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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego speaks to reporters at the state Capitol in Phoenix on April 9, 2024. The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864, a time when gold-seekers were moving in, dueling had to be regulated and the U.S. Army was forcibly removing Native Americans from their land. The law's revival is just the latest instance of long-dormant restrictions influencing current abortion policies after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Jonathan Copper)

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The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona's abortion ban
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO - Associated Press
Sun,04/14/24-11:08PM , 77 Reads
As Union and Confederate armies clashed in a bloody fourth year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln tasked one man to create the legal code for Arizona, almost 50 years before the territory became a state.
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President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Seated at left is Vice President Kamala Harris and at right is House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Biden made abortion and reproductive rights a central theme of his State of the Union speech, but he never mentioned the word "abortion." Pushback over how he addressed the issue is the latest example of Biden's fraught history with the topic. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP, File)

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Biden's big speech showed his uneasy approach to abortion, an issue bound to be key in the campaign
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO - Associated Press
Sun,03/10/24-9:29AM , 62 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reproductive freedom took center stage during Biden’s State of the Union address, but abortion rights advocates had mixed reactions, raising concerns about the president trying to capitalize on what will be a central cam
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Hundreds gather for a protest rally for in vitro fertilization legislation Feb. 28, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. The recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children, halting IVF treatments in the state, is a clear example of why races for state supreme courts will be among the most expensive and hotly contested this year. State high court seats will be on the ballot in more than 30 states, and several of those races have the potential to flip political control of the court. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

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Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year's US elections
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO - Associated Press
Fri,03/01/24-9:35AM , 130 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks following a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill, Oct. 11, 2023, in Washington. Democrats and reproductive rights groups are seizing on a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that plunges the future of access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, into uncertainty, hoping the controversial move will help motivate voters this year. Mace, who has said she opposes abortion but believes her party has been out of step with most Americans in its push for restrictions, was critical of the Alabama ruling. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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Some Republicans are voicing doubt over Alabama IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO - Associated Press
Thu,02/22/24-5:46PM , 103 Reads
Some Republicans joined Democrats in expressing alarm over a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that jeopardized future access to in vitro fertilization, giving allies of President Joe Biden new fuel for their efforts to center
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