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PublishedSeptember 22, 2021
Collins says she opposes Democrats’ bill ensuring abortion rights
The Maine senator says the legislation would interfere with an existing law that ensures health professionals who object to abortion are not required to participate in it.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Texas doctor who violated state’s abortion ban is sued, launching first test of constitutionality
Physician Alan Braid admitted to performing an abortion that is illegal under the Texas law.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Cancer screenings in jeopardy after New Hampshire denies funding for women’s clinics
The Republican-majority Executive Council decided against extending contracts to Planned Parenthood and two other family planning services that also provide abortions, even though no public money funds abortions in the state.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Supreme Court sets date to hear Mississippi’s bid to overturn women’s right to abortion
The state is asking the high court to overrule Roe v. Wade and the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that prevent states from banning abortion before viability, around 24 weeks of pregnancy.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Broad majorities of Americans oppose key provisions of restrictive Texas abortion law, poll finds
Weighing in on one of the law's provisions, 81% say they disapprove of giving $10,000 to private citizens who successfully file suits against those who perform or assist a woman with getting an abortion.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
Justice Department sues Texas over restrictive new abortion law
'The act is clearly unconstitutional under longstanding Supreme Court precedent,' Attorney General Merrick Garland says in seeking to have it declared invalid.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Mexico decriminalizes abortion, a dramatic step in world’s second-biggest Catholic country
The vote comes as a powerful women's movement is transforming Mexico, where female politicians now make up half of Congress.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2021
Sen. Collins said Kavanaugh considered abortion rights settled. Texas decision suggests otherwise
Justice Brett Kavanaugh's decision late Wednesday night revives questions of whether the Maine senator was misled by the nominee or whether she was intent on supporting him no matter his views on abortion rights.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
In wake of Texas law, abortion again becomes a hot topic in Maine
Pro-choice politicians decry Supreme Court's refusal to block the highly restrictive new law.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
Biden blasts Supreme Court’s decision to let Texas’ ban on most abortions stand
The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others but suggested that its order likely isn't the last word and other challenges can be brought.
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