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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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The Supreme Court Will Take Up A Major Abortion Rights Case
The Louisiana law the court will review requires abortion clinics to have hospital admitting privileges. Opponents say it could result in nearly all of the state's clinics closing.
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A Judge Has Blocked Georgia’s Law Banning Abortion After Six Weeks
The law also declared a fetus a “natural person,” but it “failed to address” what that would mean legally, the judge wrote.
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The Knights Of Columbus Are Massively Inflating Their Membership In Alleged Insurance Scheme, New Documents Suggest
New documents allege that Knights of Columbus is inflating its membership numbers by 28% to bolster its multibillion-dollar life insurance company.
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A Powerful Catholic Group Is Facing Allegations of Insurance Fraud
The Knights of Columbus is being accused of inflating its numbers to appear more profitable to insurance companies — and some of its members say they’re paying the price.
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Arkansas 18-Week Abortion Ban Was Just Blocked — For Now
The block will only last 14 days before the judge makes a final decision about the law.
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Planned Parenthood Has Ousted Its President, Leana Wen, Amid A Dispute Over The Organization's Direction
Wen had worked to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider, leading to concerns among some staff that the organization was moving away from politics.
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A Federal Judge Has Blocked Ohio’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
Ohio is one of several states to pass strict abortion bans in the past few months.
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These Powerful Letters Show Why Women Have Abortions
"Thank you for helping save my life by allowing me to choose," one woman wrote to an abortion fund that helps pay for women to have abortions they couldn’t otherwise afford.
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She Got An Abortion In Arkansas At 21 Weeks. Soon, That Could Be Illegal.
A 25-year-old woman tried for five months to get an abortion. By the time she made it to the clinic, it was almost too late.
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This Mom And Her Seven Kids Have Dedicated Their Lives To Helping Women Get Abortions In The South
The Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund helps women get abortions when they can’t afford them. It’s run by a mom and her seven kids.
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Sen. Chris Coons Thinks Churchgoing Christians Could Help Turn The Tide For Abortion Rights. If Only Democrats Would Talk To Them.
As abortion is becoming one of the most important issues in the country, Coons argues that Democrats are leaving churchgoers behind.
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Trump Tried To Let Health Care Providers Refuse To Provide Transgender Care And Abortions — Now He’s Getting Sued
Health care groups are suing the Trump administration arguing that the rule could create a “chilling effect” that would greatly decrease access to abortion and sex reassignment care.
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Almost All The 2020 Presidential Candidates Say They Want To Make Roe V. Wade Law
The proposal isn’t new, but before last week it lived in relative obscurity. Now, nearly every Democrat running for president has it at the top of their platform.
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Cory Booker Vows To Make Roe V. Wade The Law Of The Land As President
The 2020 hopeful told BuzzFeed News that recent abortion restrictions are “a threat to women's freedoms and women's rights all over our country,” not just in the states that have passed them.
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All Of These New Anti-Abortion Laws Are Part Of A National Effort To Overturn Roe V. Wade
Anti-abortion activists have been pushing these restrictive state laws for years in a concerted, national effort to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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