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A 13-year-old who couldn't get an abortion is now starting 7th grade as a mom, report says
A young Mississippi girl had a baby after being assaulted by a stranger and finding out the nearest…
Gabby Landsverk
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Term limits could be one way to reform the Supreme Court, according to report from Biden commission
A 36-member bipartisan commission was tasked with studying proposals for expanding the Supreme Cour…
Associated Press
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The Supreme Court throwing out abortion rights could undo much of women's economic progress since the 1970s: 'This is going to create just a perfect storm of concentrated human misery.'
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade. This would challenge women's economic standing,…
Oma Seddiq,Madison Hoff
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Mississippi's only abortion clinic asks state Supreme Court to let it to reopen, citing previous ruling
The Mississippi Supreme Court previously ruled that abortion was a guaranteed right in the state co…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Virginia's new Republican attorney general tells the Supreme Court the state will no longer oppose Mississippi's restrictive abortion law
A letter from the office of Attorney General Jason Miyares sent to the Supreme Court cited a "chang…
Jake Epstein,Oma Seddiq
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Kamala Harris says 'women will die' if Roe v. Wade is curtailed or overturned: 'It is not an extreme statement'
Vice President Kamala Harris said she is "very concerned" about the potential for Roe v. Wade to be…
John L. Dorman
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Roe v. Wade 'will never be the same': How the Supreme Court could decide a major abortion rights challenge
The Supreme Court seems open to undermine abortion rights that were guaranteed nearly 50 years ago …
Oma Seddiq
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'I'm furious, I'm heartbroken, I'm shattered': Inside the Tulsa Women's Clinic on the day Roe fell
"I think it'll be decades before Oklahoma sees legal abortion again," said Tiffany Taylor's, the su…
Walt Hickey,Michael Noble Jr.
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The Mississippi abortion case going before the Supreme Court is the most consequential challenge to Roe v. Wade in decades
If Roe is overturned, it's "going to create just a perfect storm of concentrated human misery," an …
Oma Seddiq
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett questions whether adoption laws could eliminate the 'burden' of parenthood for abortion seekers
"It doesn't seem to follow that pregnancy and then parenthood are all part of the same burden," the…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Supreme Court could allow Kentucky's attorney general to defend an abortion law that's already been struck down as unconstitutional
The court is reviewing a narrow question related to a law that restricts abortion in the second tri…
Oma Seddiq
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Mississippi lawmaker asked about a hypothetical 12-year-old child molested by a family member says they should have to carry that pregnancy to term
Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban that led to Roe v. Wade's reversal does not include an exception…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Man uses truck to repeatedly block entrance to Mississippi's only abortion clinic as tensions run high after Roe v. Wade ruling
The Jackson Women's Health Organization, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, has vowed to rema…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi's only abortion clinic says it will keep providing abortions for at least 10 more days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade
Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women's Health Clinic, said she plans to open clinics in other p…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A Mississippi public health official will forever be tied to the Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade. It's not clear how he feels about that.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the health official named on the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe V. Wade…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi governor twice refused to rule out banning contraception if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Gov. Tate Reeves twice dodged questions about banning contraception if Roe v. Wade was overturned i…
Bill Bostock
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Legal experts express shock at rare Supreme Court leak on major abortion rights case: 'Highly disturbing'
The draft opinion reported by Politico sends a signal that the Supreme Court is ready to toss out a…
Oma Seddiq
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Mississippi banned most abortions to be the 'safest state' for the unborn. Meanwhile, one in three Mississippi kids live in poverty
Mississippi will defend its abortion ban before the Supreme Court on December 1. Back home, one in …
Sarah Fowler
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How the Supreme Court throwing out abortion rights could undo much of women's economic progress since the 1970s: 'This is going to create just a perfect storm of concentrated human misery.'
A leaked draft opinion obtained by Politico shows the Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wad…
Oma Seddiq,Madison Hoff
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Abortions now cost over $450, more than double the price before Roe was overturned, per a reproductive care nonprofit director
As travel and medical costs rise, abortion funds worry about meeting "staggering" demand.