Tag: abortion
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North Dakota judge strikes down state’s abortion restrictions
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2024 / 18:20 pm A state judge nixed North Dakota’s protections for unborn babies on Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a right to abortion before the unborn baby is viable outside the womb, which is usually defined at 22 or 23 weeks of pregnancy. North Dakota…
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What is the Comstock Act? The 1873 abortion rules Trump won’t enforce
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2024 / 15:29 pm Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made headlines again last week when he said that if he wins this November’s election and returns to the White House, he will not enforce the abortion restrictions in an 1873 law about obscenity. In an interview with…
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Montana is the latest state to vote on abortion in November
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2024 / 12:55 pm Montana on Tuesday became the ninth U.S. state to place a proposal on the November ballot that will allow voters to decide whether to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution. Ballot Issue #14, if passed, would amend the state constitution “to expressly provide…