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Trump wants to pay for in-vivo treatment if he’s president
In an interview with NBC News, Donald Trump said he would vote in favour of Abortion Rights in his home state of Florida. “I don’t think we need great children. I don’t think we need beautiful children,” Trump added. Earlier, Trump had said he would not use a 19th-century anti-obscenity law to restrict abortion pills.
Read MoreKey moments from the Harris interview
US President Donald Trump has said that he’ll vote in favour of abortion rights in his home state of Florida where it is on the ballot. Trump’s comments come after NBC News interviewer Kamala Harris asked him about “reproductive rights in the post-Roe era”. During a town hall on Monday, Trump responded, “We need beautiful children in our country.”
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Kate Cox spoke about her abortion experience at the DNC
After US Supreme Court ruled in August that states can’t ban abortions, several clinics have opened in the US, including one in Illinois, where the Democratic Party’s national convention is being held. The clinic offered abortion pills to women on site or at home under Illinois law. “It’s a great opportunity for us to show how when you have a state like Illinois…you can be creative,” a doctor said.
Read MoreA Trump-supported candidate won the Arizona primary
Democratic candidate for US Senate in Arizona, Ruben Gallego, has started a campaign to defeat Republican Kari Lake and her “dangerous” plan to ban abortion. In April, Lake opposed an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that revived a near-total ban on abortion in the state. Lake had previously praised Arizona’s law, which she said she was ‘thrilled’ Arizona would have the ban.
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Police enter UCLA anti-war camp, and Arizona repeals abortion ban
Arizona state legislature has voted to repeal a ban on abortions from being performed in public health clinics, 90 days after it took effect. The ban was passed by the state legislature last month, but it will have to be put into effect before the state’s legislative session ends in August. Notably, abortion is legal in the US in most circumstances.
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Access to abortion is now limited across the South because of Florida’s 6-week abortion ban
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Florida and Central Florida said it is supporting abortion care providers during the November voting season with a proposed amendment in Florida that seeks to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. The amendment will appear on the November 8 election ballot. Planned Parenthood is doing ultrasounds earlier and has extended its hours to accommodate as many patients as they can.
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The New York Times says anyone who thinks Trump is in favor of abortion is a fool
US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday said that he supports states’ rights to decide their own abortion policies. “Florida and Arizona are probably going to change, Arizona’s going to definitely change, everybody wants that to happen,” he said. Notably, the US Supreme Court had left abortion rights up to the states since 2008.
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The New York Times had a story about why abortion is back at the Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court will hear a case that challenges FDA’s regulatory decisions that made abortion pills more accessible. In 2016, FDA had extended approval for Mifepristone’s use for 10 weeks instead of seven due to reduced required in-person visits to doctors and other benefits. An appeals court had then invalidated the FDA’s actions to make Mifepristone more accessible.
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What is at stake in the Supreme Court case?
Former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioners, who are representing pharmaceutical companies in a Supreme Court case related to abortion, have argued that it could “affect the authority of federal agencies and the drug industry.” They claimed that the case could be used to challenge FDA approval of a rival’s drug. More than six in 10 abortions in 2023 were carried out via medication.
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The report shows that standard pregnancy care has been disrupted in Louisiana
A report by the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) claimed that Louisiana’s new abortion ban has put women’s lives at risk, especially black and low-income women. “What if she doesn’t want to delay because she could die from a heart attack?” a physician was quoted as saying by NPR. The ban came into effect on October 1 and allows only abortions performed to save a woman’s life.
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