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Judge Vacates Federal Rules Requiring Employers to Provide Accommodations For Abortions
The judge sided with the plaintiffs' argument that if Congress had intended for abortion to be covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, “it would have spoken clearly when enacting the statute." read more >
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Lawsuit Filed by 17 States Against Abortion Accommodations In the Workplace Can Proceed
In addition to more routine pregnancy workplace accommodations like time off for prenatal appointments, more bathroom breaks, or permission to carry snacks, the rules say that workers can ask for time off to obtain an abortion and recover from the procedure. read more >
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Arkansas Supreme Court Upholds Rejection of Abortion Rights Petitions
The ruling dashed the hopes of organizers, who submitted the petitions, of getting the constitutional amendment measure on the ballot in the predominantly Republican state. read more >
Regnat Populus? (Hunter Field Editor’s Note)
Arkansas’ ballot initiative process is a mess, but striking the right balance isn’t easy. read more >
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Arkansas Election Officials Reject Petitions Submitted for Abortion-Rights Ballot Measure
Backers of the proposal said they will "fight this ridiculous disqualification attempt with everything we have." read more >
Arkansas Election Officials Checking Signatures Of 3 Measures Vying For November Ballot
Supporters of proposals to expand Arkansas' medical marijuana program and repeal a casino license turned in thousands of signatures on Friday to try and get their measures before voters in the November election, read more >
Judge Dismisses Arkansas Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rules to Accommodate Abortions for Workers
Eastern District of Arkansas U.S. District Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr., who was appointed to the bench by former President Barack Obama, denied the states' request for a nationwide preliminary injunction on the federal rules, which are scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday. read more >
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Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Access to Widely Used Abortion Medication
The justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and the FDA's subsequent actions to ease access to it. read more >
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New Rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Include Divisive Accommodations for Abortion
The act requires most employers with 15 or more employees to provide "reasonable accommodations" for a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions — including fertility and infertility treatments in some cases. read more >
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Mental Health Emerges as Dividing Line in Abortion Rights Initiatives
As advocates push this year for ballot measure initiatives aiming to protect abortion rights, key differences have emerged in the language of proposed measures. Among them is the inclusion of mental health exceptions. read more >
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Arkansas Abortion Ban May Be Scaled Back, if Group Can Collect Enough Signatures
Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin certified the proposal, which would prohibit the state from banning abortion within the first 18 weeks of pregnancy. read more >
US Women Are Stocking Up on Abortion Pills, Especially When There is News About Restrictions
Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. read more >
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The Supreme Court Will Rule on Limits on a Commonly Used Abortion Medication
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion […] read more >
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A Year After Fall of Roe, 25 Million Women Live in States With Abortion Bans or Tighter Restrictions
Decisions about the law are largely in the hands of state lawmakers and courts. read more >
by Associated Press -
Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill for Now
The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone. They are appealing a lower court ruling that would roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone. read more >
by Associated Press -
High Court Temporarily Blocks Restrictions on Abortion Pill
The court finds itself immersed in a new fight involving abortion less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright. read more >
by Associated Press -
Competing Abortion Pill Rulings Sow Alarm, Confusion
The growing restrictions could particularly hurt people who don't have the resources to travel to such places as California and New York to get in-clinic abortions. read more >
by Associated Press -
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rolls Back State’s Strict Abortion Law
It was a narrow win for abortion rights advocates since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the landmark Roe v. Wade last year. read more >
by Associated Press -
Medicaid Coverage for New Moms Gaining Support in GOP States
The shift in GOP support for postpartum Medicaid coverage is occurring in some states that have severely limited or outlawed abortion access. read more >
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Arkansas Lawmakers OK Anti-Abortion Monument at Capitol
The proposal drew objections from some anti-abortion Republicans who said it would be counterproductive, and that efforts should instead focus on other needs such as helping pregnant women and foster children. read more >
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