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‘We will fight like hell’: US western states band together to protect abortion rights

California, Oregon and Washington pledged to defend access and protect those seeking care as the US came to grips with losing Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

Major WA employers commit to maintaining abortion access for employees

Many major Washington employers responded to Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision throwing out constitutional protections for abortion with renewed pledges to pay the way for employees who must travel to access reproductive health care.

Tribune News Service

pg working Biden, Democrats lack options to do much on abortion access

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are under pressure to enact new policies to ensure U.S. women retain access to abortions, but their options are sorely limited and risk generating new court challenges.

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Send lawyers, footballs and money: the strange twists and turns of Washington’s football team - Roll Call

Brandon Wetherbee, managing editor of District Fray, joins the podcast to discuss the long history of controversy surrounding Washington’s NFL team.

Roll Call

Abortion bans will affect doctors’ treatment of cancer, miscarriage

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have a wide-ranging effect on the treatment of numerous medical conditions and diseases, including care for cancers that occur during pregnancy as well as miscarriages.

Tribune News Service

Democratic governors are 'last line of defense' for abortion

Democratic leaders in states from California to North Carolina are pledging to protect reproductive rights and to help women who travel to seek abortions after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Friday celebrated the U.S. Supreme court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, calling it a sweeping decision that would change the shape of American politics for the next decade.

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Roe reversal puts spotlight on state laws

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision to reverse long-standing precedent under Roe v. Wade will fuel lawmakers, state officials and the Biden administration as they race to reshape abortion laws nationwide, though the onus now will largely be on the states.

Tribune News Service

Contraception, same-sex marriage should be next in the crosshairs, Thomas says in opinion

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court "should reconsider" rulings that rely on the same legal reasoning as Roe v. Wade, including ones that protect gay sex, same-sex marriage and married people's use of contraception, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in an opinion released Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court security funding bill heads back to Senate with COVID-19 add

WASHINGTON — The House attached a pandemic-related amendment to a Senate-passed Supreme Court security emergency spending bill Friday, ensuring the legislation will not go to President Joe Biden’s desk this week even as the high court handed down its expected opinion overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Tribune News Service

With Roe dead, Republicans call for abortion bans in all states

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to set their own abortion laws will immediately halt the procedure in several states and thrust the issue of reproductive rights into this fall's midterm elections.

Los Angeles Times

Veterans toxic exposure bill stalls as lawmakers head home

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill to expand veterans health care and disability benefits will not make it to President Joe Biden’s desk until after the July Fourth congressional recess because of a minor tax provision.

Tribune News Service

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

House clears bipartisan gun violence reduction measure

WASHINGTON — The House cleared bipartisan gun violence reduction legislation on Friday, delivering President Joe Biden a legislative victory ahead of his departure for Europe.

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Mexican president to pitch anti-inflation plan to Biden

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that during a planned visit to Washington next month he would propose to his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden that they craft a joint anti-inflationary plan to tackle surging prices.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court justices dispute whether Roe v. Wade ruling extends to other rights

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade in 1973 has put other hard-won rights at risk, including the rights to same-sex marriage and contraception.

Los Angeles Times

The four key turning points that led to the fall of Roe vs. Wade

WASHINGTON — The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016 initially seemed to end hopes conservatives had for overturning Roe vs. Wade.

Los Angeles Times

Abortion and the Supreme Court: A short legal history of Roe

WASHINGTON — The early American laws prohibiting abortion were adopted in the 19th century in an era when women could not vote or hold elective office.

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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.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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.

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.

Bangkok Post

Landmark gun-safety bill heads to US House after Senate passage

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives moved quickly on Friday to take up a package of modest measures intended to stem gun violence, a day after a Supreme Court ruling that broadly expanded gun rights.

Benzinga

Lucid Launches Retail Location In Seattle

Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) has launched its first retail location in the Pacific Northwest at University Village in Seattle, Washington. With the latest opening, Lucid has 28 studio and service center locations open in North America. Lucid Studio University Village will be open to the public starting Saturday, June 25. "We have a…

Los Angeles Times

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

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

McClatchy Washington Bureau

California lawsuit leads Biden Education Department to erase $6 billion in debt for 200,000

WASHINGTON — A group of federal student loan borrowers agreed on Wednesday night to settle a class-action lawsuit they filed against the United States Education Department.

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