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For Hillary Scholten, faith (and Jerry Ford) led the way to Congress - Roll Call

“So much of the story of West Michigan … is people feeling like they didn’t leave the Republican Party, but the Republican Party left them,” Democrat says.

Roll Call · Sep 14, 2023

‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS

The long read: The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had to

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

Women fight abortion bans in 3 more states with legal actions

Patients and doctors in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma are taking legal action, against state abortion bans. Women told dramatic stories of dangerous pregnancies and delayed care.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2023

Abortion rights group seeks legal action over emergencies - Roll Call

The Center for Reproductive Rights contends bans in three states blocked women from seeking abortions in emergency medical circumstances.

Roll Call · Sep 12, 2023

Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions

A husband who doesn’t want his wife to get an abortion could sue the friend who offered to drive her, according to this legislation’s own architect

The Guardian - US · Sep 12, 2023

GOP's abortion rebrand doomed to fail

Republicans think they can trick voters with abortion word games

Salon · Sep 12, 2023

Activists host sit-in at McCarthy’s office as GOP abortion politics derail Aids relief funding

Republicans’ extreme turn on abortion now threatens future of decades-old Aids relief programme

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading

Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading descriptions of abortion-rights constitutional amendments

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics. Only one faces impeachment threat

The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who Republicans are threatening to impeach over comments she made on the campaign trail about abortion and redistricting isn’t the first member of the court to offer public opinions about major issues of the day

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Protesters arrested for occupying Kevin McCarthy’s office over Aids funding

Program caught in a partisan fight over abortion and is under threat amid Congress’s negotiations over government shutdown

The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2023