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Trump, GOP Senate candidates express support for in vitro fertilization

The former president and other Republicans distanced themselves from an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that has again highlighted the electoral challenge Republicans face over their stances on abortion and other reproductive rights.

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She begged Texas doctors to end her life-threatening pregnancy. They refused.

A 25-year-old woman and her mother blame the Texas abortion ban for a delay in care that put her “in extreme danger of losing her life.”

By Caroline Kitchener

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Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak

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Three members of Wyoming swimming and diving team die in car crash

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