Abortion laws
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Following the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which eliminated a constitutional right to abortion nationwide, nearly two dozen US states have banned or limited access to the procedure. States where abortion is most limited report higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, as well as greater economic insecurity. The fight over…
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A federal judge struck down parts of a North Carolina law that restricted patients’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has become the subject of legal battles nationwide. Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles struck down the state’s requirements on Tuesday, including that mifepristone be prescribed only by doctors and only in person, as…
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