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  • Abortion

  Abortion rights protesters took abortion pills on the steps of the Supreme Court as justices prepared to hear a challenge to Roe v. Wade

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  Anti-abortion and pro-abortion protestors gathered outside of the Supreme Court on December 1 as SCOTUS prepared to hear arguments for Dobbs v. …

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  • United States

  Minnesota becomes first state to launch task force examining violence against Black girls and women

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  Black women face the highest rates of homicide death of any racial and ethnic group, per the CDC. A new 12-person task force in Minnesota - the first …

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  • Contraception

  Ohio wants to ban abortion from the moment an egg is fertilized — here's how likely it is to pass, and how it fits into the bigger picture

  Insider - Julia Naftulin

  Texas' recent ban on abortion after six weeks made national headlines. It has no exceptions for rape or incest, and, uniquely, it relies on private …

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  • Kevin Strickland

  Delayed justice for Kevin Strickland, the Groveland 4 highlight a racial reckoning in criminal justice

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  After nearly 43 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, a judge in Jackson County, Missouri has granted Kevin Strickland immediate …

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  • U.S. Politics

  8 details you may have missed in this year's White House Christmas decorations

  Insider - Talia Lakritz

  The Gold Star Tree in the East Landing honors fallen members of the US military with ornaments recognizing their names, ranks, and dates of death. The …

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  • Abortion

  12 states have 'trigger' laws that will automatically ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

  Insider - Julia Naftulin and Oma Seddiq

  Nearly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in Roe v. Wade, igniting an ongoing national debate over abortion rights. On …