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Chloe Akers prepares for a presentation, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 in Nashville, Tenn. The criminal defense attorney has become the state’s primary interpreter of Tennessee’s new criminal abortion statute, which went into effect Aug. 25. She quit her cushy job in a law firm and started a nonprofit she named Standing Together Tennessee. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Lawyer's mission: Translate Tenn.'s bewildering abortion ban
By CLAIRE GALOFARO - AP National Writer
Mon,09/05/22-12:17AM , 217 Reads
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion — for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one.
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Chloe Akers talks to Rabbi Laurie Rice, right, and Dr. Nancy Lipsitz, left, before giving a presentation at Congregation Micah synagogue, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 in Brentwood, Tenn. Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion - for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Lawyer's mission: Translate Tenn.'s bewildering abortion ban
By CLAIRE GALOFARO - AP National Writer
Mon,09/05/22-12:10AM , 169 Reads
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion — for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl speaks to reporters outside the Statehouse, in Boston, March 21, 2022. Diehl, who has former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is going up against businessman Chris Doughty, a political newcomer, in the Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, Sept. 6. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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What to watch in Massachusetts' primary election
By STEVE LEBLANC - Associated Press
Sun,09/04/22-11:10PM , 110 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — Republicans hoping to hold on to the Massachusetts governor's office are choosing between a Donald Trump-backed candidate and a more moderate businessman in Tuesday's primary election.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol in Washington, July 27, 2022. Kelly wasted little time after a decisive victory in Kansas for abortion rights before sending out a national fundraising email warning that access to the procedure would be “on the chopping block” if her party did not win in the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Kansas governor lauds abortion vote but focuses on economy
By JOHN HANNA - AP Political Writer
Sat,09/03/22-7:25AM , 120 Reads
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov.
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