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HHS investigating 13 states for ‘coercing’ health care providers to provide abortions

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday it is launching investigations into 13 states for violating a federal health refusal clause and "coercing" health care entities into providing or performing abortion services. HHS officials said the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will launch investigations into 13 states for allegedly violating the

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