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Life with Roe: Norma McCorvey’s oldest daughter talks family and issues as abortion decision looms

DALLAS — The way Norma McCorvey’s oldest daughter sees it, her late mother — best known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling — spent her life striving to help women, but got caught in a battle between movements wanting to use her.

Tribune News Service

First Thing: Primetime January 6 congressional hearings to begin

Democrats hope movie-length episodes will ‘really blow the roof off the House’. Plus, the brutal impact of the Salvadoran government’s crackdown on gangs

The Guardian - UK

The women who provided abortions before Roe give a 'grim' glimpse of life after it

In the late 1960s, when abortion was still illegal in most of the country, a group of politically engaged young women in Chicago took matters into their own hands and formed an underground network to help people obtain safe and affordable abortions.

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Police release video of suspect who torched Wyoming abortion clinic, offer $5,000 to find her

Clinic, which was set to open mid-June as the only facility of its kind, has seen regular anti-abortion protests

The Independent UK

‘People should be terrified’: What the Supreme Court could come for after Roe v Wade

As the Supreme Court’s new conservative majority moves to strike down abortion rights, experts say its legal logic could also endanger gay marriage, transgender healthcare and even the right to gay sex, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

‘These women are not victims’ – Paula Rego’s extraordinary Abortion series

The artist blazed into Portugal’s 1998 abortion referendum with powerful images of women in backstreet clinics. But there is no blood, no gore – just feeling. The works may have helped swing a later vote

The Guardian - UK

Colorado lawmakers who voted in favor of abortion bill should not take Communion, Catholic bishops say

DENVER — The Colorado Catholic Conference representing Colorado bishops sent a letter to state lawmakers who voted for an abortion bill asking them to voluntarily not take Communion until they publicly repent and receive forgiveness through confession.

The Denver Post

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Partisan balance of Illinois Supreme Court in play in races for seats once held by Kilbride and Thomas

Four Republicans and three Democrats are vying for the seat previously held for two decades by retired Justice (and former Chicago Bear) Bob Thomas in the 2nd District, which was redrawn to cover a large part of northeastern Illinois, including DeKalb, Kendall, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with attempted murder of US judge

A California man has been charged with attempting or threatening to murder or kidnap US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The New Daily

Armed man charged with attempted murder of US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

A California man armed with a handgun who planned to kill US Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh is charged with attempted murder.

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Supreme Court shields border agents from lawsuits over excessive force

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A spy ring-like sisterhood for abortions

With Roe v. Wade's end all but certain, this new documentary reminds us that women will always seek out abortion

Salon

Reward posted to find woman in video of abortion clinic fire

Newly released video shows a masked woman in a hooded shirt set fire to a planned abortion clinic in Wyoming, and federal authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest

The Independent UK

Colorado lawmakers who voted for abortion bill should not take communion, Catholic bishops say

DENVER — The Colorado Catholic Conference representing Colorado bishops sent a letter to state lawmakers who voted for an abortion bill to voluntarily not take communion until they publicly repent and receive forgiveness through confession.

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How many people travel outside their home states for an abortion?

More than 57,000 abortions, 10% of the total reported, were provided to pregnant people who traveled outside of their home state for an abortion in 2019.

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Which states are people traveling to for abortions?

Kansas, and Washington, DC, had the highest rate of abortions by non-residents.

The Denver Post

Colorado lawmakers who voted for abortion bill should not take communion, Catholic bishops say

The Conversation

Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law

With a 6-3 majority, conservative justices on the Supreme Court may appear poised to hand down decisions that the Republican presidents who appointed them would applaud.

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Sex scandals and sexism in the swinging 60s

A feminist reading of a stunning memoir

Al Jazeera

Armed man arrested near US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh’s home

Nicholas John Roske of California is charged with attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice.

Los Angeles Times

California leaders move to enshrine abortion, contraceptive rights in state Constitution

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic legislative leaders, hoping to solidify the long-term right in California to abortions and contraceptives, will introduce a bill Wednesday asking voters to enshrine those protections in the state Constitution.

Tribune News Service

Abortion foes spent last decade passing hundreds of state laws

The leaked draft of a majority Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade caught most of the nation by surprise, but anti-abortion legislation at the state level has been growing steadily over the past decade.

Chicago Tribune

‘The Janes’ review: How an underground group of Chicago activists responded to the illegality of abortion

Then and now, Chicago was “a town where people did stuff.” It got things done, stirred up trouble, made no little plans. That, says one of the underground abortion providers interviewed in the distressingly pertinent new documentary “The Janes,” premiering Wednesday, was the “beauty” of the place.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow campaigners 'chase off' anti-abortion protestors after 'outnumbering' them at clinic

A councillor plans to ask Police Scotland to do more to address the protests after officers were accused of not taking action

Tribune News Service

Black women have much at stake in states where abortion access may vanish

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Adulting” was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholarship at the University of Tennessee and enlisted in the Air Force. As she finished training to be an analyst, she got pregnant despite being on birth control.

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