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Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills
More than half of abortions in America are now done with pills, rather than surgery. The battle over access to medication abortions will only grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and allow individual states to ban the procedure.
Suit challenging Minnesota’s abortion restrictions delayed
A lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s restrictions on abortions that was set to go to trial next month has been delayed indefinitely, under an order from the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Table is set for end-of-session debate over tax cuts
The Minnesota House passed a tax plan Wednesday that’s built around targeted credits and refunds rather than an income-tax rate cut favored by the Senate.
U.S. quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them
The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule even as it publicly says it has been trying to unwind it, officials said Wednesday.
With abortion in jeopardy, minority women have most to lose
A draft Supreme Court opinion suggesting the right to abortion will be overturned is highlighting the risk to Black and Hispanic women. Associated Press research shows that if the Court allows states to ban abortions, minority women will bear the brunt of it.
Draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion raises election stakes
Minnesota is a state where abortion rights would remain on firmer legal ground if the United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. November’s election will determine if that changes.