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A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions

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A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions

Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang issued an order blocking the state’s strict abortion law after a new abortion-rights constitutional amendment recently took effect. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: December 20, 2024 at 7:25 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more

Texas attorney general sues NY doctor over abortion pill prescription

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Texas attorney general sues NY doctor over abortion pill prescription

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday sued a New York doctor for allegedly providing a Texas woman with abortion pills by telemedicine. The lawsuit by the Republican attorney general, which appeared to be the first of its kind, could offer a test of conservative states’ power to stop abortion pills from reaching their residents. … Read more

Gavin Newsom and California Democrats aim to protect California from Trump

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Gavin Newsom and California Democrats aim to protect California from Trump

California lawmakers kicked off a special session of the state Legislature on Monday. The reason? To fund a $25 million war chest for anticipated legal battles with incoming President Donald Trump’s administration. As nearly 30 new state lawmakers were sworn into office at the state Capitol in Sacramento, legislative leaders gaveled in a special session … Read more

Filmmaker Richard Curtis on That Christmas, his first animated movie, and Ed Sheeran

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Filmmaker Richard Curtis on That Christmas, his first animated movie, and Ed Sheeran

Two decades after scoring a surprise holiday season global hit with Love Actually, British filmmaker Richard Curtis is bidding to repeat the trick with his first foray into animation. The 68-year-old writer and director has co-adapted his own trilogy of children’s books, and commandeered longtime friend Ed Sheeran into contributing an original song, to bring … Read more

Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections – Boston Herald

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Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections – Boston Herald

Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org Officials in blue states are vowing to build a “firewall” of reproductive health protections as they anticipate federal and state attacks on abortion access under the Trump administration. “We’re going on offense,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, told Stateline. “We are in an unprecedented war on American … Read more

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion ban, including explicit ban on pills

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Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion ban, including explicit ban on pills

CHEYENNE, Wyoming —  A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Since 2022, Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens has ruled consistently three times to block the laws while they were disputed in court. The decision marks another … Read more

In Lakewood speech, Mike Pence warns of ‘populists,’ says he congratulated Trump

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In Lakewood speech, Mike Pence warns of ‘populists,’ says he congratulated Trump

Former Vice President Mike Pence warned against “populists” seeking sway over conservative politics during a Friday speech at Colorado Christian University, and he called for a defense of “traditional” conservative values on foreign policy, abortion and marriage. Pence’s speech at CCU, a small conservative school in Lakewood, came 10 days after his former running mate, … Read more

Women suing Idaho over abortion ban detail perilous pregnancies

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Women suing Idaho over abortion ban detail perilous pregnancies

By Rebecca Boone | Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions … Read more

Analyzing women’s votes in the 2024 election and beyond

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Analyzing women’s votes in the 2024 election and beyond

Analyzing women’s votes in the 2024 election and beyond – CBS News Watch CBS News Fewer women voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election than they did for President Biden in 2020. So what happened with the female vote? Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, joins CBS News … Read more

Várhelyi vows to champion women’s rights as he pursues EU health chief job – POLITICO

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Várhelyi vows to champion women’s rights as he pursues EU health chief job – POLITICO

He came under fire after the hearing especially for his comments about women, including his suggestion that he was “an ally of women” because he lives with his wife and has three daughters. Renew MEP Stine Bosse said she was “wholly unconvinced” that Várhelyi is the “right guardian of women’s rights,” while some MEPs suggested … Read more