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A murder plot, the looming Roe v Wade ruling and protests at family homes: How Supreme Court security became political

As an alleged assassination plot is foiled outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home, the issues of protecting judges and the First Amendment right to protest have come into conflict, reports Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Georgia Democrats aim to shift conversation from Biden

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock are trying to shift the political conversation away from President Joe Biden's economic record and toward their own proposals to curb higher energy prices, rein in crime and preserve abortion rights.

Tribune News Service

What is Roe v Wade and did it get overturned?

The landmark ruling enshrined constitutional protections for abortion care

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Commentary: My wife’s abortion was a painful choice. Now as a father, I worry my daughter won’t get to choose

In 1997, my wife Janie and I welcomed our first child, a healthy daughter born after an uncomplicated pregnancy. The baby thrived and became the light of our lives.

Los Angeles Times

OLD What is Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization? How one Mississippi lawsuit overturned abortion rights

One case threatens a landmark Supreme Court decision

The Independent UK

Illinois abortion providers launch effort to pressure Pritzker to direct more funds to clinics

ST. LOUIS — Illinois abortion providers on Wednesday asked supporters to urge Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his administration to immediately direct more funding toward efforts to improve abortion access, as well as allow providers like nurse practitioners to perform abortions.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Woman who had miscarriage on Malta trip can't get abortion

A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete partial miscarriage while vacationing in Malta is getting airlifted to a Spanish island because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances

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Cuellar wins TX-28 Democratic runoff following recount

On June 21, the Texas Democratic Party shared unofficial results from a recount of the primary runoff in Texas’ 28th Congressional District indicating that U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) had defeated challenger Jessica Cisneros. Cuellar defeated Cisneros by 289 votes. Initial results from the May 24 primary runoff showed Cuellar…

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George Skelton: California has long been a voice for abortion rights. But there’s a political ring to it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — People often ask me how things have changed at California’s Capitol over the last 60 years. One answer: Politics today is a lot more knee-jerk partisan.

Los Angeles Times

Pennsylvania’s far-right, Trump-endorsed candidate was nominated for governor. Is Maryland’s next?

BALTIMORE — Sixteen miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line, Dan Cox was celebrating.

Tribune News Service

Could Idaho accuse a Washington abortion clinic of murder?

SEATTLE — A woman from Idaho, where abortion has become illegal, travels to Washington to end her pregnancy. A prosecutor in the woman's home state declares an Idaho citizen has been killed — and tries to prosecute the woman or the abortion provider for murder.

Tribune News Service

Critics fear abortion bans could jeopardize health of pregnant women

The 17 states that ban abortion after 20 weeks make exceptions to protect the life or health of the woman. But doctors and reproductive health advocates worry such exceptions are so vague or narrow that abortion providers are unlikely to invoke them — especially if they fear they could be…

Tribune News Service

Abortion and bioethics: Principles to guide U.S. abortion debates

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. If the court’s decision hews close to the leaked draft opinion first published by Politico in May 2022, the court’s new conservative majority will…

The Conversation

Abortion Bans Bring First Amendment Battles, Too

Looking back at how abortion advertising bans played out last century may give us some idea what the future holds for free speech about abortion.

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Alito's Leaked Abortion Opinion Misunderstands Unenumerated Rights

The Supreme Court justice is wrong when he says abortion rights aren't deeply rooted in American history.

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Will Canada become Metro Detroit's closest abortion haven?

DETROIT — Canada might become the closest place for Metro Detroit residents to get a legal abortion if the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion is overturned and anti-abortion forces win their legal battle to let a 1931 Michigan law banning abortion take effect.

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New SA abortion laws to start in July

The South Australian government says the state's new abortion laws, which decriminalise the procedure, will take effect from early July.

The Independent UK

More than half the US could ban abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned. These states are protecting access

Fifteen states and Washington DC have codified abortion protections into law while other states are criminalising care, creating a patchwork of reproductive health rights across the US

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In Colorado, a GOP rarity: An abortion rights candidate

A U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, Joe O'Dea, is a rarity in the Republican Party as a supporter of abortion rights

Tribune News Service

GOP lawmaker floats new abortion ban with 10-year penalty; Gov. Whitmer calls it 'scary'

LANSING, Mich. — A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill prohibiting abortion at all stages of pregnancy that would make the provision of an abortion equivalent to manslaughter, a 10-year felony carrying an up to $100,000 fine.

The Independent UK

Planned Parenthood won't change waiting period requirement

The Iowa attorney general’s office says a state Supreme Court decision that requires a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion won’t take effect until next month, but the state's main abortion provider says it will immediately require the waiting period

The Independent UK

Protesters turn Supreme Court front into forum on abortion

A steady stream of protesters has turned the street in front of the Supreme Court building into an open-air forum encapsulating the fierce national debate over abortion

The Independent UK

MPs support moves to allow Secretary of State to commission NI abortion services

The House of Commons voted 215 to 70, majority 145, in favour of the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court adds another opinion issuance day this week as justices prepare rulings in high-profile cases

A decision that could determine the fates of abortion access and bodily autonomy is imminent

The Guardian - UK

US woman left traumatised after Malta hospital refuses life-saving abortion

‘Desperate’ tourist who fell foul of country’s total ban fears for her life if complications set in while she waits for transfer to UK

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