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Californians Vote to Protect Abortion in State Constitution
Voters in heavily Democratic California approved a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in the state constitution.
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Bay Area, California Midterm Election Results
NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai and Jessica Aguirre bring you the race results and updates from across the Bay Area and California.
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Hillary Clinton Visits the Bay Area to Endorse Prop 1
The Yes for Prop 1 campaign got a boost from a big democrat, Hillary Clinton, who was in San Francisco Thursday to endorse the proposition that if passed, would explicitly add the right to abortion and the right to use contraceptives into the California constitution. Gia Vang reports.
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Hillary Clinton Attends Prop 1 Event in San Francisco
Former senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in San Francisco Thursday as she attended a panel for California Proposition 1.
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Hillary Clinton Visits San Francisco for Prop 1 Event
Former senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in San Francisco Thursday as she attended a panel for California Proposition 1.
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California Bill to Make Vasectomies Cheaper Goes to Governor
Months after making abortions cheaper for women, California lawmakers have now voted to make vasectomies cheaper for men.
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Abortions at Sea: A California Doctor's Plan to Bypass Southern States' Ban
A California doctor has started a nonprofit, dedicated to creating and running a floating health clinic anchored in federal waters off the Gulf Coast — circumventing restrictive state laws around abortion and reproductive health.
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Doctor Faces Harassment After Performing Abortion for 10-Year-Old Patient
Indiana OBGYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard has received calls of support, and others that were threatening, after she provided abortion care to a 10-year-old Ohio girl who survived a sexual assault. In an interview with NPR, Bernard said she will continue providing care to the fullest extent the law will allow. NPR reporter Sarah McCammon joins LX News to discuss her...
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House Passes Bill to Protect Contraception From Supreme Court
Democrats have pushed legislation through the House that would inscribe the right to use contraceptives into law.
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Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Abortion, Reproductive Services
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion and reproductive services in response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Supreme Court's Overturning of Roe V. Wade Will Financially Hurt the ‘Most Marginalized' Women, Experts Say
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade may cause financial hardship for many women, especially those already facing economic instability.
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Thomas Wants the Supreme Court to Overturn Landmark Rulings That Legalized Contraception, Same-Sex Marriage
In a concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, the conservative jurist called on the court to overrule a trio of watershed civil rights rulings, writing, “We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.”
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California Democrats Move to Make Abortion a Constitutional Right
California Democrats move to make abortions a constitutional right within the state.
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LGBTQ+ Community Worries the Overturning of Roe. v Wade Could Go Beyond Reproductive Rights
The leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that spells out a possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, is now raising concerns well beyond reproductive rights advocates.
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Leaked Supreme Court Draft Sparks New Fears
The leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion is also raising concern well beyond reproductive rights. Many in the LGBTQ+ community worry that if it happens, overturning Roe v. Wade could also threaten marriage equality across the country. Sergio Quintana reports.
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Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill Into Law Making Performing Abortions a Felony
The move is the latest in an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights.
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Yelp Says it Will Cover Travel Expenses for Workers Seeking Abortions
The tech company joins a growing number that are drawing up policies aimed at helping workers get reproductive health care elsewhere as a growing number of states move to restrict abortion rights.
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Abortions in Texas Fell 60% in 1st Month Under New Limits
Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades.
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Women Shouldn't Be Charged With Murder in Stillbirths, California AG Says
California’s top law enforcement official says prosecutors should not charge women with murder when a fetus dies, even if their behavior may have contributed to the fetus’ death. Attorney General Rob Bonta acted Thursday after prosecutors in the San Joaquin Valley’s Kings County twice charged women with fetal murder, alleging that their drug use led to the stillbirths.
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California Plans to Be Abortion Sanctuary If Roe Overturned
California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature plan to make the state a “sanctuary” for those out-of-state seeking reproductive care if the U.S. Supreme Court reverse Roe v. Wade.