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New York Health Dept to Nix Mandate to Treat 2nd, 3rd Trimester Aborted Babies as Human Remains
New York City health department officials this month put forward a suggested rule change that would remove the mandate that unborn babies…
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Iowa, Kansas Supreme Courts Hand Down Opposite Abortion Rulings
The Supreme Courts of Iowa and Kansas delivered opposing abortion decisions over the past week…
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Maryland Woman Retires After Fostering 40 Children Over 40 Years
An 88-year-old Maryland woman has officially retired after spending the last four decades opening her heart and her home to forty foster children.
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‘Appalling and Dangerous’: Radical Group Helps Women in Pro-Life States Get Chemical Abortions
A group of activists is distributing birth control and abortion access resources to women in Idaho and other pro-life states…
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Florida’s Pro-Life ‘Heartbeat’ Law Takes Effect
Florida’s strongest pro-life law took effect last week after the state Supreme Court ruled that the Florida Constitution did not protect a “right” to abortion.
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Arizona Repeals Pre-Roe Pro-Life Law
The Democratic governor of Arizona on Thursday signed a bill to repeal the state’s 1864 pro-life law limiting nearly all abortions.