Kansas Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Backed Abortion Regulations
The rulings were the latest blow for abortion opponents in Kansas, where abortion protections in the State Constitution have vexed Republicans for years.
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![Justice Eric Rosen, right, in 2019. On Friday, Justice Rosen and other Kansas Supreme Court justices reaffirmed abortion protections in the state’s Constitution.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/05/us/05nat-kansas-abortion/05nat-kansas-abortion-thumbLarge.jpg?auto=webp)
![Justice Eric Rosen, right, in 2019. On Friday, Justice Rosen and other Kansas Supreme Court justices reaffirmed abortion protections in the state’s Constitution.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/05/us/05nat-kansas-abortion/05nat-kansas-abortion-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.jpg?auto=webp)
The rulings were the latest blow for abortion opponents in Kansas, where abortion protections in the State Constitution have vexed Republicans for years.
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Arkansas is the third state this week where organizers said they had collected enough support for a petition to enshrine some abortion access in the State Constitution.
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Organizers have until Friday to collect enough signatures to put abortion access on the ballot this fall in a state where conservative and evangelical values run deep.
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A measure seeking to protect abortion access in the State Constitution will appear on the ballot. It is one of nearly a dozen such initiatives that could shape other races this election.
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She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane.
In states that have banned abortion, hospitals have struggled to treat pregnant women facing health risks. A Supreme Court decision this week did not help.
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Iowa Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Take Effect
Republican lawmakers passed the restrictions last year, but a lower court blocked enforcement of the law.
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Supreme Court Allows, for Now, Emergency Abortions in Idaho
A majority of the justices voted to dismiss the case, reinstating a lower-court ruling that paused the state’s near-total abortion ban. The ruling mirrored a version inadvertently posted a day earlier.
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Supreme Court’s Abortion Rulings May Set the Stage for More Restrictions
The court’s strategy of avoidance and delay cannot last and may have been shaped by a desire to avoid controversy in an election year.
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In Texas, Infant Mortality Rose After Abortion Ban
Deaths of infants in the state increased by 13 percent in 2022, a study found, driven by fatal birth defects.
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