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Strict Idaho abortion ban loosened by judge's ruling on medical exemptions

A judge has ruled than an abortion in Idaho is not prohibited if pregnancy complications could cause a woman's death

The Independent UK

Lawyers for Houston-area midwife accused of illegal abortions condemn state’s investigation

Maria Rojas’ attorneys got their first chance to address the claims against her Thursday. She was released on bond but a judge ordered the clinics to remain closed.

The Texas Tribune

A ‘powerful and unflinching’ look at reproductive rights in the U.S: The Independent’s documentary, The A-Word, screens in Tennessee

‘I wish the film could be plastered on the walls everywhere for everyone to see’

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Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'

Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy…

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In 'Zurawski v. Texas,' the Post-Dobbs Reality Is Darker Than You Could Have Imagined

A new documentary, produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and Jennifer Lawrence, shows just how catastrophic anti-abortion bills are—and what’s at stake if we stop fighting them.

Marie Claire

Abortion exceptions are a "farce"

Two complaints filed against Texas hospitals reflect a bigger issue about abortion ban exceptions

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Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies demand federal investigation

Two women say hospitals violated emergency care laws by denying treatment for life-threatening condition

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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law

More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022

The Independent UK

Hawaii’s new law could jail traditional midwives. They are fighting back

A new law threatens traditional midwifery practices that go back for generations. Danielle Campoamor reports

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court Upholds State's Strict Abortion Ban

Texas Supreme Court upholds state's strict abortion ban, sparking debate and controversy.

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Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped

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‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

Exclusive: Native Hawaiian midwives say new law criminalizes Indigenous birthing customs and will deal blow to maternal health

The Independent UK

More women join challenge to Tennessee's abortion ban law

More women have joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022

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Judge Blocks Attempt To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Ban

A state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking clarification on Idaho's vague abortion ban can move forward, despite dismissing some of the suit's claims.

The Independent UK

Judge allows lawsuit that challenges Idaho's broad abortion ban to move forward

An Idaho judge has denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban

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Hypothetical situations or real-life medical tragedies? A judge weighs an Idaho abortion ban lawsuit

An attorney for Idaho has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking clarity about the medical exemptions to the state’s broad abortion bans

WEKU

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas

The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.

The Texas Tribune

Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws

The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court. She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy.

WEKU

A woman who sued Texas for access to abortion seeks a procedure out of state instead

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, is ill and carrying a fetus with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. She decided to leave Texas to get an abortion.

The Independent UK

Texas woman seeks emergency abortion out of state after Supreme Court block

‘This past week of legal limbo has been hellish for Kate,’ the Center for Reproductive Rights said about the Dallas woman seeking the procedure

The Guardian - US

Texas attorney general says he will sue doctor who gives abortion to Kate Cox

Ken Paxton issues threat after judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a lethal fetal diagnosis, can get an abortion

The Guardian - US

Texas judge rules woman with non-viable pregnancy can have an abortion

Kate Cox sued state over ban after being unable to receive abortion care on learning her fetus had fatal diagnosis

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