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Supreme Court agrees to review legal challenge to abortion pill

The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent last year.
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Pregnant mother at heart of Texas abortion case flees state after high court’s stay

Days after the Texas Supreme Court temporarily stayed a district judge's Dec. 7 ruling allowing a pregnant mother to obtain an abortion under an exemption to its ban, the woman's attorneys report she has left Texas arguing her health and future fertility were at stake.
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This week in Washington: Shutdown averted, a march for Israel, Santos exits and March gets new theme

Lawmakers averted a federal government shutdown just a few days ahead of their deadline, as busloads gathered in Washington in a show of support for Israel and to protest antisemitism, and a controversial congressman declined a re-election bid after a damning report by the House Ethics Committee.
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March for Life announces 2024 theme: ‘Pro-Life: With Every Woman, For Every Child’

The March for Life's theme for its 2024 event will be "Pro-Life: With Every Woman, For Every Child," the group's president announced Nov. 14.
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Report: Abortions provided by virtual-only clinics spike 72% in year since Dobbs

The number of legal abortions provided by virtual-only clinics via abortion pill prescriptions spiked 72% in the year following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to a report by #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning, a group that supports legal abortion.
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Pro-life advocates in Minnesota hold strategy session in Eden Prairie

In response to sweeping state laws enacted to increase the accessibility of abortions, leaders of the pro-life movement in Minnesota gathered Sept. 27 in Eden Prairie for a five-hour strategy session. The goal was to collaborate in a united effort to protect and care for life at all stages.
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Planned Parenthood resuming Wisconsin abortions a ‘real step backward for human rights,’ say bishops

The Wisconsin Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of Wisconsin's bishops, expressed "deep sadness and dismay" that Planned Parenthood plans to resume abortions in Wisconsin starting Sept. 18.
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Abortions rise in most U.S. states where the procedure remains legal, data shows

Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of 2023 compared with 2020, according to a New York Times analysis of data from the Guttmacher Institute, which opposes abortion restrictions.
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Few GOP candidates back pro-life call for 15-week federal abortion limit at primary debate

Eight Republican candidates -- minus the party's frontrunner, former President Donald Trump -- participated in the Republican National Committee's first debate of their party's presidential primary process held Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. But just three of those nine candidates have said they would sign a federal abortion limit sought by a prominent pro-life group.
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FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill

The Food and Drug Administration announced July 13 it approved the sale of a birth control pill without a prescription for the first time in the United States, a move that will increase the availability of oral contraception and impact ongoing debates about abortion policy post-Dobbs.
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Pro-lifers call for action at ‘National Celebrate Life Day’ rally on Dobbs anniversary

Sheila and David Porter left their home in Newport News, Virginia, at 5 a.m. to celebrate the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington June 24.
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Biden vows to push Congress to codify Roe, while pro-lifers celebrate first anniversary of Dobbs

In a statement to mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, President Joe Biden said June 24 that his administration "will continue to protect access to reproductive health care and call on Congress to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade in federal law once and for all."
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