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Fight Over Abortion Rules Could Reverberate Widely
Mississippi could be one step closer to becoming the first U.S. state without an abortion provider after a state hearing Thursday. But the legal fight over the state’s abortion law is far from over, and could have far-reaching implications for other states with similar laws. more
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Nullification: Old Arguments Against Feds Get New Life
States challenging Washington is not new, but Second Amendment worries have breathed new life into a movement championing a wider range of topics than ever before. more
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Arkansas Passes Nation’s Strictest Abortion Law
Arkansas legislature votes to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto, banning all abortions after 12 weeks. more
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Infographic: Ballot Measures Gave Voters Say on Divisive Issues
Voters in 38 states will decide 174 statewide ballot measures on Election Day. Are any on your ballot? more
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High Court Declines Oklahoma “Personhood” Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision to block a ballot measure that would outlaw abortion in the state.
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Federal Court Blocks Indiana Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood
A federal court has blocked an Indiana law that would cut off Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood because its clinics perform abortions.
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Federal Court Blocks Arizona Anti-Abortion Law
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the state from enforcing a new Arizona law, which prohibits most abortions from taking place after 20 weeks of pregnancy. more
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New Anti-Abortion Strategy Pays Off
The past few months have seen a flurry of new state laws restricting abortion, most of them based on the concept of “fetal pain.” more
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Abortion Ultrasound Debate Intensifies
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: The debate in Virginia whether to require every woman seeking an abortion get an ultrasound is flaring up in a half dozen other statehouses. more
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Mississippi to Put Abortion in Election Spotlight
Mississippi voters will pick up where state lawmakers left off this year as they consider a ballot measure that would essentially outlaw abortion.more -
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Abortion Laws Blocked in Indiana, Kansas and South Dakota
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: States enacted a record number of restrictions on abortion this year, but some of the most-closely watched new laws are on hold until the courts determine if they are legal. more
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In an Era of One-Party Rule, Republicans Pass a Sweeping State Agenda
Republicans held enormous political leverage in state legislatures this year. They used it to shrink spending, take on labor unions and push long-stalled social legislation in one of the most eventful legislative years in memory.Part one of a weeklong series. more
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Planned Parenthood Fight Shifts to States
TODAY'S TAKE: Governor Mitch Daniels will decide within the next week whether Indiana will become the first state to cut off all government funding for Planned Parenthood. Kansas could approve a similar measure soon. more
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Foreclosure Aid Program Gets Underway in Florida
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: Florida rolls out a program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure … A GOP plan to turn food stamps into a block grant gets mixed reviews … Texas experiences a child boom, and other social policy news. more
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States Try New Tactics to Restrict Abortion
State legislatures across the country this year enacted groundbreaking abortion laws prodded, in large part, by national health care reform. Some of the new laws will dramatically change the circumstances women face when trying to end their pregnancies and at least one could lead to a challenge of Roe v. Wade. more
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Charlie Crist vs. GOP
TODAY'S TAKE: The stream of headlines coming out of Florida in recent weeks has catalogued a growing divide between Governor Charlie Crist and the state Republicans he once led. Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent after struggling in Florida's Republican primary, has infuriated his former GOP colleagues on a range of state policies.more -
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Abortion Returns to Center Stage
TODAY'S TAKE: The Florida Senate on Thursday (April 29) put the state budget, a property-insurance overhaul, an energy bill and other end-of-session legislation on hold while it debated imposing tough new abortion rules. If approved, the bill would become at least the third state measure in recent weeks to impose strict new regulations on women who seek abortions. Nebraska and Oklahoma passed abortion-related laws earlier this month.more -
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3 States, Including California, Ban Gay Marriage
Measures on gay marriage, abortion, affirmative action, stem cell research and physician assisted suicide were among 153 initiatives on the 2008 ballot in 36 states. more
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Panoply of Ballot Measures Awaits Voters
(Updated 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 3, 2008)Without a single, dominant issue to rally partisans nationally, the 153 initiatives on state ballots this year run the gamut from abolishing the income tax in Massachusetts to legalizing doctor-assisted suicide in Washington state.more -
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Abortion Foes Give Palin Nod, Attack Obama
The gloves are off in the presidential campaign fight over the abortion issue. more