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Roe v Wade overturned: what abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world

The global landscape of reproductive rights is constantly shifting. The US Supreme Court ruling that has overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 decision that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion – marks a significant regression for abortion access. But it is not the only case. While…

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Will Supreme Court abortion ruling lift California Democrats this fall?

WASHINGTON — California Democrats facing close races could get an important political boost from Friday’s Supreme Court decision reversing its half-century-old ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion.

Tribune News Service

Nicola Sturgeon warns US abortion ban is a 'dark day' for women's rights

The First Minister said the US Supreme Court decision could embolden "anti-women forces in other countries".

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Medication abortion is common, effective, and under attack by Republicans

Most abortions in the US and overseas involve pills that can be taken at home, but GOP lawmakers have launched a new war on drugs, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional right to abortion

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 court ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right, that revokes the right from women and shifts authority over the procedure to the states.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Why Florida isn’t losing the right to an abortion … yet

While the overturn of Roe v. Wade dramatically alters the landscape of abortion rights nationally, in Florida, the decision has no immediate effect on the legality of abortion.

Tribune News Service

‘One of our darkest days’: outrage after supreme court overturns Roe v Wade

Chuck Schumer condemns justices on ‘the extremist Maga court’ but conservative lawmakers move swiftly to trigger abortion bans

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Alito's Abortion Ruling Overturning Roe Is an Insult to the 9th Amendment

The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions, as James Madison explained.

Reason

How U.S. states have banned, limited or protected abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion

The Independent UK

Here are the key differences between Mississippi’s abortion law and Texas’ Senate Bill 8

DALLAS — Abortion restrictions have been popping up across the country in advance of the new U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Dobbs vs. Women’s Health case from Mississippi, which had been anticipated after the political firestorm over a recent leak.

Tribune News Service

State courts from Oregon to Georgia will now decide who – if anyone – can get an abortion under 50 different state constitutions

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, state laws, rather than federal law, will now determine whether someone can legally get an abortion. It also means that state Supreme Courts will become much more important in deciding the validity of state laws on abortion.

The Conversation

More People Will Die If Texans Don’t Speak Up for Women’s Bodies

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of America’s long, shameful history of punishing women for having sex.

Texas Observer

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer lead Democrats in condemning Supreme Court’s decision to let states force women to carry unwanted pregnancies

Top Democrats are condemning the ruling and urging voters to punish the GOP at the ballot box

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion police could criminalise menstrual app data and search history. Inside the battle to stop them

Legislation could prevent sensitive user data from being used to prosecute abortion providers, Alex Woodward reports

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Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision

After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Roe v Wade overturned: Read the Supreme Court’s ruling in full

The Supreme Court released its opinion on the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday morning, striking down Americans’ constitutional right to an abortion

Los Angeles Times

In historic reversal, Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, frees states to outlaw abortion

WASHINGTON — In a historic reversal, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe Wade decision and ruled states may again outlaw abortion.

Manchester Evening News

What is Roe v Wade? US Supreme Court overturns historic abortion ruling

It is believed 13 US States will instantly ban abortions following the ruling

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The Independent UK

Live updates | Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Former President Barack Obama has condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years

Irish Mirror

Supreme Court in United States overturns landmark Roe vs Wade ruling that made abortion legal

Fears are rising that the controversial judgement could spark mass protests and further civil unrest across the country.

Daily Record

US Supreme Court overturns landmark abortion ruling after almost 50 years

A decision by the conservative majority to overturn Roe v Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

The Independent UK

America reacts with outrage after Supreme Court scraps Roe and women’s right to abortion

‘Roe being overturned is the worst sort of ‘I told you so’ moment’

Benzinga

BREAKING: Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing the constitutional right to abortion in a 5-4 decision Friday.

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What the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion means for women's health and well-being: 4 essential reads

Aside from the political and legal implications of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – ending the constitutional right to abortion – are the real-world effects the ruling will have. Millions of women in the U.S. will be affected by the ruling.

Salon

SCOTUS cancels abortion rights

Landmark 1973 decision on abortion rights was overturned by a Republican majority

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