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The Alabama Case That Could Undo the Right To Travel Out of State for an Abortion

The Alabama Case That Could Undo the Right To Travel Out of State for an Abortion
07.04.2025 3

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Mary Ziegler

There Will Be No Winners in the Supreme Court’s Next Big Abortion Decision

There Will Be No Winners in the Supreme Court’s Next Big Abortion Decision
04.04.2025 4

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How Republican State Lawmakers Are Trying to Have It Both Ways on Lifesaving Abortions

24.03.2025 20

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Why Texas Targeted a Midwife for the First Abortion Prosecution

19.03.2025 30

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The Big New Hurdle Facing Abortion Rights in State Courts

05.03.2025 3

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Montana “Trafficking” Bill Shows Endgame for Abortion Rights Foes

28.02.2025 10

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This Law Protects Those Who Help Abortion Seekers Across State Lines. Now It’s Coming Under Attack.

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21.02.2025 9

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Anti-Abortion Activists See Their Moon-Shot Goal Within Reach—and We’re Already Experiencing the Consequences

14.02.2025 6

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South Carolina Doctors Ask for Right to Follow Conscience and Perform Abortions

12.02.2025 3

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Louisiana’s Prosecution of a New York Abortion Provider Will Test the Entire Country

04.02.2025 10

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The March for Life Exposed Abortion Foes’ Biggest Weakness

29.01.2025 7

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We Just Got a Big Signal About Trump’s Abortion Plans

24.01.2025 5

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The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Backup Plan Won’t Work Without Trump

15.01.2025 5

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Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War

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17.12.2024 20

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The Truce Over Interstate Abortion Fights Is About to Come to a Bitter End

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09.12.2024 10

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The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of a pair of cases that will determine access to...

16.11.2024 3

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The Next Frontline in the Fight for Reproductive Rights

Tweet Share Share Comment Trial began this week in another major abortion case, Adkins v. Idaho , that highlights the immense challenges new bans...

15.11.2024 4

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Abortion Rights Initiatives Keep Winning. It Might Not Matter.

Tweet Share Share Comment One of the rare bright spots for Democrats on Tuesday was the continued success of ballot initiatives on abortion rights....

08.11.2024 2

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More Women Are Being Locked Up for Their Pregnancies Than Ever Before

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the organization Pregnancy Justice released a major report showing that criminal prosecutions based on conduct...

02.10.2024 3

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The Deaths of Two Mothers in Georgia Show That Ending Roe Was Never About “Life”

Tweet Share Share Comment This week, ProPublica released two studies tracing the deaths of two women to Georgia’s six-week abortion ban—the first...

20.09.2024 20

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Trump Is Following the GOP’s Abortion Playbook to a T. Why Isn’t It Working?

Tweet Share Share Comment There was no shortage of head-scratching moments in Donald Trump’s debate performance last week, but some of the biggest...

18.09.2024 10

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The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful

Tweet Share Share Comment Conservatives have once again turned to the courts to keep people from voting on reproductive rights. Missouri and...

12.09.2024 2

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Anti-Abortion Crusaders Have a New Way to Keep the Question Away From Voters

Tweet Share Share Comment With more ballot initiatives ready to go before voters, supporters of reproductive rights are hoping to continue their...

26.08.2024 2

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Trump’s Latest Abortion Comments Expose the Bind He’s In

Tweet Share Share Comment This week, Donald Trump gave his clearest answer to date about whether he would enforce the Comstock Act, a 19th-century...

22.08.2024 10

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How to Understand Trump’s Latest Comments About Banning the Abortion Pill

Tweet Share Share Comment For much of the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attempted to maintain strategic ambiguity and plausible...

15.08.2024 2

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Kamala Harris Needs to Seize the Narrative on Abortion

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Mary Ziegler Ms. Ziegler is a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and the author of...

15.08.2024 10

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One of the Most Conservative State Supreme Courts in the Country Just Rebuked Dobbs

Tweet Share Share Comment The Utah Supreme Court, a body with a clear conservative majority, surprised many observers last week when it handed down...

06.08.2024 20

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The Only Part of Trump’s RNC Abortion Platform That Matters

Tweet Share Share Comment When a draft of the 2024 Republican Party platform began to circulate, headlines loudly declared that the GOP had...

15.07.2024 1

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