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Biden decries Supreme Court abortion decision as a ‘tragic error’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday blasted the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the right to abortion as a “tragic error” and called on voters to elect lawmakers who support the right.

Los Angeles Times

What is Roe v Wade, what are US abortion laws and what is different in the UK?

A Supreme Court ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of US states.

The Independent UK

Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘tragic error’ of overturning Roe v Wade

President says conservative justices’ ruling to eliminate the federal right to abortion mean ‘the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk’

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Celebrities react to the Supreme Court's abortion ruling

Celebrities including Viola Davis, Bette Midler and Stephen King reacted with sorrow and frustration after the Supreme Court on Friday voted 5-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a woman’s constitutional right to abortion

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court reverses landmark abortion decisions. What happens next in Idaho?

Abortions in Idaho will be banned in most cases after the U.S. Supreme Court voted to reverse landmark abortion cases and overturn abortion rights.

Tribune News Service

Collins says Kavanaugh misled her

Back in 2018, Collins promised America that Justice Kavanaugh wouldn't touch abortion. Friday proved her wrong

Salon

‘Today, life won’: gleeful Republicans ‘praise the Lord’ after abortion ruling

Lawmakers react with joy after Roe v Wade overturned, with Texas attorney general Ken Paxton declaring an ‘annual holiday’

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Can the US look back to find a future for the Constitution?

The latest ruling by the US Supreme Court opens the door for almost all law-abiding Americans to carry concealed handguns in public. Does the US Constitution needs a retrofit?

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Commentary: Roe made our abortion debate worse. With it gone, can we compromise on rights and limits?

It doesn’t seem like it now, with the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal roiling the nation. But we may someday look back on June 24, 2022, as the day we started out toward a compromise, even consensus, on abortion.

Tribune News Service

With Roe v. Wade abortion access overturned, Texas activists look toward next steps

FORT WORTH, Texas — It was a day Bradley Pierce had prayed for.

Tribune News Service

Excerpts from the Supreme Court's landmark abortion decision

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years

The Independent UK

Illinois governor calls special legislative session on reproductive rights

CHICAGO — Illinois politicians reacted swiftly and along party lines to Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders immediately announcing they plan to call a special legislative session to strengthen the state’s already-stringent protections for reproductive rights.

Chicago Tribune

What does overturning Roe mean for Minnesota? Nothing, but …

MINNEAPOLIS — Abortions remain a legally protected right in Minnesota — but it just became a politically hotter issue for this fall’s elections.

Pioneer Press

Kavanaugh Indicates States Can't Bar Residents From Getting Abortions in Other States

This makes it likely, though not certain, that the Supreme Court will strike down such laws if states enact them.

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Restricting abortion just makes it more deadly, says U.N. after U.S. ruling

Restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure "it only makes it more deadly," a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

Al Jazeera

Roe v Wade: Supreme Court decision highlights US abortion divide

As US Supreme Court reverses Roe v Wade, joy for conservative groups and despair for abortion rights advocates.

Reuters

Vatican praises U.S. court abortion decision, saying it challenges world

The Vatican's Academy for Life on Friday praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on abortion, saying it challenged the world to reflect on life issues, but also called for social changes to help women keep their children.

Reuters

French President Macron: abortion is a fundamental right for women

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that abortion was a fundamental right for women, as he reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion.

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Supreme Court abortion ruling raises stakes for Kansas voters ahead of August vote

The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade won’t immediately affect Kansas law. But it could soon have a major impact after Kansans vote in August on a high-stakes ballot question.

The Guardian - US

Republican-run US states move to immediately ban abortion after court overturns Roe v Wade

Moves were swift in many of the thirteen US states which have previously passed abortion-banning ‘trigger laws’

The Texas Tribune

Plan B and contraceptives remain legal in Texas after U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion

In the same decision that overruled Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court was clear that the constitutional right to access contraceptives remains untouched — though one justice said he would welcome challenges to that right.

The Independent UK

Abortion advocates slam headline encouraging people to make ‘viral’ protest signs after Roe overturned

A headline encouraging readers to ‘design a protest sign that goes viral’ after Roe v Wade was overturned has sparked outrage online

Reason

Justice Kavanaugh on the Right to Travel to Get an Abortion

This is a tremendously important question, as Ilya's and my posts noted in May. Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Dobbs today expressly noted: [A]s I see it, some of the other abortion-related legal questions raised by today's decision are not especially difficult as a constitutional matter. For example, may a State…

Axios

Abortion clinics close after Roe v. Wade ruling

States can now legally regulate or ban abortion.

The Guardian - US

Contraception, gay marriage: Clarence Thomas signals new targets for supreme court

Rightwing justice appears to offer preview of the court’s potential future rulings after decision to remove US abortion rights

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