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Arizona Legislature Expects New Efforts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
The state has been in turmoil since its Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War.
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Republican Women Are Divided on Abortion as Bans Spread
Across the country, fractures are emerging among conservative and centrist women, as they confront a steady drumbeat of new abortion restrictions and court rulings.
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Kari Lake Backs G.O.P. Effort to Drop 1864 Abortion Law in Favor of 15-Week Ban
The Senate candidate and Donald Trump ally is supporting a handful of state Republicans who have backed away from a near-total ban that was upheld by the State Supreme Court this week.
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Anyone Who Thinks Trump Is Done With Abortion Is a Fool
Donald Trump does not speak from conviction. He does not speak from belief or at least no belief other than self-obsession. He certainly does not speak from anything we might recognize as reason; when he’s holding forth from a podium, even the most ...
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Trump Says Abortion Will Be Left to the States. Don’t Believe Him.
When Donald Trump was asked about the recent Florida Supreme Court decision upholding his adopted state’s abortion ban, he promised that he would announce where he stands this week, a sign of how tricky the politics of reproductive rights have become ...
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Are Glue Traps Too Cruel to Use in the Fight Against Mice and Rats?
A bill would ban the sale and use of the traps in New York, but some exterminators say the method is no worse than other ways of killing rodents.
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In N.Y. Suburbs, Republicans Seek Edge by Targeting Transgender Athletes
A debate over transgender women and girls in sports in Nassau County spurred a legal fight, a visit from Caitlyn Jenner and a mixed response from residents.
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Gambia May Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting
If lawmakers in the West African country vote to repeal a 2015 ban, Gambia would become the first nation to roll back protections against the practice.
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TikTok Could Disappear but the Problems It Poses Remain
America is politically polarized. But there is an issue on which both sides agree: We need more privacy and TikTok should not be banned. A record 72 percent of Americans want “more government regulation” of what companies can do with their data ...
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Appeals Court Allows Indiana Ban on Transition Care for Minors to Take Effect
A lower court had mostly blocked enforcement of a state law that banned gender-transition care for minors, but a federal appellate court lifted that injunction on Tuesday.
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