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The state, surrounded by neighbors with abortion bans and restrictions, has had a 37 percent rise in abortions since the constitutional right to abortion was overturned.
Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal, and Daniel Kelly, a conservative, will face off on April 4 in a race that could tilt the balance of the court, with abortion rights, gerrymandered maps and more in the balance.
Responding to concerns about student privacy, high school athletics officials voted to remove questions about menstruation history from a medical form.
The vice president said the Biden administration was “fighting back” against reproductive health restrictions by directing several federal agencies to explore how to support access to the abortion pill.
The justices found that the state’s Constitution does not include a right to the procedure, bringing an end to a monthslong legal battle.