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First Minister sets date for second summit on abortion rights and buffer zones

THE First Minister has set a date for the second summit on abortion rights to further discuss the implementation of buffer zones around abortion…

The National (Scotland)

South Carolina lawmakers consider near total abortion ban

A small group of South Carolina lawmakers have given their approval to a near total abortion ban that does not include exceptions for pregnancies’ caused by rape or incest

The Independent UK

Florida court blocks teen from getting abortion, must continue pregnancy

The 16-year-old teen had asked a court to let her have an abortion because she was not ready to have a baby.

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Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

WEKU

Crossbench MP prepares to wedge Victorian government on abortion access bill

Vote on bill to guarantee access to abortions at publicly funded hospitals could happen Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Commentary: Better sex education in schools can help young people affected by abortion bans

Recently, Kansas voters soundly rejected a referendum that would have ensured more abortion restrictions in the solidly red state. This led to predictions that conservatives may pay a price in upcoming elections for the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, which undid the constitutional protection for…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Asking other states to help Missouri rape victims should highlight GOP’s cruelty here

It has come to this: Missouri Democrats recently reached out to Illinois and Kansas officials, asking them to secure Medicaid funding for low-income Missouri rape victims who have to travel out of state for abortion services due to Missouri’s extreme new abortion ban. It’s a chilling reminder that Missouri has…

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Colorado picking up the tab for abortion bans in other states, reproductive rights group says

DENVER — Data from one reproductive rights group confirms that abortion providers in Colorado who were expecting a surge of patients coming from other states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade were right.

The Denver Post

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Largest Kansas counties will recount abortion vote after roughly $120,000 raised

TOPEKA, Kan. — A partial recount of Kansas’ abortion rights vote will proceed after frantic fundraising to pay for a hand count of every ballot in the state fell short of the $230,000 needed.

Tribune News Service

WVa governor: Voters shouldn't decide abortion access issue

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has rejected a suggestion by Democrats to let voters decide whether abortion should continue to be allowed in the state

The Independent UK

Google refers abortion-seekers to pro-life centers, study finds

Searching for an "abortion clinic" might land you in a dangerous situation.

Input

Superior Court judge lets Georgia’s abortion law stand during state challenge

ATLANTA — A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Monday said the state can continue enforcing Georgia’s new abortion law while a challenge of the law makes its way through the courts.

Tribune News Service

Front-line workers fear repercussions from abortion laws

Strict anti-abortion laws that took effect in Oklahoma this year led to the quick shuttering of every abortion facility in the state

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Kansas hasn't started hand count of vote for abortion rights

Kansas hasn't started a statewide hand recount of this month’s decisive vote in favor of abortion rights

Chicago Tribune

Once Indiana’s abortion ban goes into effect, most patients seeking abortions will have to travel beyond its borders

When Indiana’s near-total abortion ban goes into effect on Sept. 15, the Planned Parenthood clinic in Merrillville — and its 10 other facilities in Indiana — will remain open to provide “critical health care services outside of abortion,” but patients seeking abortion care will likely have to go out of…

The Guardian - UK

‘More vocal, more aggressive’: calls grow for protest buffer zone at Bournemouth abortion clinic

Staff say protesters have been intimidating women outside the facility for years and things are getting worse

The Guardian - US

Abortion is still legal in Arizona. But confusion and fear abound

The US supreme court decision ending the federal right to abortion has led to legal chaos and a de facto ban for many

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Commentary: A Kansas-like abortion vote in SC? Republicans won’t do it, and Democrats shouldn’t

South Carolina Republicans didn’t need Kansas to tell them that most people, even in blood-red states, support legalized abortion.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Sunshine in the heartland

On Aug. 2, staid, conservative Kansas gave the United States one of the biggest jolts in an election season in which Democratic disaster and Republican ascension had been such an accepted fact that left-wing media’s denial of inevitability sounded more like prayer. President Joe Biden’s approval rating was lower than…

Tribune News Service

Abortion ballot measures seen as critical — but tricky — strategy

The landslide victory for abortion rights in a Kansas primary election this month was the first direct expression of voter sentiment on the issue since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion in June.

Tribune News Service

Matthew Yglesias: Democrats are pulling ahead of Republicans, just in time for midterms

When Democrats pulled ahead of Republicans recently in broad averages on the generic ballot, I didn’t believe it. We’ve seen many large polling errors in Democrats’ favor in recent years, a 50-50 House vote would defy the historical trend toward the incumbent president’s party facing backlash in the midterms, and…

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott still leads Beto O’Rourke, new poll shows

DALLAS — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is maintaining a modest lead over Democrat Beto O’Rourke in the simmering race for Texas governor, though his road to victory could be bumpy.

The Independent UK

Activist offers to pay for Kansas' recount of abortion vote

An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group said he’s offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of a hand recount of votes from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights

WEKU

How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close

After a Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tenn., burned down in January, patients relying on gender-affirming care scrambled to find support elsewhere.

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