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Kentucky’s attorney general is asking two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains not to distribute abortion pills by mail. CVS and Walgreens plan to make the drugs available to consumers after gaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Democrats announce legislation to repeal Tennessee’s total abortion ban — with no Republican supportDemocrats in the Tennessee General Assembly are fighting back against the state’s total abortion ban that went into effect last year. Members of the party presented a new bill Tuesday called the Fundamental Right to Reproductive Health Care Act. But any legislation will be impossible to pass without Republican support.
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With a new chief justice and two new members on the seven-person court following last year’s general election, there’s still no clarity over whether the temporary bans on abortion could be lifted or kept in place.
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Following the defeat of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment in Kentucky, reproductive rights hang in the balance of the state Supreme Court and anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to figure out how to regulate abortion going forward.
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Continued enforcement of Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortion now hangs in the balance of the state Supreme Court.
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The court will consider arguments on multiple challenges to the 2019 trigger law, which outlaws abortions in all but life-threatening cases after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Amendment 2 would have added this language to the state’s foundational document: “To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”
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The Associated Press called the race for “No” voters at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday. With 86% of votes counted, those opposing the amendment led supporters by more than 67,000 votes.
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Reproductive justice and abortion access have taken center stage in the months since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protection for abortion access.
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HealthWith Kentucky’s abortion ban in effect, pregnant patients can’t get an abortion in the state unless their lives are at risk. That’s forcing some to seek care elsewhere. Out of Kentucky’s seven bordering states, only one has abortion protections. Alana Watson made the trip to an abortion provider in Illinois and documented moments along the way, to better understand what the process is for those seeking care.