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"Sacramento Cops Shared License Plate Data With Anti-Abortion States," by Joe Lancaster, Reason, July 01, 2024
"Mental health conditions could offer exemptions to Arizona abortion law, state AG says," by Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service, June 27, 2024
"Wisconsin Supreme Court advances lawsuits seeking constitutional right to abortions," by Joe Kelly, Courthouse News Service, July 02, 2024
"Iowa Supreme Court upholds six-week abortion ban," by Rox Laird, Courthouse News Service, June 28, 2024
"Supreme Court officially allows emergency abortions in Idaho, for now," by Ann E. Marimow and Dan Diamond, Washington Post, June 27, 2024
"Tennessee is sued over law that criminalizes helping minors get abortions without parental approval," by Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press, June 24, 2024
"Alabama’s I.V.F. Shield Law Now Faces a Constitutional Challenge," by Emily Cochrane, The New York Times, June 14, 2024
"Supreme Court upholds broad access to key abortion pill mifepristone," by Ann E. Marimow and David Ovalle, Washington Post, June 13, 2024
"Federal judge blocks some rules on abortion pills in North Carolina," by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press, June 04, 2024
"How Abortion’s Legal Landscape Post-Roe is Causing Fear and Confusion," by Nicole Lewis and Aala Abdullahi, The Marshall Project, June 01, 2024
"Texas Supreme Court rejects call to clarify exceptions to state abortion bans," by Kirk McDaniel, Courthouse News Service, May 31, 2024
"Guantánamo Prosecutors Accused of “Outrageous” Misconduct for Trying to Use Torture Testimony," by Elise Swain, The Intercept, June 01, 2024
"Tennessee governor OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care," by Kimberlee Kruesi, AP News, May 29, 2024
"Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances," by Kevin McGill, Associated Press, May 24, 2024
"Louisiana House passes bill making abortion pills controlled substances," by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, May 21, 2024