A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas

A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas.

Pittsburg, Kan., that is serving patients from Kansas as well as nearby Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and other states.Charlie Riedel/AP PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Anthony Navaratnam stood before his congregation and urged them to pray for the women from surrounding states who will flock to the new abortion clinic in town that opened in August.

Arizona’s Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions is officially repealed. Saturday marks the day a repeal approved by state lawmakers and signed by the Democratic governor takes effect.

Arizona’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions is officially being repealed on Saturday after months of heated debate in the Grand Canyon State where several Republicans sided with Democrats to revoke the law.

The 19th-century abortion law in the battleground state of Arizona was officially repealed on Saturday. The 1864 law, which was initially passed even before Arizona became a state, was revoked with Saturday marking the 90th day that the state legislature adjourned for the year.