Author: Caroline Kitchener

Washington Post – Politics:

Abortion providers in blue-state Illinois are laying the groundwork for an influx of patients from states poised to ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns its landmark precedent.

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The new strategy is a response to attacks by antiabortion groups on organizations raising money to help low-income patients get access to abortions.

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Idaho Republicans are pushing legislation to ban abortion at six weeks, modeling the measure on the restrictive Texas law.

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“The U.S. Supreme Court left a shred of a case and today the Texas Supreme Court threw out even the crumbs of the case that was left,” said Julia Kaye, staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project.

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Abortion rights advocates say the measure is unconstitutional. But it could signal a new strategy by the antiabortion movement to extend influence beyond the conservative states poised to tighten restrictions if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark precedent protecting abortion rights.

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Florida Republicans have pushed a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.

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The move positions Idaho to become the first state to copy the restrictive Texas law that has prohibited most abortions in the state.

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The vote doomed prospects for the measure that would codify Roe v. Wade.