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Los Angeles (AFP) - Arizona's Democratic governor on Thursday signed a bill overturning an 1864 law banning abortion, a month after the state's supreme court said the Civil War-era rule was valid. Katie Hobbs' move caps a quick turnaround in the swing state, which is expected to play a crucial role in this year's presidential election between incumbent Joe Biden and Donald Trump. "I am proud to sign this bill and provide a moment of relief for Arizonans," said Hobbs in a video posted on social media. "We still have work to do." When the repeal comes into effect in the summer, terminations will...
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Jacksonville (AFP) - US Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday as Democrats hammer the issue ahead of November's presidential election. "Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state by state, on reproductive freedom. And understand who's to blame: former president Donald Trump did this," Harris said in a Jacksonville, Florida speech. Florida's harsh new ban took effect Wednesday, outlawing all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy in a state that had been one of the last in the southern United States with a re...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Legislators in Arizona's upper house voted Wednesday to repeal an 1864 law banning abortion, a month after the state's supreme court said the Civil War-era rule was valid. The turnaround was the latest development in the fraught US abortion debate, which is expected to play a huge role in this year's presidential election, a likely rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. "I'm glad to see the Senate answered my call and voted to repeal the 1864 total abortion ban," the state's Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs wrote on social media. "While this is essential to pr...
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Phoenix (AFP) - Piper decided she needed an abortion almost as soon as Arizona judges ruled an 1864 law banning the procedure could be enforced. Having only just found out she was pregnant, what she had really wanted was time to think, but that was a luxury she felt she could not afford. "The laws in Arizona are really dicey right now, so I wasn't sure what would be available to me," said Piper, who wanted to use a pseudonym to discuss her choice about one of the most divisive issues in America. Piper, 30, fell pregnant unexpectedly -- her partner told her he had undergone a vasectomy, but he ...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion conflicts with a federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care, in a case that carries potentially sweeping national consequences. The hearing comes nearly two years after the conservative-majority bench overturned the national right to terminate a pregnancy, making reproductive rights a pivotal issue that could affect the outcome of the November presidential election. Emotions ran deep outside the court where hundreds of women's rights activists, some...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court was set to hear a crucial case Wednesday weighing whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion violates federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care. It comes nearly two years after the conservative-majority bench overturned the national right to terminate a pregnancy, making reproductive rights a pivotal issue that could shape the outcome of the November presidential election. The ruling in the Idaho case could have sweeping consequences for hospitals across the country. Dozens of women's rights activists gathered in front ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration announced a new rule Monday to protect the privacy of women who go out of their home state to have legal abortions, amid fears they could be prosecuted upon their return. The move comes as reproductive rights take center stage in the November presidential election, following a pivotal court decision that abolished or severely curtailed legal abortion in 21 states. "No one should have to live in fear that their conversations with their doctor or that their medical claims data might be used to target or track them," Melanie Fontes Rainer of...
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Phoenix (AFP) - When two volunteers from the Biden-Harris presidential campaign knocked on Davine Cortez's door in Arizona, the businesswoman -- who is not usually interested in politics -- was hesitant to talk to them. But when she realized they were collecting signatures to protect the right to abortion in the southwestern US state, Cortez opened the front door wide. "I'll sign, of course!" she said. The 50-year-old from Phoenix even grabbed a handful of pens to give to the volunteers: "Take these, take these, so that more people can sign," she said. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday r...
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Tucson (AFP) - Democrats came out swinging at Donald Trump on the divisive issue of abortion on Friday, blaming him for unpopular restrictions they said are turning back the clock on women's rights ahead of November's presidential election. Days after Arizona became the latest state to declare almost all abortions illegal, Vice President Kamala Harris told a rally the populist former president was the architect of the ban, and warned worse was to come if he wins the White House. "Here's what a second Trump term looks like: More bans, more suffering and less freedom," Harris told supporters in...
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Washington (AFP) - Sterilization rates abruptly spiked after the national right to an abortion was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022, a study said Friday. The research letter was published in JAMA Health Forum and was the first to evaluate how the landmark decision impacted "permanent contraception" procedures among young adults. They found the jump was both higher and more sustained for women than for men. "The major difference in patterns of these two procedures likely reflects the fact that young women are overwhelmingly responsible for preventing pregnancy and disproportionately e...
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