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Abortion ruling step backwards for US: Ley

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley says the US Supreme Court's ruling on abortion is a step backwards for the country.

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After Supreme Court ends abortion rights, fears in Florida that same-sex marriage is next

MIAMI — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion has raised alarms in Florida that same-sex marriage could be struck down next in a state where the constitution still has language defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

Miami Herald

Biden must take stronger action on abortion, Senate Democrats say

With Roe v. Wade overturned, Senate Democrats want Biden to use presidential power to ease abortion access and protect those who seek the procedures. But he has limited options.

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Where Pa. law stands on abortion, and what candidates for governor and US Senate want for the future

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Supreme Court's historic decision Friday to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion put a new focus on Pennsylvania's upcoming statewide elections.

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LAPD treatment of journalists denounced, again, after abortion rights protest downtown

LOS ANGELES — Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night when a police officer hit her on the side of the head.

Los Angeles Times

Abortion ruling could spur 'political earthquake' ahead of pivotal Michigan election

LANSING, Mich. — A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended a nationwide constitutional right to abortion shook the political landscape in Michigan with Democrats contending the decision will energize their party less than five months ahead of a pivotal midterm election.

Tribune News Service

Abortion ban looms large in Wisconsin and the Dakotas

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Marcy Thomas and her husband, Scott, opened the church doors to a couple of visitors and didn't hesitate to explain how they felt about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate constitutional protections for abortion.

Tribune News Service

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How California is rushing to protect and expand abortion access following Supreme Court’s Roe decision

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Long before the Supreme Court’s bombshell decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, transforming reproductive rights for the first time in 50 years, California had laws protecting access to an abortion within its own borders.

Tribune News Service

Local efforts to decriminalize abortion in Texas likely won’t help clinics stay open

District attorneys and local leaders in five counties have promised not to pursue criminal charges related to the state’s new abortion laws. But civil and administrative fines could be financially devastating or cost health care providers their licenses.

The Texas Tribune

Georgia activists in abortion debate turn focus to November elections

ATLANTA — A day after anti-abortion activists attending the National Right to Life convention in Atlanta celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, attendees trained their sights on their next target: the November midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

Planned Parenthood Utah files lawsuit over state’s trigger ban

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah filed a lawsuit seeking to block Utah’s new law banning all elective abortions that went into effect late Friday.

Tribune News Service

Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith call on Biden to declare public health emergency to protect abortion access

‘If we sound angry and alarmed, that’s because we are’

The Independent UK

Abortion rights protests resume across Los Angeles, channeling outrage and anguish

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of protesters gathered Saturday morning in downtown Los Angeles, the first in what was expected to be a day filled with protests and demonstrations across the region that denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.

Los Angeles Times

Abortion rights protests resume across Los Angeles, channeling outrage and anguish

LOS ANGELES — Several hundred demonstrators gathered and marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, channeling anger, frustration and grief as they denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.

Los Angeles Times

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The Independent UK

Appointments cancelled, clinics closed and fury in the streets: Americans wake up to a new reality as abortion rights disappear overnight

Pressure builds in the streets and on the White House after US Supreme Court overturns constititional protections for abortion rights

Chicago Sun-Times

Second day of abortion rights protests focus on the future: ‘We must turn our anger into action’

A day after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision, demonstrators gathered in the Loop Saturday with a renewed determination to “help any way we can.”

ABC News

Roe v Wade updates: US states begin banning abortion as Biden pledges to monitor 'how they administer' new laws — as it happened

A director at the National Right to Life convention in Atlanta warns the new "battle" to be played out post Roe v Wade will be in medical abortions, while Utah's branch of Planned Parenthood files a lawsuit seeking to block the state's abortion ban — as it happened.

The Independent UK

Dueling narratives of Arizona protests ended with tear gas

Protests outside the Arizona Capitol over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that ended with a volley of tear gas are being described as either peaceful or driven by anarchists intent on destruction

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AOC questions legitimacy of Supreme Court and calls Biden ‘historically weak’ on abortion

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that the Supreme Court “has a legitimacy crisis”

Daily Mirror

Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen sing 'F*** you' to Supreme Court after abortion ruling

Glastonbury 2022 performer Olivia Rodrigo slammed the Supreme Court after they overturned the landmark Roe vs Wade ruling that made abortion legal almost 50 years ago

Tribune News Service

With Roe overturned, Canada could become an abortion destination

The Bloor West Village Women’s Clinic in Toronto has had very few American patients, despite advertising its abortion services internationally. That may be about to change.

The Independent UK

She worked in family planning on the day Roe v Wade was decided. Fifty years later, she’s fighting for abortion rights again

Carol Folk started her first day of work in family planning counselling on the day when Roe v Wade passed in 1973. Fifty years later, she returned to the Supreme Court to join the new fight for abortion rights

Evening Standard

Lily Allen dedicates F*** You to US Supreme Court in Glastonbury cameo

The US pop star said she was ‘devastated and terrified’ after the 1973 Roe v Wade case was overturned.

ABC News

Before Roe v Wade fell, Gerri Santoro's death galvanised America's abortion movement. This is her story

With no money and no access to legal abortion, a pregnant 28-year-old took matters into her own hands. In death, she became an icon. WARNING: This article contains details readers might find distressing.

The Hindu

U.S. Supreme Court decision could stigmatise abortion globally, says Population Foundation of India

Since 1994, four nations, now including the U.S., have rolled back abortion rights. In India, abortion is legal but conditional

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