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Idaho Abortion Laws Challenged Amidst Rising Medical Tragedies

An intense lawsuit regarding Idaho's abortion bans reveals personal tragedies and fears of physicians, storyline driven by four women's experiences.

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Texas abortion case heard before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit

Dr. Dani Mathisen is one of 20 patients who say abortion bans in Texas harmed them during complicated pregnancies. Attorneys in the lawsuit will argue before the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday.

WEKU

Women fight abortion bans in 3 more states with legal actions

Patients and doctors in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma are taking legal action, against state abortion bans. Women told dramatic stories of dangerous pregnancies and delayed care.

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Texas women with risky pregnancies sue over how state’s abortion ban forced them to flee

AUSTIN, Texas — Five women denied abortions in Texas despite having dangerous pregnancy complications sued the state in a lawsuit that could provide the first clarity on when doctors can legally perform the procedure.

Tribune News Service

First ever lawsuit against abortion bans

Women denied abortions sue Texas to clarify exceptions to the laws

Salon

Could a Texas judge halt abortion pill access, even in states with protections?

ATLANTA — A conservative federal judge in Texas is poised to rule in a lawsuit that could disrupt abortion access across the nation — including in states with strong abortion protections such as California — by halting distribution of a key abortion pill.

Los Angeles Times

Women denied abortions sue Texas to clarify exceptions to the laws

Five women announced a new lawsuit Tuesday, marking the first time patients directly affected by new abortion laws have sought to challenge them in court.

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5 Texas women denied abortions sue the state, saying the bans put them in danger

The lawsuit filed on behalf of five patients who said their lives were put at risk and two physicians asks a state judge to clarify exceptions for medical emergencies under Texas law.

WEKU

Texas lawsuit that seeks to ban abortion drug nationwide sparks fear among advocates

A decision on the lawsuit could come as early as this week.

The Texas Tribune

Kansas judge blocks telemedicine abortion ban in first key ruling since August vote

A Kansas judge has blocked enforcement of a state ban on telemedicine abortions, the first significant abortion-related court ruling in the state since voters in August rejected a proposal that would have upheld the ban.

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Dissent is Sexy

150 romance writers unite for abortion rights in a limited-release anthology benefiting reproductive health organizations.

Texas Observer

Arizona abortion rights backers sue to overturn old ban

Supporters of abortion rights are suing to keep an old Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions from being enforced

The Independent UK

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold

A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as "trigger bans" are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.

WEKU

Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer to be federal judge

Biden is nominating Julie Rikelman, the attorney who represented the abortion clinic in the Dobbs case.

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Abortions outlawed in Louisiana after judge ends restraining order

The state’s ‘trigger’ laws will likely force clinics to close until the legal challenge resumes in Baton Rouge

Axios

Judge allows Louisiana abortion ban to go into effect

Nearly all abortions in the state are now illegal.

Miami Herald

US Supreme Court decision could derail abortion rights moves in Latin America

MIAMI — The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing abortion rights is likely to energize efforts to curtail or ban the procedures throughout Latin America, where countries have been slowly moving toward allowing women greater reproductive rights, experts say.

Salon

Texas clamping down on Roe reversal

"Extremist politicians are on a crusade to force Texans into pregnancy and childbirth against their will"

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Texas Supreme Court allows enforcement of 1925 abortion ban scrapped in Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON – The Texas Supreme Court ordered late Friday that the state’s century-old abortion ban, struck down in Roe v. Wade in 1973, can be enforced immediately.

Salon

Texas judge blocks Paxton abortion plan

Paxton told prosecutors to immediately “pursue criminal prosecutions based on violations" of Texas trigger law

Tribune News Service

Texas clinics can temporarily resume abortions, state court rules

DALLAS — Texas abortion clinics can temporarily resume abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy, following a ruling from a state court blocking the enforcement of pre-Roe laws banning abortion.

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State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision

In the hours after the Supreme Court signaled an end to the national right to abortion Friday, a cascade of abortion bans began to take effect across the country.

The Guardian - US

Louisiana judge blocks abortion ban amid uproar after Roe v Wade ruling

State temporarily blocked from enforcing ban as other US states pass ‘trigger laws’ designed to severely curtail access to abortion

Axios

Abortion rights activists plot next legal steps

Abortion rights advocates are considering a number of options to legally challenge state bans.

Roll Call

State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision - Roll Call

Friday's Supreme Court decision effectively undoing legal precedent set by Roe v. Wade has spurred a flurry of state activity.

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