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On the opening day of Floridas legislative session, Republican lawmakers filed bills in the House and Senate to ban abortions after six weeks. In a move which would tighten the 15-week ban they approved last year, Republicans are pushing an even tougher ban, despite knowing most people arent aware theyre pregnant before six weeks. Sen. ...

A federal judge could soon issue a ruling that threatens access to one of two drugs commonly used in a medication abortion.

Nebraska would have one of the strictest abortion laws in the country should Legislative Bill 626 become law. It recently passed out of committee. The bill calls for banning abortions after a "fetal heartbeat" can be detected by ultrasound, usually around six weeks of pregnancy. ...

After Kentuckys Supreme Court last week denied a request to block abortion bans which went into effect last summer, the ACLU of Kentucky and Planned Parenthood Federation of America said they will bring another lawsuit forward. The two state laws banned most abortions and abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Courta overturning of Roe v. ...

By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Over half of clinician-supervised abortions in the U.S. ...

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