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House votes on restoring abortion rights

The House on Friday is expected to vote on two bills that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide as Democrats make their first attempt at responding legislatively to the Supreme Court's landmark decision overturning Roe v...

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FDA weighs over-the-counter birth control approval

Deena Centofanti with the FOX Medical Team discusses the FDA considering approving an over-the-counter birth control pill.

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AZ Judge blocks law giving rights to the unborn

A federal judge in Phoenix blocked a 2021 state "personhood" law that gives all legal rights to unborn children and that abortion rights groups said put providers at risk of prosecution for a variety of crimes.

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Biden slams Supreme Court as 'out of touch'

The US President has been under pressure from his own Democratic party to take action after the landmark decision to overturn a 1973 case on women's rights.

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'Giant step backwards': Executive order to protect abortion rights

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to safeguard some reproductive rights across the country. It does not legalize abortion, but instead improves access to emergency contraception, legal services and pills that can ind...

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AZ abortion initiative fails make it on 2022 ballot

A group seeking to get abortion rights on the Arizona ballot has failed to collect enough qualifying signatures for the 2022 midterms.

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Woman in custody for pepper spraying abortion activists

AZ Patriots leader Jennifer Harrison has turned herself in after she reportedly pepper-sprayed abortion rights protestors in Tempe.

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Biden signs executive order to safeguard access to abortion

U.S President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard access to abortion and contraception in light of the U.S Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Biden is urging Americans to elect a Congress tha...

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Abortion becomes the key focus for elections ads

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it sent a jolt through political campaigns across the country. For politicians in the midst of their primary races, the opinion thrust the already-polarizing issue to the forefront of their ...

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Groups urge awareness of alternatives after Roe v. Wade

Kate Kelly, with the advocacy group Shout Your Abortion, says multiple groups in the U.S. are working to educate people about the availability of abortion medication after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

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Woman refused vital medicine after abortion ruling

A Virginia woman says her doctor has stopped prescribing a medication she uses for symptoms of lupus in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on abortion access.

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Local officials give thousands to abortion access group

The council voted to donate to the Northwest Abortion Access Fund, a group that helps people pay for their abortion care and travel to a clinic if needed.

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Mississippi judge upholds state's abortion ban

As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state's only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions.Without other developments in th...

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Abortion rules create ambiguity for doctors

Andrea Prudente's medical case is a situation we could see more of during post-Roe. The 38-year-old American had a partial miscarriage while on her baby-moon in Malta. Her life was in danger and she could get an infection or bleed to dea...

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Rallies held across the country over abortion laws

Thousands have rallied across Australia following the decision in the United States to overturn the right to an abortion. The gatherings in capital cities including Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart were also organised to draw attention at ho...

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Crowds gather across Australia to support abortion rights

Thousands of people in major cites across Australia are taking to the streets in protest after the US Supreme Court overturned abortion rights.

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Florida judge to decide on 15-week abortion ban

A Florida judge is expected to make a decision as to whether a new law banning abortion after 15 weeks will go into effect on Friday.

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Anti-abortion group helps women with pregnancies

Having a baby can be a real strain on women both financially and emotionally. That's why some pro-life groups in Texas say they will be there to help women who choose not to have an abortion -- whether it's because of their conscious, ec...

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Abortion activists vandalize local Catholic church

The message "Abortion saves lives" was spray-painted on the wall. This is the second instance of church vandalism in the area since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Supreme Court Justice Breyer officially retires

Justice Stephen Breyer will officially retire from the Supreme Court Thursday at noon, when the high court's current term is set to end. "It has been my great honor to participate as a judge in the effort to maintain ourConstitution and ...

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MS abortion clinic files lawsuit against trigger law

After years of picking at abortion by creating laws to make it harder and harder to get the procedure, the poorest state in the United States a state that tops the list when it comes to infant mortality and sits among the worst in hospit...

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New Mexico inundated with out of state abortions

It takes more than 12 hours to drive across Texas, a large state where abortion is now unavailable. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned abortion rights case Roe v. Wade, New Mexico is now the only state bordering Texas where abortion...

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Nancy Pelosi receives Papal communion in Rome

House speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis and received communion from a priest during a papal mass in Rome.

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Denton City Hall votes to decriminalize abortion

Shannon Murray reports. Denton City Hall was filled with abortion activists, as the members of city hall placed abortion as their lowest priority.

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Dallas church continues helping women seek abortions

Members of a Dallas church are off the philosophical sidelines and square into the debate over abortion rights. They are helping women travel to states that are more abortion-friendly. Good Day talked to First Unitarian Church of Dallas ...

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State abortions still legal despite Court decision

Last week, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving the issue of abortion up to each state. In Michigan, that would have meant mifepristone, known as the abortion pill, would have been illegal. But an injunction against the 1931...

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Judge extends State abortion legality for two weeks

Texas' pre-Roe abortion ban has been blocked by a Harris County state court judge, allowing abortions to continue up to six weeks of pregnancy.

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Abortion laws threaten future legality of IVF embryos

The Supreme Court's decision allowing states to restrict or allow abortions is raising questions for a lot of women, including some using the complicated process of in vitro fertilization. Good Day talked to Dr. Dorett Noorhassan, a repr...

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Plan B supply dwindles after Supreme Court decision

The Plan B pill is in high demand and many pharmacies are limiting how many boxes a customer can purchase in fear that they may run out.

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Abortion access reaffirmed in Minnesota

Abortion will remain legal in Minnesota despite the Roe v. Wade decision, and some Minnesota leaders will work to keep it that way.

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