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Does a fetus count in the carpool lane? Texas’ abortion law creates new questions about legal personhood

A pregnant Texas woman said her fetus should count as a person in an HOV lane. That legal question is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the thorny question of “personhood.”

The Texas Tribune

Editorial: Is a fetus a ‘person’? A fringe idea could be the next post-Roe v. Wade chapter

A pregnant woman walks into an emergency room experiencing a miscarriage, or she gives birth to a stillborn. Someone becomes suspicious and notifies police. They want to know: Is the woman at fault? Everything she’s done during her pregnancy comes under scrutiny. Did she take any drugs or medication? Did…

Miami Herald

After primaries, these 10 House members are most vulnerable - Roll Call

Roll Call's latest update of the 10 most vulnerable House members includes six Democrats and four Republicans.

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When does life begin? As state laws define it, science, politics, and religion clash

As life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families were faced with a thorny decision, one with weighty legal and moral implications: How should we define when life ends? Cardiopulmonary bypass machines could keep the blood pumping and ventilators could maintain breathing long…

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Ramesh Ponnuru: The pro-life movement needs to be more realistic

For nearly 50 years, those of us who favor legal protection for children in the womb have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow abortion policy to be set through democratic debate. Now we’re having that debate, and strategists in both parties say we’re losing it.

Tribune News Service

How much government money does Planned Parenthood receive?

Over 40% of Planned Parenthood revenue comes from government reimbursements and grants.

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Lindsey Graham and GOP set to try to push through national abortion ban

New bill aims at a nationwide ban on abortions after 15 weeks and is an updated version of a previous attempt

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In lawsuit, UT-Austin professor accuses Texas A&M faculty program of discriminating against white and Asian men

UT-Austin professor Richard Lowery is represented by America First Legal — a group created by Stephen Miller, a policy adviser for former President Donald Trump, and Jonathan Mitchell, a former solicitor general for Texas and the legal architect of the state’s six-week abortion ban.

The Texas Tribune

Indiana court hearing set after abortion ban takes effect

An Indiana judge won’t hear arguments until next week on a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s abortion ban, leaving that new law set to take effect on Thursday

The Independent UK

Tennessee abortion clinic moves up the street and crosses state lines to Virginia to escape ban

“I’m so dead set on making this clinic work. It’s so very needed,” a staff member says

The Independent UK

In 2022, there are six ballot measures addressing abortion—the most on record. Measures have been certified for the ballot in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, and Vermont. Votes on these ballot measures follow Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which held that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right…

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John Fetterman rallies for abortion rights and hammers Dr Oz in Pennsylvania: ‘Don’t p*** women off’

The Democratic Senate candidate vows to scrap the filibuster and vote to codify Roe v Wade if elected

The Independent UK

‘Women are the reason we can win,’ John Fetterman says at Pennsylvania rally

Democrat Senate candidate puts abortion rights at top of his agenda as he targets Republican opponent Mehmet Oz

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Kamala Harris says ‘everything on the line’ in midterm elections

Vice-president says elections will determine whether ‘age-old sanctity’ of right to vote would be protected. Plus, how the movies covered Queen Elizabeth II

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Here’s where voters will decide six abortion-related measures this year

Welcome to the Monday, September 12, Brew.

The Guardian - US

‘A wakeup call’: more Republicans are softening staunch anti-abortion stance

Moves come amid a ferocious backlash to the fall of Roe that has seen Democrat hopes in the midterm elections revived

The Guardian - US

John Roberts defends supreme court as Kamala Harris lashes out at Roe ruling

Chief justice warns against linking contentious decisions with court legitimacy as vice-president rebukes ‘activist court’

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REVEALED: Anti-abortion lobbyists met MSPs more than 100 times

ANTI-ABORTION Christian lobbyists have met with MSPs from all the major political parties at Holyrood more than 100 times since the start of 2021,…

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Pity poor Britons playing Liz Truss’s lottery

The new prime minister’s cabinet is comprised of people who were born to win, but for the rest of us, life is just a gamble

The Independent UK

Women travelling from US to get abortions in UK after Roe v Wade overturned

Exclusive: ‘I wonder if they are just so worried by the political climate that they are like, ‘I’m just going to go there’,’ clinical director says

The Guardian - UK

Champagne and cigars are just fine. It’s Thérèse Coffey’s views on abortion that worry me

Let’s not mock the health secretary for her socialising but pay attention to her politics

WEKU

Chief Justice John Roberts defends the Supreme Court — as people's confidence wavers

After Roe was overturned, polls have shown a sharp drop in approval. Roberts says the court's role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.

The Guardian - US

New ‘objective’ CNN appears to be making itself objectively rightwing

The cable network’s CEO dramatic hiring and firing of on-air talent seems designed to woo the Fox News crowd

The Independent UK

Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court

Chief Justice John Roberts is defending the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions

Tribune News Service

Democrats have high hopes as midterms campaign kicks off with first mail-in ballots sent to voters

The midterm congressional campaign officially began Friday with Democrats facing a much-improved electoral environment amid a string of political wins, a strengthening economy and widespread anger over loss of abortion rights.

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