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After mass protests, Poland won't back total abortion ban
A member of Poland’s conservative government said the protests have been a lesson in “humility” for the country’s leadership.
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The Planned Parenthood Shooting Survivors Finally Speak Out
The workers who survived the 2015 shooting can't tell you their names - but they want you to know their story. By Jim Rendon.
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Italy abortion row as woman dies after hospital miscarriage
Italian prosecutors begin an inquiry after a family's lawyer claims a woman pregnant with twins died because her doctor refused to take action.
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Italy abortion row as woman dies after hospital miscarriage
Italian prosecutors have begun an inquiry into the death after a miscarriage of a woman of 32 who was pregnant with twins. The family of Valentina Milluzzo said the doctor treating her refused to abort the foetuses because he was a "conscientious objector" to abortion. The hospital involved has categorically rejected the family's claims. The woman's burial has been postponed while further investigations are carried out.
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Planned Parenthood wins suit to block Mississippi law
A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that banned the state's Medicaid program from spending money with any health care provider that offers abortions. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III ruled Thursday in a lawsuit filed in mid-June by two Planned Parenthood affiliates. The law took effect July 1. Jordan said every court to consider similar laws has found they violate the "free-choice-of-provider" provision of federal law. Medicaid is paid by federal and state dollars.
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Poles stage mass protests over new abortion bill
Thousands have demonstrated in Poland's major cities against a proposed law that would place further restrictions on abortion in the country. Poland's parliament recently rejected a total ban on the procedure.
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Innocents
Where pregnant women have more to fear than Zika. By Rachel Nolan.
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The 20-Week Abortion Ban Bind
More and more states are making it illegal to get an abortion after 20 weeks. But this is when many women discover their pregnancies may be unviable. By Sylvia A. Harvey.
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Pope extends right to forgive abortion
Pope Francis has extended indefinitely the power of Catholic priests to forgive abortions, making the announcement in an apostolic letter released Monday. It continues a special dispensation granted last year for the duration of the Year of Mercy -- which finished Sunday -- which gave all priests, rather than just bishops and specially designated confessors, the power to absolve the sin of abortion.
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‘Please, I am out of options’: inside the murky world of DIY abortions
As Donald Trump promises new restrictions on abortion, emails reveal the desperation of women who have no place to go to end unwanted pregnancies. By Molly Redden.
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Planned Parenthood is not backing down with its first wave of lawsuits
Planned Parenthood has filed "the first wave" of lawsuits in three states to defend abortion services across the US, just two months before pro-life Donald Trump becomes president. The lawsuits were filed in Missouri, Alaska and North Carolina, in association with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Center for Reproductive Rights.
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French Senate Bans Posting of Pro-Life Information Online
The French Senate today adopted a bill criminalizing the posting of pro-life information online, a measure that was passed by the French National Assembly just last week. Violators face a maximum of two years in prison and over $30,000 in fines. The measure makes it a crime for pro-life individuals or activists to obstruct a woman’s lawful decision to have an abortion, or to cause her guilt after the fact.
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The Abortion Trial Everyone Will Be Watching In Trump’s America
A New York doctor faces a manslaughter charge after his patient died following an abortion. The unusual case may offer an inadvertent glimpse into life without Roe V. Wade.
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Ohio legislature votes to ban abortions at 20 weeks
Ohio legislators voted late Thursday to ban abortions after 20 weeks, sending one of the nation's strictest abortion laws to Gov. John Kasich (R). Groups that oppose abortion rights hailed the bill's passage as the first step toward challenging Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion throughout the United States.
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With Child
The right to choose in Rapid City. By Kiera Feldman.
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Texas is trying again to cut funding to Planned Parenthood clinics
Texas put Planned Parenthood on notice Tuesday it plans to cut off Medicaid funds soon. It's a move that federal judges have blocked in other Republican-controlled states, which are now waiting to see if President-elect Donald Trump will strip the organization of taxpayer money. Planned Parenthood responded by vowing to ask a court to stop Texas from defunding clinics in January. Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kansas are among the states where judges have denied similar efforts.
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Texas abortion provider says fetal tissue burial rule is 'offensive'
The president of an abortion provider told a federal court on Tuesday a proposed Texas regulation requiring facilities to dispose of aborted fetal tissue through burial or cremation is unnecessary and "offensive." Women's health providers, which provide abortions, among other services, argue the rules are part of a nationwide agenda to place restrictions on abortions and make it harder for women to get the procedure. But officials in Texas have argued it would afford dignity to the tissue.
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Woman Says Jail Denied Her Abortion and Forced Her to Give Birth
A Tennessee inmate didn’t know she was pregnant until she was behind bars, and in a lawsuit claims the sheriff only allowed her to terminate if she was dying or had been raped. By Kelley Weill.
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One of Kentucky’s Two Remaining Abortion Providers to Close Down
As of January 27, the state of Kentucky will have only one remaining legal abortion provider. The EMW Women’s Clinic in Lexington is closing, news that was first reported in a Friday post on the Kentucky National Organization for Women Facebook page.
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Kentucky’s New Fetal Pain Law, Like Most Abortion Restrictions, Is Based on Junk Science
Kentucky’s new anti-abortion law assumes — incorrectly — that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks. By Jordan Smith.
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