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  1. Iowa’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect

    The Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month that the Republican-backed law could be enforced. Abortions had been legal in the state up until about 22 weeks.

     By Mitch Smith

    The Iowa Judicial Branch Building in Des Moines.
    The Iowa Judicial Branch Building in Des Moines.
    CreditRachel Mummey for The New York Times

  1. Organizers Say Abortion Access Is Headed to the Ballot in 3 More States

    Arkansas is the third state this week where organizers said they had collected enough support for a petition to enshrine some abortion access in the State Constitution.

     By Emily Cochrane

    Collecting signatures for a petition in support of a ballot measure to expand abortion access in Arkansas.
    CreditMelyssa St. Michael for The New York Times

  2. Abortion Rights Supporters Put a Winning Strategy to the Test in Arkansas

    Organizers have until Friday to collect enough signatures to put abortion access on the ballot this fall in a state where conservative and evangelical values run deep.

     By Emily Cochrane

    Abortion-rights supporters urged the crowd during a Pride event in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday to sign a petition to put abortion access on the ballot.
    CreditMelyssa St. Michael for The New York Times

  3. Nevada Residents Will Vote on Abortion Rights in November

    A measure seeking to protect abortion access in the State Constitution will appear on the ballot. It is one of nearly a dozen such initiatives that could shape other races this election.

     By Isabelle Taft

    “We know Nevada has always been overwhelmingly pro-choice, and there’s no reason it should not be in the Constitution,” said Lindsey Harmon, president of Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom.
    CreditJohn Locher/Associated Press

  4. She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane.

    In states that have banned abortion, hospitals have struggled to treat pregnant women facing health risks. A Supreme Court decision this week did not help.

     By Kate Zernike

    When she began hemorrhaging, Nicole Miller was taken by plane to Utah. Only when she woke up the next morning did she understand, because a nurse told her, that she was airlifted so she could have an abortion.
    CreditNatalie Behring for The New York Times

  5. Iowa Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Take Effect

    Republican lawmakers passed the restrictions last year, but a lower court blocked enforcement of the law.

     By Mitch Smith

    The Iowa Judicial Branch Building in the rain this morning in Des Moines.
    CreditRachel Mummey for The New York Times

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