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Voters to decide at least three ballot measures on abortion this year, following record number in 2024

Welcome to the Thursday, July 9, 2026, Brew.

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The US supreme court’s ruling on trans people in sports is an assault on bodily autonomy

Laws banning trans athletes claim to defend science, fairness and women’s safety. They do the opposite

The Guardian - US

Voters to decide at least three abortion-related ballot measures in 2026

In 2026, voters will decide three ballot measures related to abortion policy in Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia. Additional measures could qualify for the ballot in Colorado and Idaho.

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Medicaid restored after Trump’s Planned Parenthood cuts closed clinics

Planned Parenthood and two other abortion providers can resume billing Medicaid after an almost yearlong ban on federal funding expired

The Independent UK

Supreme Court's selective originalism

The reasoning cited by Justices Alito and Kavanaugh in Dobbs didn't work with birthright citizenship

Salon

AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion

The Guardian - UK

No, abortion pills aren't in the water

Republican lawmakers and state officials want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant

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Four years after Dobbs, Texas abortion-rights advocates struggle to break through in Washington

Just 2% of Texas voters call abortion the state’s most pressing problem. Advocates are reframing the issue as one of reproductive healthcare that affects families’ pocketbooks.

The Texas Tribune

Tom Kean got months of paid sick leave – after voting against it for others

The congressman spent four months mysteriously away from work, but he doesn’t seem to think his constituents should get mandated sick days

The Guardian - US

One Nation is campaigning directly to Christians. But will party policies rub against worshippers’ conscience?

Anti-abortion policies may have appeal, but with one in three Australian churchgoers born overseas, talk of a monoculture may put them off

The Guardian - AU

Abby Johnson on Why Experienced Voices From Inside the Abortion Industry Should Help Shape the Future of Advocacy

From Abby's perspective, lasting progress depends on placing firsthand operational knowledge alongside advocacy, policy, and public engagement rather than limiting former abortion workers to sharing personal stories.

International Business Times

Trump administration puts religious freedom at heart of US health policy

Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policy

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter turbocharges presidential power

The U.S. Supreme Court – with its six conservative justices, three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump – has recently reversed landmark decisions that have long guided American government and society. Over the last few years, the court has stripped federal protection of abortion rights, affirmative action, gun…

The Conversation

Record number of conceptions in women over 40, new data shows

The proportion of conceptions ending in abortion has reached an all-time high.

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Julianna Margulies to executive produce documentary feature film Sister Senators

Former ER star Julianna Margulies is to executive produce Sister Senators, which will tell the story of the alliance between five female South Carolina State Senate's senators who joined forces to form a fierce pro-choice coalition, successfully blocking a near-total abortion ban.

The Guardian - US

The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children

A document on an embryo adoption program may be marginal – but it marks an escalation in the pursuit of fetal personhood

International Business Times UK

Reproductive Freedom for All is investing $23.5 million in key states to sway swing voters and support Democrats who back abortion rights, following the overturning of Roe v Wade.

The National (Scotland)

Revealed: Millions in US cash behind UK anti-abortion protest legal fights

A US anti-abortion group with links to Donald Trump and the American evangelical right spent millions of dollars on legal action in the UK and…

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Anti-abortion Florida congresswoman needed abortion care to save her life, called governor’s office for assistance

"If we give you a shot of methotrexate, we are going to be held liable, and the doctor is very concerned.”

The Guardian - US

Senators alarmed at Trump administration website Moms.gov promoting anti-abortion facilities

Administration claims website is resource for ‘new and expecting mothers’ but group of senators says it raises ‘profound’ health and safety concerns

Reason

Who Owns Your Data?

The Supreme Court could be poised to decide whether it's you or Big Tech companies.

The Guardian - UK

Populist and rightwing figures take aim at Ed Miliband and UK net zero policies at ‘anti-woke Davos’

Kemi Badenoch, who joined US anti-abortion activists and European far-right parties at ARC, described energy secretary as a ‘villain’

The Conversation

Medication abortion: Decisions from federal courts, the FDA or Trump’s Department of Justice could try to end access via telehealth

Roughly two-thirds of Americans end their pregnancies by taking two abortion medications – misoprostol and mifepristone. Because these safe, effective medications can be prescribed via telehealth, without an in-office visit, they are how most patients terminate pregnancies in states that ban abortion.

International Business Times UK

MAGA Billionaire Rick Jackson Caught on Tape Agreeing Rape Victims Must Prove Assault to Get Abortions

Rick Jackson, a Georgia governor candidate, faces criticism after agreeing that rape victims should prove assault for abortion access, sparking debate over reproductive rights in the election race.

The Texas Tribune

Austin-area hospitals denied miscarriage care despite clarification to Texas’ abortion ban, federal complaint alleges

Lynn Callaway says she was sent home from two hospitals, despite an infection, due to healthcare providers’ fear of the state’s abortion ban.

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