Tag: Reproductive rights

UN commission urges equality for women in decision-making

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a...

UN Women urges world to press gender equality post-pandemic

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality should be tackling the yawning gap between men and women when it...

Arkansas abortion bill would require rape, incest reports

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Senate on Thursday voted to require victims of rape and incest to have first reported the crime to...

South Carolina judge: Abortions to continue during lawsuit

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A lawsuit challenging South Carolina's new ban on most abortions is “likely to succeed," a judge wrote Friday, ruling that abortions...

‘An all-hands moment’: GOP rallies behind voting limits

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On an invitation-only call last week, Sen. Ted Cruz huddled with Republican state lawmakers to call them to battle on the issue of voting...

Anti-abortion bills abound; their fate in court is unknown

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At an intense pace, lawmakers in Republican-governed states are considering an array of tough anti-abortion restrictions they hope might reach the Supreme Court and...

Democrats muscle ahead with Biden’s health secretary pick

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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Thursday to advance President Joe Biden’s nominee for health secretary as Democrats muscled past Republican opposition using a...

Pence to give speech in SC, his 1st since leaving office

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — In his first public address since the end of the Trump administration, former Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to South...

Judge hears arguments on temporary block of SC abortion law

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge said Monday that a decision will come shortly on whether to suspend a new South Carolina law banning...

Judge hears arguments on temporary block of SC abortion law

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge said Monday that a decision will come shortly on whether to suspend a new South Carolina law banning...