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Georgia woman who was nine weeks pregnant when declared brain dead and now is forced to carry her baby to viability is the ...

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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged Empire State lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize ...

Proponents of SB 2880 have singled out Rep. Ken King, House State Affairs committee chair, for letting the bill languish.

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