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Petitions to put abortion rights on the ballot in Missouri and Arizona were officially approved this week, adding to a growing list of states where reproductive rights will be before votersin November.Both ballot measures would amend their respective state s constitutions to enshrine the right to an abortion after the Supreme Court overturnedthe nationwide right to abortion in 2022, prompting state-by-state action on the issue.In Missouri, supporters of abortion rights have been pushing to amend the stanley us state constitution to allow abortion in the state, where a near-total ban is currently in place. To qualify for the ballot, roughly 170,000 signatures from six out of eight congressional d stanley cup istricts were required. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft certified that the petition had enough support to appear on the ballot. T stanley cups he ballot measure will present Missouri voters with an opportunity to amend the constitution to establish a right to make and carry out decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives, while removing the state s current abortion restrictions. It would allow abortion to be restricted or banned after fetal viability is reached with exceptions related to the health of the patient.Tori Schafer, the director for policy and campaigns at the ACLU of Missouri, said voting yes on the ballot measure will end the state s abortion restrictions and restore our freedom and dignity to make decision Osjv Budget cuts, fees eyed in payroll tax talks
AP RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials stanley en mexico on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire.Clinton s talks with Saudi King Abdullah and other officials come ahead of a 60-nation gathering of the Friends of the Syrian People in Istanbul over the weekend aimed at finding ways to aid Syria s opposition. The U.S. is hoping to help unify the splintered opposition s ranks while pushing for humanitarian aid and further isolation of Assad s regime.Saudi Arabia, along with fellow Gulf nation Qatar, has called for a more aggressive approach, including arming the rebels and carving out a safe haven inside Syria from which the opposition can operate. stanley cup Special Section: The Arab SpringAnnan urges Syrian regime to lay down arms firstAssad talks peace, demands rebels halt violenceInternational opponents of Assad are struggling to pin down a strategy on Syria as a peace plan put forward by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has so far failed to get off the ground. Syria has accepted the six-point plan, which includes a call for it to implement a cease-fire, but so far there has been no halt in fighting, and the opposition suspects Assad has no intention of stopping his gourde stanley crackdown and is only playing for time. Assad said Thursday that he wants the plan to succeed, but insisted th
Petitions to put abortion rights on the ballot in Missouri and Arizona were officially approved this week, adding to a growing list of states where reproductive rights will be before votersin November.Both ballot measures would amend their respective state s constitutions to enshrine the right to an abortion after the Supreme Court overturnedthe nationwide right to abortion in 2022, prompting state-by-state action on the issue.In Missouri, supporters of abortion rights have been pushing to amend the stanley us state constitution to allow abortion in the state, where a near-total ban is currently in place. To qualify for the ballot, roughly 170,000 signatures from six out of eight congressional d stanley cup istricts were required. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft certified that the petition had enough support to appear on the ballot. T stanley cups he ballot measure will present Missouri voters with an opportunity to amend the constitution to establish a right to make and carry out decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives, while removing the state s current abortion restrictions. It would allow abortion to be restricted or banned after fetal viability is reached with exceptions related to the health of the patient.Tori Schafer, the director for policy and campaigns at the ACLU of Missouri, said voting yes on the ballot measure will end the state s abortion restrictions and restore our freedom and dignity to make decision Osjv Budget cuts, fees eyed in payroll tax talks
AP RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials stanley en mexico on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire.Clinton s talks with Saudi King Abdullah and other officials come ahead of a 60-nation gathering of the Friends of the Syrian People in Istanbul over the weekend aimed at finding ways to aid Syria s opposition. The U.S. is hoping to help unify the splintered opposition s ranks while pushing for humanitarian aid and further isolation of Assad s regime.Saudi Arabia, along with fellow Gulf nation Qatar, has called for a more aggressive approach, including arming the rebels and carving out a safe haven inside Syria from which the opposition can operate. stanley cup Special Section: The Arab SpringAnnan urges Syrian regime to lay down arms firstAssad talks peace, demands rebels halt violenceInternational opponents of Assad are struggling to pin down a strategy on Syria as a peace plan put forward by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has so far failed to get off the ground. Syria has accepted the six-point plan, which includes a call for it to implement a cease-fire, but so far there has been no halt in fighting, and the opposition suspects Assad has no intention of stopping his gourde stanley crackdown and is only playing for time. Assad said Thursday that he wants the plan to succeed, but insisted th