The women of the generations who have come after my reproductive years should have the same right I had to safely make decisions about my body.
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Dozens of new Maine laws just took effect. Here’s what you need to know.
A 72-hour waiting period on firearms purchases, a ban on unauthorized paramilitary activity and legal protections for abortion providers are among the new laws going on the books Friday.
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U.S. abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
Numbers went up in places where abortion remains legal until further into pregnancy – and especially in states such as Illinois, Kansas and New Mexico, which border states with bans.
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Planned Parenthood of Northern New England facing $8.6 million deficit
The nonprofit reproductive health provider is seeking $3.4 million from Maine. The funding would go to reproductive health services that don’t include abortion.
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More women ending pregnancies on their own, some with unsafe methods
A new study suggests that some women administered the abortion pills, others drank or used drugs and some resorted to inserting potentially harmful objects into their bodies.
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Iowa law banning most abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from being enforced.
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Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows
Among causes of deaths, birth defects showed a 23% increase, compared to a decrease of about 3% in the rest of the U.S.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in limited ruling
The ruling came a day after an opinion was briefly posted on the court’s website accidentally and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg.
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U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, report says
Based on a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted prematurely, it does not appear likely the court will fully resolve the issues at the heart of the case.
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Two years after Roe v. Wade overturned, abortion rights advocates rally in Portland
Roughly 100 people joined Gov. Janet Mills and other Democratic party leaders at the protest to urge voters to protect access to abortion at the polls this fall.