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Policy, State & Local

Democrats in Pennsylvania want to keep a Supreme Court majority. They are talking up abortion rights

August 24, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

As they try to pad their state Supreme Court majority in a presidential battleground, Democrats in Pennsylvania now hope to harness the same voter enthusiasm for protecting abortion rights that has already helped their side to a string of high-profile […]


Federal, Policy

House Dems will use rare procedural maneuver to force Republicans to vote on abortion rights

June 16, 2023

Via: Fox News

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to utilize a rare procedural maneuver next week to force Republicans to go on the record about codifying abortion rights, despite being the minority party. Pro-Choice Caucus Chairs Diana DeGette, D-CO, […]


Federal, Policy

Democratic governors form alliance on abortion rights

February 21, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Democratic governors in 20 states are launching a network intended to strengthen abortion access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision nixing a woman’s constitutional right to end a pregnancy and instead shifting regulatory powers over the procedure […]


Federal, Policy

Supreme Court leak report findings: Lax security, loose lips

January 20, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Eight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court said it has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights. The report released by the court Thursday is the apparent […]


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Federal judge blocks Arizona’s ‘personhood’ abortion law

July 11, 2022

Via: Washington's Top News

A federal judge in Phoenix on Monday 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. U.S. District […]


Federal, Policy

Abortion rights protests continue outside SCOTUS for 2nd day

June 25, 2022

Via: Washington's Top News

On Saturday afternoon, the area around the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., once again filled up with demonstrators protesting the court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that allowed for legal access to abortion across the […]


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NY Gov. Hochul signs state bills aimed at protecting abortion rights

June 13, 2022

Via: Fox News

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a new law expanding legal protections for people seeking and providing abortions in New York. The bill came in response to an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision that could potentially overturn the […]