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Legal Wrap: Kansas Courts Embrace Same-Sex Parenting, Lawmakers Punish the Poor

The criminal charge against McCormack was dismissed for lack of evidence, but the judge left open the possibility that prosecutors could re-file should they find more evidence.

In states like Kansas and Oklahoma the fight for reproductive justice is raging, and making progress.

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Anti-Choicers Get Real About Their Loathing of Female Sexuality

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Time to dispense with the phony concerns for “life.” Now anti-choicers are just straight-up admitting they don’t think women should be having sex for any other reason but procreation.

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New Oklahoma Bill Could Do Away with Judicial Bypass for Teens

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Want an abortion without telling your parents? Not in Oklahoma.

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“Personhood” Back in Oklahoma Legislature

State Representative Mike Reynolds. (News on 6)

Last year’s attempt to pass a “personhood” bill through the Oklahoma legislature was a disaster. Now, it’s a second try.

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Jamie Lynn Russell: One Pregnant Woman’s Tragic Death Reveals the Human Cost of Devaluing Women

The Drug War and the War on Reproductive Health aren’t just rhetorical. One woman’s tragic death shows us the true human cost of devaluing pregnant women.

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State-Level 2012 Retrospective: Second-Highest Number of Abortion Restrictions Ever

Reproductive health and rights were once again the subject of extensive debate in state capitols in 2012. Over the course of the year, 42 states and the District of Columbia enacted 122 provisions related to reproductive health and rights. One-third of these new provisions, 43 in 19 states, sought to restrict access to abortion services.

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Federal Judge Rules Oklahoma Can Terminate Planned Parenthood WIC Contract

U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot. Photo: Russian American Business Magazine.

A federal judge ruled Planned Parenthood hadn’t provided enough proof the decision to terminate its WIC contract was because of its abortion rights advocacy.

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Texas Abortion Drug Bill Could Mean More Side Effects and Higher Costs

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A GOP lawmaker is looking to make Texas the latest state to restrict the use of abortion medications in a way that some experts warn could increase the drugs’ side effects while making them more expensive.

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Oklahoma State Supreme Court Rules Two Anti-Choice Bills Unconstitutional

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The Oklahoma State Supreme Court today struck down two state laws used by the anti-choice movement as model legislation across the country.

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Bush Appointee Rejects Hobby Lobby Arguments Against Birth Control Benefit

For the first time, a court has held that the religious rights of corporations and persons are not co-extensive. Individuals may avail themselves of constitutional protections of religious freedoms, but secular corporations may not.

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