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A Tennessee woman who is accused of trying to abort her fetus at 24 weeks with a coat hanger last year is facing new felony charges, in a case that has raised concerns among some abortion-rights advocates over strict abortion laws. The case concerning the woman, Anna Yocca, 32, has wound its way through the courts in Rutherford County for nearly a year, seesawing between multiple charges in three indictments as she has continued to sit in a central Tennessee jail. On Monday, Ms. Yocca was arraigned on new charges: aggravated assault, an attempt to procure a miscarriage and an...

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) 93% wants Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton to return all donations she received from employees of Planned Parenthood. Paul attended the “Women Betrayed” rally in D.C. on Tuesday. “Hillary Clinton’s hands are stained by accepting this money, and she needs to immediately return every red cent she has received from Planned Parenthood employees,” Paul said. Paul’s statement comes after a report from the Washington Free Beacon that finds Clinton has collected more than $10,000 from at least nine Planned Parenthood employees just since she launched her presidential campaign. Paul introduced an amendment to...