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Parson hopes to pick new Missouri health director quickly

By David A. Lieb Apr. 22, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he hopes to name a new state health director quickly to rebuild the agency after...

Missouri health director who worked for 2 governors resigns

By Summer Ballentine Apr. 20, 2021 01:15 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health director resigned Tuesday amid the state's coronavirus vaccine rollout, Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced. ...

Broad support for NC bill to bar shackling pregnant inmates

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 20, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bipartisan legislative effort to improve the care of pregnant women in North Carolina's prisons and jails will protect the mothers and...

Charley Crabtree holds one of his hats at his home in Lawrence, Kan., Thursday, April 8, 2021. Crabtree was looking to help voters in nursing homes get absentee ballots delivered on time last year, so he picked up about 75 from at least 10 locations in his hometown of Lawrence. Republicans who control the Kansas Legislature want to make what he did a crime punishable by up to six months in jail. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Kansas fight shows how election 'reforms' may favor one side

By John Hanna And Andy Tsubasa Field Apr. 14, 2021 03:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, a sign is displayed at Planned Parenthood of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Biden administration is beginning to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy directive that led to Planned Parenthood leaving the federal family planning program. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Biden begins to undo Trump-era ban on abortion referrals

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Apr. 14, 2021 08:46 AM EDT

This April 2021 photo provided by Christina Theriault, a nurse practitioner, shows her at the Maine Family Planning clinic in Presque Isle, Maine. Theriault says her abortion patients are grateful for the convenience and privacy of telemedicine. “Some are in a bad relationship or victim of domestic violence,” she said. “With telemedicine, they can do it without their partner knowing. There’s a lot of relief from them.” (Courtesy Christina Theriault via AP)
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication

By David Crary And Iris Samuels Apr. 11, 2021 11:33 AM EDT

Holocaust survivor Fanny Amar wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus holds a rose as she and others attend the yearly Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Judge temporarily blocks Ohio telemedicine abortion ban

By Julie Carr Smyth Apr. 07, 2021 11:24 AM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortions as a suit challenging the law's...

Planned Parenthood sues over Ohio telemedicine abortion ban

By Julie Carr Smyth Apr. 02, 2021 10:26 AM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Planned Parenthood has sued to block an Ohio law banning the use of telemedicine for medication abortions as unconstitutional, adding to...

In this feb. 24, 2021, photo, Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden’s pick for health secretary is taking heat for his defense of abortion rights from a tag team of Republicans looking to define him —and the new administration— as out of the mainstream. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
GOP takes aim at Biden's health care pick on abortion rights

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Thomas Beaumont Mar. 03, 2021 05:38 AM EST

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signs into law a bill banning almost all abortions in the state Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. On the same day, Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit to stop the measure from going into effect. The state House approved the “South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act” on a 79-35 vote Wednesday and gave it a final procedural vote Thursday before sending it to McMaster.  (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
SC governor signs abortion ban; Planned Parenthood sues

By Jeffrey Collins Feb. 18, 2021 02:05 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo, supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the annual "March for Life" rally on the National Mall in Washington. Anti-abortion leaders across America were elated a year ago when Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person at their highest-profile annual event, the March for Life held every January. The mood is more sober now — a mix of disappointment over Trump’s defeat and hope that his legacy of judicial appointments will lead to future court victories limiting abortion rights. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
Political upheaval alters strategies in US abortion debate

By David Crary Jan. 23, 2021 10:06 AM EST

Lawmakers push abortion restrictions, gun rights expansion

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Dec. 18, 2020 02:03 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican lawmakers have sent bills to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine that would increase abortion restrictions, expand gun rights and ban the...

Mindi Wirth, who heads a group called Parents for Safe Schools that is seeking to overturn a sex education requirement for public schools, poses for a photo Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Lynnwood, Wash. Democrats in the famously liberal state say they want to protect young people from sexual abuse, diseases and infections. But the increasingly outnumbered and aggrieved Republicans have taken issue with the content of the standards as they rally for local control. The resulting referendum on the November ballot marks the first time in the country that such a decision on sex ed will be decided by voters. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Sex ed mandate sparks bitter Washington state ballot fight

By Sally Ho Sep. 28, 2020 11:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the "March for Life" rally on the National Mall in Washington. The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is heightening a sense of alarm among supporters of abortion rights. And it’s fueling a surge of optimism among abortion opponents. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Ginsburg's death puts Roe v. Wade on the ballot in November

By David Crary Sep. 21, 2020 12:12 AM EDT

Lawsuit seeks to block Tennessee abortion reversal law

By Kimberlee Kruesi Aug. 31, 2020 04:23 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Abortion rights groups on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging a newly enacted Tennessee law that would require women undergoing drug...

Tennessee governor signs, court blocks, 6-week abortion ban

By Jonathan Mattise Jul. 13, 2020 03:07 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday signed one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, and a federal judge quickly blocked the...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
Treasury chief refusing to disclose recipients of virus aid

By Marcy Gordon And Mary Clare Jalonick Jun. 13, 2020 12:34 AM EDT

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
Treasury chief refusing to disclose recipients of virus aid

By Marcy Gordon And Mary Clare Jalonick Jun. 12, 2020 05:09 PM EDT

Shake-up comes at Wisconsin health agency during pandemic

By Scott Bauer Jun. 09, 2020 11:09 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two of Wisconsin's top officials at the state health department have resigned in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak, with one joining...