Abortion ban

Abortion rights supporters hold placards on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations, at the US Supreme Court in Washington, US, April 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Trump administration scraps Biden-era policy on emergency abortions

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said the 2022 guidance, which interpreted a federal law that ensures patients can receive emergency "stabilizing care" as preempting...

US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order during a rally on the inauguration day of his second Presidential term, inside Capital One, in Washington, US 20 January 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Trump uses executive power to reinstate anti-abortion pacts

A demonstrator holds up an abortion flag outside of the US Supreme Court as justices hear a major abortion case on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, 4 March, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Federal judge in Texas blocks abortion pill in US

File Photo: Abortion rights supporters protest outside the US Supreme Court the day after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, US, June 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
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US state's top court overturns six-week abortion ban

People gather outside the Auberge de Castille, the office of the Prime Minister, to protest against government plans to introduce a law that they view as opening the door to abortion in the only European Union country which does not permit it under any circumstances, in Valletta, Malta December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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Protests in Malta as parliament debates abortion amendment

Abortion rights protesters gather at the Utah State Capitol after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Salt Lake City, Utah, US June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
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State abortion bans prevent women from getting essential medication

A demonstrator holds up an abortion flag outside of the US Supreme Court as justices hear a major abortion case on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, 4 March, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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US health dept says doctors must offer abortion if mother's life is at risk

People protest the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade abortion decision in New York City, New York, US on 24 June 2022. Photo: Reuters
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Abortion bans force US students to rethink college plans

US President Joe Biden signs an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, as Vice President Kamala Harris, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco stand at his side at the White House in Washington, US, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court 'out of control'

People protest the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade abortion decision in New York City, New York, US on 24 June 2022. Photo: Reuters
USA

Biden to sign executive order to help safeguard access to abortion, contraception

Abortion rights activists march past the home of United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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US abortion ruling ignites legal battles over state bans

Protestors react outside the US Supreme Court to the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, US, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Moira Warburton
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Abortion ruling imperils gay marriage, other freedoms, liberal justices say

Demonstrators in favour of legalizing abortion attend a rally as the senate debates an abortion bill, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
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Where abortion is still legal in the US after the fall of Roe v Wade