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State abortion bans carry narrow but sometimes vague exceptions, and years of prison time. That’s forcing doctors to think like lawyers, and hospitals to create new protocols.

These new efforts, which test the legal boundaries, have sprung up since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states restricted abortion.

Concerned about losing access to pregnancy care, and fearful of legal consequences, surrogates and those who work with them are rewriting contracts and changing the way they operate.

Fetal personhood, which confers legal rights from conception, is an effort to push beyond abortion bans and classify the procedure as murder. In Georgia, it also means a $3,000 tax credit.

Democrats would love to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in November. But first they must nominate a capable challenger, in a state where they seem to perpetually fall short.

The effort is aimed at keeping a constitutional amendment to guarantee abortion rights off the ballot. A voting access measure is also being challenged.

Private Facebook messages are key evidence in a rare case that has stoked fears and inflamed debate over abortion restrictions.

Information and medications needed to end a pregnancy are increasingly available outside the health care system.

Voters in the Detroit suburbs said issues including the economy and bodily autonomy were driving their ballot decisions.

Voters in deep-red Kansas delivered a loud warning shot to Republicans, and Arizona Republicans nominated a 2020 conspiracy theorist to be the state’s top election official.