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"A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions," by David A. Lieb, Associated Press, December 20, 2024
"Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans," by Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, December 19, 2024
"Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law mostly can be enforced as lawsuit proceeds, court rules," Associated Press, December 02, 2024
"A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.," by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, November 25, 2024
"Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy," by Mead Gruver, Associated Press, December 18, 2024
"Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women," by Cassandra Jaramillo, Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, November 20, 2024
"Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’," by Rebecca Boone, Associated Press, November 12, 2024
"Missouri Advocates Sue to Overturn More Than a Dozen Laws on Abortion," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, November 06, 2024
"States reject abortion protections for the first time since 'Roe' was overturned," by Sarah McCammon, NPR, November 06, 2024
"A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms," by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, November 01, 2024
"Some States Are Turning Miscarriages and Stillbirths Into Criminal Cases Against Women," by Cary Aspinwall, The Marshall Project, October 31, 2024
"A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a crime to intervene in her miscarriage," by Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana, Texas Tribune/ProPublica, October 30, 2024
"Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are they granted?," by Katia Riddle and Julie Luchetta, NPR, October 26, 2024
"She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law," by Caroline Kitchener, Washington Post, October 29, 2024
"Ohio ‘heartbeat’ abortion law struck down by state court," by Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service, October 24, 2024
