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FILE - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks after signing into law a bill making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, on. April 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. Stitt on Wednesday, May 25 signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure. State lawmakers approved the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Oklahoma Governor Signs the Nation’s Strictest Abortion Ban
  • 25 May 2022
State lawmakers approved the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to...
  • AP News
Oklahoma Governor Signs the Nation’s Strictest Abortion Ban
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Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweet a Woman’s ‘Greatest Choice’ Is Becoming a Mother?
  • 18 May 2022
The tweet included a video of Greene talking to a crowd about abortion.
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Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweet a Woman’s ‘Greatest Choice’ Is Becoming a Mother?
Have US Abortion-Related Deaths Decreased Since Roe v. Wade?
  • 16 May 2022
To suggest a decline in abortion-related deaths was purely due to the legalization of the...
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Have US Abortion-Related Deaths Decreased Since Roe v. Wade?
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No, GOP Senator Didn’t Say Saving Fetus Is Worth Losing Mother’s Life
  • 6 May 2022
The statement attributed to Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, spread widely on social...
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No, GOP Senator Didn’t Say Saving Fetus Is Worth Losing Mother’s Life
Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The drug is one of two used together in "medication abortions." According to Planned Parenthood, misoprostol, taken after mifepristone, causes cramping and bleeding to empty the uterus. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Next Battle over Access to Abortion Will Focus on Pills
  • 5 May 2022
Use of abortion pills has been rising in the U.S. since 2000 when the FDA...
  • AP News
Next Battle over Access to Abortion Will Focus on Pills
pro-abortion protesters
Did Abortion Rights Protesters Take Abortion Pills Outside Supreme Court Building?
  • 3 December 2021
Visual evidence surfaced supposedly showing four protesters outside the federal courthouse taking pills to end...
  • Fact Check
Did Abortion Rights Protesters Take Abortion Pills Outside Supreme Court Building?
Stephen Parlato of Boulder, Colo., holds a sign that reads "Hands Off Roe!!!" outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, as activists begin to arrive ahead of arguments on abortion at the court in Washington.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Abortion Rights at Stake in Historic Supreme Court Arguments
  • 1 December 2021
The justices will weigh whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15...
  • AP News
Abortion Rights at Stake in Historic Supreme Court Arguments
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington, Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. The justices are hearing arguments Monday, Nov. 1, in two cases over whether abortion providers or the Justice Department can mount federal court challenges to the law, which has an unusual enforcement scheme its defenders argue shield it from federal court review. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
  • 1 November 2021
The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended...
  • AP News
Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
In this Oct. 18, 2021 photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Texas is urging the Supreme Court to leave in place its law banning most abortions and telling the justices there’s no reason to rush into the case. The state filed its response Thursday to the Biden administration’s call on the high court to block the law and rule conclusively this term on the measure’s constitutionality. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Supreme Court Doesn’t Block Texas Abortion Law, Sets Hearing
  • 22 October 2021
The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in...
  • AP News
Supreme Court Doesn’t Block Texas Abortion Law, Sets Hearing
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2021 file photo people participate in the Houston Women's March against Texas abortion ban walk from Discovery Green to City Hall in Houston. A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the order Friday, Oct. 8. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
Court Again Lets Texas Continue Banning Most Abortions
  • 15 October 2021
The decision could push the law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • AP News
Court Again Lets Texas Continue Banning Most Abortions
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Judge Orders Texas to Suspend New Law Banning Most Abortions
  • 7 October 2021
The order is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill...
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Judge Orders Texas to Suspend New Law Banning Most Abortions
Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a lawsuit to block the enforcement of new Texas law that bans most abortions at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Justice Dept. Sues Texas over State’s New Abortion Law
  • 9 September 2021
The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions,...
  • AP News
Justice Dept. Sues Texas over State’s New Abortion Law
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