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A "No Trespassing" sign is posted along the fencing protecting the parking lot of the Jackson Women's Health Organization, Friday, May 17, 2019, in Jackson, Miss. The facility is the state's only abortion clinic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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At clinics, new laws sow confusion

by Kim Chandler Associated Press, and Sudhin Thanawala Associated PressMay 22, 2019

Protesters for women’s rights hold a rally on the Alabama Capitol steps to protest a law passed last week making abortion a felony in nearly all cases with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, Sunday, in Montgomery, Ala.

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Hundreds protest Alabama’s abortion ban

by Kim Chandler Associated PressMay 19, 2019

Margeaux Hartline, dressed as a handmaid, protests against a ban on nearly all abortions outside of the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

by Kim Chandler Associated Press, and Blake Paterson Associated PressMay 15, 2019

Sen. Clyde Chambliss speaks as debate on HB314, the near-total ban on abortion bill, is held in the senate chamber in the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday May 14, 2019. Alabama lawmakers are expected to vote on a proposal to outlaw almost all abortions in the state, a hardline measure that has splintered Republicans over its lack of an exception for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. Rep. Collins is the sponsor of the bill. (Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser...

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Ala. Senate passes near-total ban on abortion

by Kim Chandler Associated PressMay 15, 2019

Kayla Causey sifts through the debris while helping her mother retrieve personal items after a tornado destroyed her home in Beauregard, Ala., Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Search continues in tornado-ravaged Ala. county

by Kim Chandler Associated Press, and Jay Reeves Associated PressMarch 6, 2019

In this Sunday, March 3, 2019 photo, debris litters the Buck Wild Saloon, after it was heavily damaged by a tornado, in Smiths Station, Ala. (Mike Haskey/Ledger-Enquirer via AP)

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Tornado kills 23 in Alabama, rescuers search for victims

by Kim Chandler Associated Press, and Jeff Martin Associated PressMarch 4, 2019

In this Wednesday, April 18, 2018 photo, Josephine Bolling McCall poses with a photo of her father, lynching victim Elmore Bolling, at her home in Montgomery, Ala. Bolling is among thousands of lynching victims remembered at the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice, erected with donations by the Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative. The memorial and an accompanying museum, which aim to tell the story of racial oppression in the United States, open April 26. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

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New lynching memorial offers chance to remember, heal

by Jay Reeves Associated Press, and Kim Chandler Associated PressApril 21, 2018

In this Dec. 11, 2017, file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally in Midland City, Ala. Moore is going to court to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race. Moore filed a lawsuit Wednesday evening, Dec. 27, 2017, in Montgomery Circuit Court.

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Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result

by Kim Chandler Associated PressDecember 28, 2017

In this Dec. 11, 2017, photo, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally in Midland City, Ala. His opponent, Democrat Doug Jones, was officially declared the winner Thursday, Dec. 29, of the election held earlier in the month for the U.S. Senate seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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Democrat Jones officially declared winner over Roy Moore for US Senate seat

by Kim Chandler Associated PressDecember 28, 2017

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Doug Jones and his wife Louise wave to supporters before speaking during an election-night watch party Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Jones won Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations.

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Democrat Jones wins Alabama Senate upset; Moore refuses to concede

by Kim Chandler Associated Press, and Steve Peoples Associated PressDecember 13, 2017