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Activists rally outside the State Capitol in support of abortion rights in Atlanta, Georgia on May 14, 2022. - Thousands of activists are participating in a national day of action calling for safe and legal access to abortion. The nationwide demonstrations are a response to leaked draft opinion showing the US Supreme Court's conservative majority is considering overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling guaranteeing abortion access. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Georgia won’t say who’s now serving on its maternal mortality committee after dismissing all members last year
Mifepristone is the first pill in a medical abortion.
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Ultrasound now needed for pill abortions in Wyoming after lawmakers override veto
People march through 8th Street in downtown Boise, Idaho, on May 3, 2022, in response to the news that the US Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
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Trump administration drops lawsuit seeking to ensure abortion access in emergency rooms
President Donald Trump signs the No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5.
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Trump tries to impose the red-state social agenda onto blue states that have rejected it
Police stand in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 10.
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Supreme Court declines chance to overturn precedent limiting protests outside abortion clinics
Dr. Margaret Carpenter during a fundraiser for her organization Go Doc Go in 2017.
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New York doctor indicted in Louisiana abortion case recognized as a leader in women’s reproductive health
The White House South Lawn.
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Trump’s team is using Project 2025 as a blueprint to make changes to federal health programs
New reporting shows that, after the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years, which ProPublica used as a baseline to avoid COVID-19-related distortions.
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Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.
FILE - People at a election night watch party react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed on Nov. 5, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Abortions resume in Missouri as GOP lawmakers strategize possible repeal
Brad Schimel, former Republican attorney general Brad Schimel, in Madison, Wisconsin, January 5, 2015, and Susan Crawford in June 2024.
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An election for a single state Supreme Court seat becomes the ‘blockbuster’ political fight of 2025
In this June 2023 photo, Ed Martin speaks at an event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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What to know about Ed Martin, the right-wing activist Trump tapped to be DC’s top prosecutor
Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage. A United States appeals court has ruled to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, ordering a ban on telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of the drug by mail, this issue has created uproar in the USA, according to a report. It also limited its use to up to seven weeks of pregnancy, rather than 10. Mifepristone's availability remains unchanged for now, following an emergency order from the US Supreme Court in April preserving the status quo during the appeal. A Box of Mifepristone Pills photo was taken at a pharmacy in Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 18/08/2023. Mifepristone Oral Pill, Tehatta, India - 18 Aug 2023
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Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas