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Abortion is directly on the ballot in at least five states this year
Michigan is expected to join that list after abortion rights activists submitted signatures to enshrine access in the state constitution.
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Vice President Kamala Harris talks abortion, voting rights in midterm-focused Florida trip
The vice president's remarks were part of a daylong trip to Florida, where she brought the Democrats’ case for the 2022 midterms to state lawmakers and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters.
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Sex ed was in trouble before Roe v. Wade’s reversal. Now the curriculum matters even more.
Proposals to restrict sex ed coincide with abortion restrictions at the national and state levels and a movement to stop educators from discussing gender and sexual orientation.
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Americans support extending child support payments to pregnancy, survey finds
“If we’re thinking of a fetus as an actual person with rights, then a whole bunch of other stuff has to change,” said Chris Ellis, the co-director of the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy.
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The art of the possible: What compromise could look like on abortion, voting and climate
Analysis | The recently passed gun bill shows that bipartisan dealmaking still may not be dead. Was it an opening or an anomaly?
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Biden signs executive order on abortion access and legal backing
The order comes two weeks after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion.
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GOP Senate candidates don’t really want to talk about abortion
Candidates in competitive Senate races mostly pivot from praising the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision to focusing on Biden, inflation and crime.
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10 anti-LGBTQ+ bills impacting students go into effect across six states
Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill went into effect Friday, alongside multiple school sports bans for transgender students and Alabama’s bathroom bill.
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Democratic leaders in red states are figuring out what they can do to help people seeking abortions
Some leaders have announced plans to minimize abortion criminalization efforts. But state law limits their options.
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Biden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to protect abortion rights
Biden’s administration is under pressure to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision gutting Roe v. Wade. But he has said options are limited and it would be best for Congress to pass a law.