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Alabama passes near-total abortion ban

Alabama is ready to outlaw virtually all abortions in an effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse protections for abortion rights nationwide. The state Senate voted 25-6 Tuesday night for a bill that already passed the House overwhelmingly. The bill has no exceptions for victims of rape or incest. Jericka Duncan reports. Source

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Vaccine protesters push to keep loophole

The CDC reports there are now more than 10 times as many confirmed measles cases in 2019 as there were in the whole of 2010. The vast majority of infections are among unvaccinated people. Dr. Jon LaPook was at the New York Capitol Tuesday where protesters gathered to fight a bill to end religious exemptions for vaccines. Source

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U.S. orders personnel out of Iraq

The State Department says non-emergency U.S. embassy and consulate employees in Iraq will have to leave. That follows rising tensions with Iran, Iraq’s neighbor. President Trump dismissed a report that his national security team is reviewing a plan for more than 100,000 U.S. troops to confront Iran. David Martin reports. Source

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Eye Opener: Alabama passes abortion ban

Alabama passes the country’s most restrictive abortion bill with no exceptions for rape and incest. Also, President Trump’s oldest son will return to Capitol Hill next month to testify in a Senate committee’s Russia investigation. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source

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