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N.C. House Approves Bill Prohibiting Abortion Coverage in State Insurance Marketplace

The North Carolina House on Thursday approved a measure (HB 730) that would prohibit health plans offered through the state's health insurance marketplace from covering abortion, the AP/Henderson Times-News reports.

Sole N.D. Abortion Clinic Sues Over Hospital Admitting Privileges Law

The Center for Reproductive Rights on Wednesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of North Dakota's only abortion clinic to challenge a state law (HB 2305) requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Challenge to Ark. 12-Week Abortion Ban May Proceed, Judge Rules

A federal judge on Wednesday denied the Arkansas attorney general's request to dismiss a lawsuit against a state law (Act 301) banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, Bloomberg reports.

La. House Advances Bill Defining Coercing of Minor's Abortion as Child Abuse

The Louisiana House on Monday unanimously approved a measure (HB 278) that would define coercing a minor into an abortion as an act of child abuse, the Houma Courier reports.

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Repro Health Watch

Repro Health Watch — an exciting new edition of the Women’s Health Policy Report — compiles and distributes media coverage of proposed and enacted state laws and ballot initiatives affecting women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care, as well as litigation in response to those provisions.

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— A Washington Post editorial criticizing new medically unnecessary regulations for Virginia abortion clinics that have "ensured that many or most of them will be driven out of business in the coming months."



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