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New Louisiana election laws creating challenges for voters with disabilities
New election laws targeting mail-in voting could make it more difficult for voters with disabilities to cast their ballots, with thousands potentially unable to vote in the 2024 race in Louisiana. ...Top stories - CBS News - 11 hours ago -
Cyclists on phones face jail under Japan’s new laws
Riding under the influence is also now punishable with prison time.Top stories - BBC News - 52 minutes ago -
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Harris to interview with Fox News on Wednesday
Harris and Trump hold campaign events in battleground Pennsylvania.Politics - NBC News - October 14 -
Florida government finds fault with abortion ballot measure over ads and petitions
Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before votersHealth - ABC News - October 14 -
Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election
While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations are up for grabs in several states way down at the bottom of the ballot.Top stories - ABC News - October 15 -
Ted Cruz, Colin Allred clash on abortion, border in Senate debate
Incumbent GOP Sen. Ted Cruz faced off against challenger Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, in a debate hosted by ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday night.Top stories - ABC News - October 16 -
Florida health officials sued for censorship over abortion campaign ad
The citizen-led ballot initiative Floridians Protecting Freedom has filed a lawsuit against state health officials alleging political speech has been censored in the state. The Florida Department ...Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
3 states renew their effort to reduce access to the abortion drug mifepristone
Three states are asking a judge to let them try a new approach with a lawsuit to force the federal government to reduce access to the abortion pill mifepristoneHealth - ABC News - October 16 -
Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi
A Mississippi judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is ...Health - ABC News - October 16 -
3 states renew efforts to limit abortion pill access
Missouri, Kansas and Idaho have renewed their efforts to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone, filing a joint amended lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
Harris tells anti-abortion protesters that they're at the 'wrong rally'
Trump to address Catholic charity benefit after Harris declinesTop stories - NBC News - October 17 -
Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
A three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee cannot discipline doctors who provide emergency abortions to protect the life of the mother while a lawsuit challenging the state’s sweeping abortion ...Health - ABC News - October 17 -
Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states. Here's where the measures stand
Voters in 10 states will decide this November whether to adopt constitutional amendments that could shape the future of abortion access in their states. Most of the measures seek to protect ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Tennessee court rules doctors who provide emergency abortions can't be disciplined
Three judges in Tennessee issued an injunction that temporarily protects doctors in the state from being disciplined for performing medically necessary abortions. The temporary injunction was ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Harris stresses abortion rights and early voting in packed Atlanta rally
Thousands of supporters, including Usher, rally in battleground Georgia, as campaign focuses on early votes. Kamala Harris highlighted the threat to women’s reproductive rights and Donald Trump’s ...World - The Guardian - October 20 -
Harris says Trump is 'cruel' as she spotlights abortion restrictions in Georgia
She put combating restrictions on reproductive care at the center of her pitch.Top stories - ABC News - October 19 -
States Revive Lawsuit to Sharply Curb Access to Abortion Pill
The Supreme Court ruled in June that the original plaintiffs, anti-abortion doctors and groups, did not have standing to sue. Now three states are trying to continue the legal fight.Business - The New York Times - October 21 -
Liz Cheney Tells Abortion Opponents It’s OK To Back Kamala Harris
As the pair campaigned together in suburban areas of battleground states, the Republican former congresswoman served as Ms. Harris’s ambassador to conservative women.Top stories - The New York Times - October 22 -
The Deeply Personal Price Women Must Pay for Abortion Bans
Exceptions to save a mother’s life don’t matter when doctors fear performing the procedure.Top stories - The New York Times - October 21 -
Liz Cheney urges conservatives to back Kamala Harris over abortion
Ex-Republican congresswoman, longtime abortion rights opponent, campaigns with vice-president in swing states. Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and longtime opponent of abortion ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Republicans ramp up defensive strategy on abortion after midterm struggles
Republicans are kicking their defensive messaging on abortion into high gear, aiming to blunt Democrats’ attempts to paint them as extreme in the run-up to the election. In debates, GOP ...Politics - The Hill - October 22 -
Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state's abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to head to reliably Republican Texas just 10 days before Election Day to try to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive careHealth - ABC News - October 22 -
Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Rigid Bans, Study Says
A new analysis shows how many women in states with bans are seeking procedures or pills from out-of-state providers.Top stories - The New York Times - October 23 -
Texas rally highlights Harris focus on abortion in closing days of campaign
Vice President Harris is leaning into abortion rights as a closing argument in the final days before the election, and will head to Texas this week to highlight the state as “ground zero of the ...Politics - The Hill - October 22 -
Harris addresses sexism, abortion, pardoning Trump in NBC interview
Vice President Harris on Tuesday addressed sexism in the 2024 election, along with a host of other topics including the potential to pardon former President Trump and whether she would accept any ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Could anger over abortion rights swing the US election?
Democrats are betting that a backlash against increasingly prohibitive laws will help them win votes in key battleground statesBusiness - Financial Times - October 23 -
Samuel Alito and Princess Gloria Bonded Over Catholicism and Ending Abortion
Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis bonded with Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. over Catholicism and ending abortion. She introduced him to her sumptuous world when he visited her Bavarian palace.World - The New York Times - October 22 -
Blinken Renews Push for Middle East Truce, and U.S. Abortions Increase
Plus, a radical approach to flooding in England.Top stories - The New York Times - October 23
