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Appeals court upholds ruling blocking SC abortion law
By DENISE LAVOIE AND MEG KINNARD - Associated Press
Tue,02/22/22-4:28PM , 146 Reads
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that temporarily blocks the enforcement of South Carolina's fetal heartbeat law, which would ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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- Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples
By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press
Tue,02/22/22-8:46AM , 358 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples.
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- Abortion-rights activists celebrate after the Constitutional Court approved the decriminalization of abortion, lifting all limitations on the procedure until the 24th week of pregnancy, in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Colombia's highest court legalizes abortion up to 24 weeks
By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press
Mon,02/21/22-4:29PM , 184 Reads
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to expand access to abortion Monday as the nation’s Constitutional Court voted to legalize the procedure until the 24th week of pregnancy.
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Today in History
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mon,02/21/22-10:15AM , 38 Reads
Today in History

Today is Sunday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2022. There are 307 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Feb. 27, 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women to vote.

On this date:
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