Reproductive Rights
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Florida Supreme Court upholds DeSantis’ 6-week abortion ban, approves abortion amendment for November ballot
The decision clears the amendment’s path to appearing on the November ballot, when Florida voters will decide if abortion will be enshrined in the state’s Constitution.
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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in major abortion access case
Tuesday’s hearing marks the first time the right-wing Court has listened to a case relating to abortion access since their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.
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Maria Elvira Salazar’s history of opposing abortion rights
The House Republican has consistently voted against women’s reproductive rights, even as many voters from her own party oppose measures to ban abortion in Florida.
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Biden attacks GOP abortion bans, vows to restore Roe during State of the Union
“Many of you in this chamber and my predecessor are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom,” Biden said to Republicans. “My God, what freedoms will you take away next?”
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Florida Republicans ask Supreme Court to restrict access to medication abortion
Opponents of the Republican lawmakers’ petition argue that this is a ploy to ban abortion nationwide without Congress.
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First over-the-counter birth control pill will go on sale this month
Upon hitting store shelves, Opill will become the most effective birth control method available without a prescription.
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Florida Republicans delay ‘fetal personhood’ bill after Alabama IVF ruling
A Florida Senate committee announced Monday that it is postponing a Republican bill that would give fetuses civil rights as children. But opponents warn that the delay may only be temporary.
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‘Gut punch after gut punch’: IVF patients speak out after Alabama ruling
IVF patients speak out after Alabama ruling regarding IVF embryos. Here’s what you need to know about the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling.
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Not just abortion: IVF ruling next phase in the right’s war on reproductive freedom
The Alabama Supreme Court directly cited the Dobbs decision—in which the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—in its ruling that effectively bans IVF in the state. But amid furious public backlash, Donald Trump and Republicans have raced to distance themselves from the ruling they made possible.
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Inside Rick Scott’s ‘toxic record on abortion’
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell says that Sen. Rick Scott’s record shows that if given the opportunity, he would help pass a national abortion ban, jail doctors providing care, and ban access to birth control.
