Rape exceptions to abortion bans were once accepted. No more - Los Angeles Times
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Conservative statehouses are dropping rape exceptions from abortion bans as they look ahead to the Supreme Court's expected decision in a major abortion case.
Conservative statehouses are dropping rape exceptions from abortion bans as they look ahead to the Supreme Court's expected decision in a major abortion case.
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Nearly all abortions become illegal in Arizona, Arizona
In States Where Republicans Banned Abortion With No Exception for
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Rape exceptions to abortion bans were once accepted. No more - Los
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Poll: Roe supporters view possible overturn as a danger to women
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Mississippi's history of lax abortion laws before Roe v. Wade
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Florida Senate passes 15-week abortion ban; West Virginia, Arizona
GOP Senators Won't Say If They Support Rape, Incest Exceptions to
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Unequal Justice: The End of Legal Abortion Looms
Abortion in NC: Republican bill introduces 12 week ban
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No rape, incest exceptions to abortion ban, state House says
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15 states with new or impending abortion limits have no exceptions