Decades-long debates surrounding D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam statehood have been reignited. What s the best option? Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY
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The decades-long conversation around statehood for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico has been ramping up in Congress. A bill granting statehood to the District of Columbia passed in the House of Representatives on April 22, though it faces slim odds in the split Senate.
Meanwhile, the U.S. territory Puerto Rico has two current options: the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act and the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act.
Introduced in March by Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., the Statehood Admission Act would grant the island statehood.
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Guam moves closer to restoring abortion access after ACLU lawsuit Michelle Broder Van Dyke in Honolulu © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: dbimages/Alamy
Guam has taken a significant step toward restoring abortion access, after the ACLU scored a victory in a lawsuit that seeks to ensure residents of the US territory can turn to remote healthcare providers for abortion medication.
Getting an abortion on Guam has been impossible since 2018, when the last abortion doctor retired and moved off the island. Before then, at least 200 abortions occurred on Guam every year. Today, accessing the closest legal abortion clinic requires a flight to Hawaiʻi, an expensive and difficult undertaking especially during a pandemic.
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