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Florida Republicans Push for 15-Week Abortion Ban
The ban is similar to a Mississippi law that is currently under consideration by the United States Supreme Court.

The South’s Last Three Abortion-Safe States Are Bracing for a Post-Roe Future
Advocates in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia are girding for political battle to protect abortion access.

26 States Are Primed to Effectively Ban Abortion If “Roe v. Wade” Is Overturned
If abortion protections are undone by the Supreme Court, a person from Texas may have to travel 525 miles for services.

Women’s March Is Linking Abortion Rights to Fight for Democracy in Austin and DC
Hundreds protested Texas's new abortion ban at the state capitol on Saturday as part of the nationwide Women's March.

SCOTUS Asked to Find Texas Abortion Ban Unconstitutional as GOP States Copy Bill
The request from health care providers comes after a Florida Republican filed a copycat bill.

Texas Abortion Ban Architect Takes Aim at LGBTQ Rights, Urges Reversal of Roe
A legal brief takes aim at the 2015 marriage equality case and 2003 case that overturned homophobic state sodomy laws.

Texas Abortion Law Will Chill Online Advocacy Efforts for Reproductive Rights
The law could be used to silence those who seek to provide truthful information about reproductive options.

Collins’s Support for Kavanaugh Laid Path to Texas Abortion Law, Critics Say
Sen. Susan Collins assured the public Kavanaugh honored precedent. It took less than three years to prove her wrong.

High School Valedictorian Blasts Texas’s Anti-Choice Law in Graduation Speech
Paxton Smith didn't use the speech approved by her school. Instead, she decried Texas's assault on reproductive rights.

Arkansas Lawmakers Pass Near-Total Abortion Ban in Bid to Force SCOTUS Review
The legislation in Arkansas is part of a broader trend of increasingly extreme bills restricting abortion access.