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In Poland, the Catholic church backed abortion bans and authoritarian politics. Young people are turning away

The close ties between Poland’s ruling Law & Justice party and the church appear to be alienating voters, says Maria Skóra, a research associate at Institut für Europäische Politik

The Guardian - UK

Mace counters SC bill that says women could get the death penalty for having an abortion

South Carolina’s only Republican congresswoman wants to counter a state proposal that could result in women receiving the death penalty for having an abortion.

Tribune News Service

Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s victory ensures liberals will control the court for the first time in 15 years with the state’s abortion ban on the line, and it could impact the 2024 presidential election.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Liberal judge wins Wisconsin supreme court election, flipping ideological balance

Abortion rights, redistricting and election rules were at stake in decision affecting key swing state

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin Supreme Court flips to liberal majority in race spotlighting abortion

This gives the key swing state's highest court a liberal majority that could potentially expand abortion rights.

Axios

For the first time in 15 years, liberals win control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court could soon vote to legalize abortion and end gerrymandering now that Janet Protasiewicz, backed by Democrats, has defeated GOP-backed Dan Kelly for a seat on the bench.

WEKU

Washington stocks up on abortion pills ahead of court ruling

Washington state officials have purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability

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Florida Democratic Chair Nikki Fried, Senate leader Lauren Book released from jail after abortion protest arrest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book and nine others were released from jail after being arrested Monday night on trespassing charges for protesting a six-week abortion ban that’s poised to pass the Legislature.

Orlando Sentinel

Bill intended to force Texas prosecutors to pursue abortion, election cases passes Senate

The bill, a priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, is part of a larger effort to limit the power of elected prosecutors, especially in Texas’ largest, left-leaning counties.

The Texas Tribune

'Born alive' abortion bill OK'd in Kansas, sent to governor

Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill that could subject doctors to lawsuits or criminal charges if they're accused of not providing enough care to infants born during abortion procedures

The Independent UK

Washington state stockpiles abortion pills ahead of federal court ruling

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington has stockpiled thousands of doses of an abortion pill in anticipation of a federal court ruling in Texas that could limit its availability, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Washington state stockpiles thousands of abortion pills

Democratic state officials say they're ready to dispense thousands of mifepristone doses if access to the pill becomes difficult as a result of a pending federal lawsuit.

WEKU

Roberts rankled colleagues as his hold on Supreme Court slipped, book says

A new book details how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court as it moved to overturn the constitutional right to abortion last year.

Tribune News Service

Kansas Legislature sends ‘born alive’ abortion bill to Kelly’s desk with veto-proof majority

TOPEKA, Kan. — For the first time since Kansas voters upheld the state right to an abortion, Kansas lawmakers sent a bill on the topic to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk.

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Salon

Fla. Dems arrested in pro-choice protest

"The women of this state will not forget the names of the 26 cowards who refused to stand up to Ron DeSantis"

Orlando Sentinel

Nikki Fried, Senate leader Book arrested by police during abortion protest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were arrested and taken away in handcuffs Monday night during a demonstration over an abortion bill outside Tallahassee City Hall near the Capitol.

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin voters cast ballots in crucial state supreme court election

Abortion, election rules, legislative maps at stake in most expensive judicial race in US history

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Today's election could weaken conservatives' long-held advantage in Wisconsin

It's the final day to vote in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race that's broken national spending records. The winner could be the swing vote on issues like abortion, redistricting and election lawsuits.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: An outdated vice law should not be a weapon against reproductive rights

The Comstock Act of 1873 is a relic, the work of an anti-vice crusader, Anthony Comstock, who lobbied Congress to prohibit, among other things, the mailing of any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” written material. The act, formally known as “An Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of,…

The Independent UK

Abortion access at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

The fate of abortion access in battleground Wisconsin likely rests with Tuesday’s outcome of the heated race for state Supreme Court that became the most expensive contest of its kind in U.S. history

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf has to heed doctor's call for urgent buffer zone action

Record View says imposing buffer zones outside abortion clinics would be a huge step forward.

Axios

Utah abortion clinic ban: Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue

Republican Gov. Spencer Cox last month signed HB 467 — effectively closing all abortion clinics in the state.

The Guardian - US

Florida closes in on six-week abortion ban while also allowing no-permit gun carry

Abortion legislation needs to move through house before gaining DeSantis’s likely signature while gun-carry law enacted today

The Independent UK

Abortion clinic ban in Utah challenged by lawsuit

Planned Parenthood and ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a new Utah law that would ban abortion clinics in the deeply conservative state

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