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Utah Democrats oust embattled chairwoman, elect businessman

Utah Democrats oust embattled chairwoman, elect businessman

By /June 24, 2019 /Local News

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah Democrats have ousted their embattled party chairwoman and replaced her with a businessman who pledged to lift the party from financial and relational turmoil. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Jeff Merchant toppled incumbent Daisy Thomas on Saturday during the party’s organizing convention at Park City High […]

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Abortion rights activist rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2019. - Demonstrations were planned across the US on Tuesday in defense of abortion rights, which activists see as increasingly under attack. The "Day of Action" rallies come after the state of Alabama passed the country's most restrictive abortion ban, prohibiting the procedure in all cases, even rape and incest, unless the mother's life is at risk. Alabama is among about 14 states which have adopted laws banning or drastically restricting access to abortion, according to activists. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Across US, activists protest new wave of abortion bans

By /May 21, 2019 /Local News

At the U.S. Supreme Court, statehouses and other sites across the nation, abortion rights supporters held rallies Tuesday in opposition to the wave of sweeping abortion bans being enacted this year in Midwestern and Southern states. Organizers — including Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America and the American Civil Liberties Union […]

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