Dea Kulumbegashvili embedded for a year inside a maternity clinic for her new film, April, about an obstetrician in rural Georgia, as the country faces increased abortion restrictions.
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Judge rules Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping patients get abortions elsewhere
Although most abortions remain illegal in Alabama, the decision allows doctors and advocacy groups to tell patients about abortion options in other states, and help with travel and other costs
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Some red states report zero abortions. Doctors and researchers say it’s not true
The reports are from 2023, in states where abortion is banned. They contradict what doctors and researchers say is happening on the ground, raising concerns about data integrity.
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Trump’s federal health website scrubs ‘abortion’ search results
The most “relevant” results that come up in a search of “abortion” on HHS.gov, the website for the federal Department of Health and Human Services, are several years old, from the first Trump administration.
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They split the ticket. Meet the abortion rights voters who also went for Trump
Data from a large survey of U.S. voters found that a significant subset of voters who supported abortion rights ballot measures also voted for Trump.
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Judge continues to block Florida from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
The order extends a previous one that bars Florida’s surgeon general from coercing or intimidating broadcasters that run commercials for an abortion rights amendment.
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Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade
Harris said that as president she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate to bring back federal protections for a woman’s right to an abortion.
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Arizona certifies abortion access measure for the November ballot
The Arizona secretary of state’s office says that it had certified enough signatures for the coalition supporting the ballot measure in order to put the question before voters.
