Tag: Abortion

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors, anti-abortion bills

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[ad_1] Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature over those issues. The measures appeared to have the two-thirds majorities needed in both chambers to override vetoes, but GOP leaders’ success depends on how many lawmakers are absent on a given day, especially…

Kamala Harris to blame Trump for abortion bans during Arizona visit

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[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Tucson Friday to cast former President Donald Trump as the architect of the restrictive abortion bans emerging nationwide in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down the federal right to an abortion. Harris is making her second trip to the battleground state of Arizona this year, days after the state Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions.  “Donald Trump is the architect of this health care crisis,” Harris is expected to say, according to an…

Colorado group says it has enough signatures for abortion rights ballot measure this fall

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[ad_1] A Colorado campaign that’s trying to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution has gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot this November, CBS News has learned.  To amend Colorado’s constitution, petitioners must gather 124,238 signatures from the state’s voters, including 2% of the total registered voters in each of Colorado’s 35 Senate districts, according to the secretary of state’s office. Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom said its volunteers gathered more than 225,000 signatures and met the district requirements, as well. The deadline to turn the…

Arizona’s abortion ban likely to cause people to travel for services in states where it’s still legal

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[ad_1] Doctors and clinic leaders said there will be a scramble across the Southwest and West for abortion care in the wake of Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court decision, which said officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman’s life is at stake. “People are going to have to start looking out of state,” said Dr. Maria Phillis, an Ohio OB-GYN who also has a law degree. “This is now another place where they can’t go safety to access care.” Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of…

Florida Supreme Court Greenlights Abortion Ballot Initiative Amidst 15-Week Ban Validation

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The Florida Supreme Court rules to uphold the state’s 15-week abortion ban while allowing a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights to appear on the November ballot. Get the latest updates on this developing story. [ad_1] The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state constitutional amendment that would limit government intervention in abortion procedures across Florida meets the necessary requirements to appear on ballots this November, and at the same time upheld Florida’s 15-week abortion ban. The court, which usually issues decisions on Thursdays, issued the rulings in a pair…