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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.
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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...

Kansas fight shows how election 'reforms' may favor one side
By John Hanna And Andy Tsubasa Field Apr. 14, 2021 03:18 PM EDT

Biden begins to undo Trump-era ban on abortion referrals
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Apr. 14, 2021 08:46 AM EDT

Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
By David Crary And Iris Samuels Apr. 11, 2021 11:33 AM EDT

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...

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

SC governor signs abortion ban; Planned Parenthood sues
By Jeffrey Collins Feb. 18, 2021 02:05 PM EST

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...

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 chief refusing to disclose recipients of virus aid
By Marcy Gordon And Mary Clare Jalonick Jun. 13, 2020 12:34 AM EDT

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...