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Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Men to Approve All Abortions
Oklahoma ranks second behind Louisiana for the sheer number of abortion restrictions passed since 1973.
Jordan Smith
Jordan Smith is a state and national award-winning investigative journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri. She has covered the criminal legal system for more than 25 years and, during that time, has developed a reputation as a resourceful and dogged reporter with a talent for analyzing complex social and legal issues. She spent more than 20 years reporting in Texas where she was regarded as one of the best investigative reporters in the state. Her investigative work in wrongful conviction cases has helped to exonerate six people. A longtime staff writer for the Austin Chronicle, her work has also appeared in The Nation, the Crime Report, and the Texas Observer, among other places.
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The End of Roe
Sen. Joni Ernst Puts Planned Parenthood — and Access to Birth Control — on the Chopping Block
Stripping Planned Parenthood of federal funding could seriously damage the networks of providers that offer women’s health services, leaving thousands of women without access to preventive care.
Texas Governor Goes to War With Austin Over Immigration Enforcement
Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to strip Austin’s Travis County of funding unless the county illegally detains people suspected of immigration violations.
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Federal Judge Has Blocked Texas Rule Requiring Women to Cremate and Bury Their Aborted Fetuses
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would immediately appeal the injunction instead of waiting for a full trial.
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Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Is a Down Payment on Trump's Promise to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Without the constitutional protection of Roe v. Wade, the right to abortion would be “heavily dependent on income and zip code.”
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Texas Is Leading the Right-Wing Crusade Against Planned Parenthood
Texas is leading the Republican fight to strip Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of women's health services in the U.S., of all government funding.
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Kentucky's New Fetal Pain Law, Like Most Abortion Restrictions, Is Based on Junk Science
Kentucky's new anti-abortion law assumes — incorrectly — that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks.
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19 States Passed 60 New Abortion Restrictions in 2016
One of the most egregious attacks on reproductive rights came from Indiana and was signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence.
Justice Department Finally Opens Investigation of Orange County Snitch Scandal
The Orange County district attorney and sheriff have been at the center of a nearly four-year-old scandal involving the illegal use of jailhouse informants.
New Evidence Deputies Committed Perjury in Orange County Snitch Scandal
Newly released documents suggest that Orange County deputies destroyed evidence and lied under oath about their improper use of jailhouse snitches.