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Man and woman accused of illegal abortion plead guilty to charges

It comes after mother-of-three was recently jailed for obtaining drugs to have abortion after legal cut-off in case that caused major backlash

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Abortion access has expanded but remains difficult in Mexico. How does it work now?

The decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court ending federal criminal penalties for abortion was a boost to activists who waged decades-long campaigns for safe access

The Independent UK

Florida supreme court signals openness to abortion ban that would slash access

Five of seven justices on court were selected by Governor Ron DeSantis and decision would have ramifications across south-east

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First Thing: A deal with Putin won’t bring peace, says Ukraine ex-minister

Former defence minister Oleksii Reznikov tells west that Moscow’s goal is ‘the destruction of Ukrainian statehood’

The Guardian - UK

Florida supreme court to hear abortion case that could drastically limit access

If state’s highest court upholds the 15-week ban, a separate, stricter law would take effect prohibiting abortion after six weeks

The Guardian - US

Bucking his party, Chris Christie makes his case for 2024

Christie is still a Republican – after all, he's running for that party's presidential nomination. But his views on Ukraine, abortion and other issues put him out of step with many in the party.

WEKU

Florida abortion rights at stake as state Supreme Court takes up challenge to GOP-led restrictions

The fate of abortion rights in Florida will be at stake when the state Supreme Court is expected to take up a challenge to a law banning the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy

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What does Mexico’s vote to decriminalise abortion mean?

Federal public health services are now able to offer the procedure to anyone who requests it – that means access for millions of Mexicans in the country

The Independent UK

Latin America women's rights groups say their abortion win in Mexico may hold the key to US struggle

Women’s rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries

The Independent UK

Mexican activists hail abortion ruling but warn of lack of access to care

Campaigners say many facilities and medical workers are likely to deny access since procedure is banned in many local jurisdictions

The Guardian - US

Over a Year After Dobbs, Abortions Have Increased Nationwide

Despite state-level bans, new data show around 46,000 more abortions were performed during the first six months of 2023 than during the same period in 2020.

Reason

Abortion bans stranding more patients

New research predicts the problem will only worsen, resulting in three-quarters of women under bans giving birth

Salon

Behind Scotland’s record high abortion figures

Experts have linked Scotland’s record-high number of abortions last year with social media misinformation and the cost-of-living crisis.

The Week

Mexico decriminalises abortion nationwide in historic Supreme Court ruling

Landmark ruling is extention of growing ‘green wave’ in Latin America

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Court decriminalises abortion across Mexico in landmark ruling

‘We need to wait to see how this is going to be applied and how far it reaches,’ said one campaigner

The Independent UK

Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, but patchwork of state restrictions remains

A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure, but left in place a patchwork of varying state restrictions

WEKU

New state abortion numbers show increases in some surprising places

What happened to abortion numbers since Roe v. Wade fell? The Guttmacher Institute has new state-by-state numbers that show people are traveling for the procedure.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

Top military officials are voicing their concerns that national security is being harmed by an impasse that has stalled more than 300 top military promotions

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Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access

The country's Supreme Court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights.

Salon

Navy secretary slams GOP Sen. Tuberville

Tuberville's eight month blockade over Pentagon abortion policy is hurting officers, military leaders told CNN

The Guardian - US

Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across country

Decision to remove abortion from federal penal code comes amid trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on procedure

The Independent UK

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide

Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion nationwide two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state

Roll Call

Democrats eye workarounds to Tuberville blockade - Roll Call

Frustration builds in Senate as hundreds of senior military promotions remain in limbo over opposition to Pentagon's abortion policy

The Independent UK

Wisconsin Democrats combat impeachment of court justice with $4M effort

The Wisconsin Democratic Party has launched a $4 million effort to pressure Republicans to back down from impeaching a new liberal state Supreme Court justice

The Independent UK

Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign

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