th, major medical organizations uniformly told lawmakers that the overturning of Roe v. Wade will also worsen racial inequality and create barriers to critical medical treatment.
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An 'insane roller coaster': In Arizona, abortion is legal one day and outlawed the next
The legal whiplash over which of the state's two abortion bans should take effect has left patients and providers alike unsure how to proceed.
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How Democratic men are centering abortion access on the campaign trail
It’s a defining issue of the 2022 midterms, but also one on which voters may assume women have more expertise. Democratic men candidates are talking about it more than ever.
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Kentucky is latest to test whether red states will keep voting for abortion rights
An anti-abortion constitutional amendment identical to one Kansas voters rejected this summer is on Kentucky’s November ballot.
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State abortion bans are preventing cancer patients from getting chemotherapy
Affidavits in Ohio show people had to leave the state for abortions before they could get cancer treatment. It’s an issue across the country.
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More than two dozen abortion clinics closed in the first 100 days post-Roe
Sixty-six clinics have stopped providing abortions. Twenty-six have closed completely. If more bans take effect, the impact could spread.
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Why Kansas' Democratic governor isn't talking about abortion on the campaign trail
Despite a huge rejection of abortion restrictions in Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly, up for reelection this fall, isn't talking about abortion rights.
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The end of Roe could be changing people’s minds about abortion bans
Backlash to a 15-week ban and shifting public opinion data suggests people may be less tolerant of laws prohibiting second-trimester abortions.
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70% of Americans don’t trust politicians to make abortion policy, 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds
The majority of Americans — Republicans, Democrats, men, women and nonbinary people — distrust politicians even as states pass new restrictions.
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Abortion bans like Lindsey Graham’s say they have rape and incest exceptions — in practice, they don’t work.
The exceptions require people to jump through significant logistical, legal and bureaucratic hoops that render them nearly impossible to utilize, experts said.