Ema O'Connor
Texas’s Ban On Abortions During The Coronavirus Outbreak Can Go Back Into Effect Following An Appeals Court Ruling
A federal judge had put a temporary hold on the state’s abortion ban, but an appeals court overturned the ruling Tuesday.
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Judges Struck Down Three State Bans On Abortions During The Coronavirus Outbreak
Reproductive rights groups have sued five states, including Texas, Alabama, and Ohio, for banning abortions as part of their coronavirus-mitigation strategies.
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Nearly A Fifth Of Religious Americans Say They Are Still Attending Services, Despite The Coronavirus Pandemic
Seventeen percent of respondents to a recent poll said they were still attending worship services in person.
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Planned Parenthood Sued Texas For Banning Nearly All Abortions During The Coronavirus Outbreak
"It’s unconscionable that the Texas Attorney General is exploiting this pandemic to end abortion in the state."
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Texas Has Banned Abortions During The Coronavirus Outbreak
Abortion providers argue that the procedure is “essential health care” and should remain available during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Abortion Clinics Are Staying Open During The Coronavirus Outbreak. Here’s Why.
One Planned Parenthood affiliate said it's actually seeing an uptick in patients showing up for appointments as people grow concerned about their health insurance and access in the future.
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The Supreme Court Just Heard Its First Major Abortion Case With Trump's Appointees On The Bench
With Roe v. Wade in the balance, a decision on whether a Louisiana abortion law is constitutional will likely come down to Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Ema O'Connor
I Rode The Train With Andrew Yang On Super Tuesday And He Said He’s Considering Running For Mayor Of New York
Joe Biden is trying to get in touch, Yang said. And he’s been texting with Pete Buttigieg.
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The National Right To Abortion Is Facing An Intense Threat. This Group Has Been Preparing For This Fight For Decades.
The Center for Reproductive Rights will argue in the first major Supreme Court case over abortion in the Trump era, which could gut Roe v. Wade.
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Anti-Trump Evangelicals Are Trying To Figure Out What To Do Next
The first month of 2020 has been filled with infighting over Trump among prominent evangelicals. “How do we pick up the pieces of the conservative party once he is out of office?”
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More Than 200 Members Of Congress Asked The Supreme Court To Consider Overturning Roe V. Wade
The members, including two Democrats, wrote in a brief that the national right to abortion is unworkable ahead of a major abortion rights case.
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The Last Decade Was Disastrous For Abortion Rights. Advocates Are Trying To Figure Out What’s Next.
This year, the battle over abortion rights reached a fever pitch. That’s what this entire decade was building toward.
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The 24 Best Books Of The Decade
There were a lot of books published this decade. These are the ones we’ll never forget.
Tomi Obaro
The Most Iconic TV And Movie Characters From The 2010s
We asked BuzzFeed News writers to nominate the TV and movie characters who defined the 2010s. Here are our picks for the characters who will stick with us from this decade.
David Mack
The Supreme Court Allowed A Kentucky Law Requiring A Woman To Listen To A Fetus’s Heartbeat In Order To Get An Abortion
The law also requires the doctor to give the patient an ultrasound and describe the images before the patient can get an abortion.
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A Judge Struck Down A Trump Policy That Would Have Let Health Workers Refuse Abortion And Sex Reassignment Services
The judge said that the Trump administration's justification for the rule’s existence was “flatly untrue.”
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A Lawyer For Giuliani's Ukrainian Associate Tried To Argue He Was Not A Flight Risk. It Did Not Go Well.
Igor Fruman’s lawyer tried to argue that his house arrest under GPS tracking should be lifted and that Fruman often booked one-way tickets.
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A Judge Blocked Alabama’s Near-Total Ban On Abortion
The law was written by anti-abortion advocates to be challenged in court until it reaches the Supreme Court, in the hopes of overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Two Of Giuliani's Ukraine Associates Pleaded Not Guilty. Here’s How They’re Connected To Impeachment.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were indicted with financial crimes, but they’re also deeply tied to Trump’s impeachment.
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Two Men Tied To Giuliani's Ukraine Squad Pleaded Not Guilty To Federal Charges
David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin were indicted along with Giuliani associates Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas for making illegal campaign contributions.
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