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As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives

Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures.

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Satanic Temple opens online abortion clinic named after Samuel Alito’s mother

The “non-theistic religious organisation” has tried to use US religious laws to subvert abortion bans

The Independent UK

Post-Roe, Native Americans face even more abortion hurdles

Getting an abortion has long been extremely difficult for Native Americans and has become even tougher since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

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Nikki Haley: meet the Republican candidate who is gearing up to take on Trump

The firebrand 51-year-old is about to launch a campaign to be the new presidential candidate. So who is she really? Sarah Baxter reports

Evening Standard

GOP attorneys general call for scrapping FDA approval of abortion pill

22 GOP attorneys general are supporting an end to medication abortion in the U.S.

Axios

Gillian Mackay holding talks in Ireland to bolster abortion buffer zone bill

AN MSP who is looking to pass legislation to introduce safe access zones around abortion clinics is making a trip to Ireland for talks on how the…

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North Carolina AG won't defend abortion pill restrictions

North Carolina's attorney general won’t defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged in a federal lawsuit

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A ‘twisted’ experience: How Kentucky's abortion bans are depriving pregnant patients of health care

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the way to her 20-week ultrasound, Amy English texted her family group chat inviting guesses on her baby’s biological sex.

Tribune News Service

San Antonio charter amendment regarding abortion, marijuana, and police actions has enough signatures for the May 6 ballot

On May 6, 2023, San Antonio voters will decide on a charter amendment regarding abortion, marijuana, and police actions. City officials announced on Feb. 8 that the amendment has enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

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Abortion and Religious Liberty—New Amicus Brief and Article

Recently, the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty submitted an amicus brief in the Indiana Court of Appeals. This case presents a RFRA-based challenge to the state's abortion laws. I co-authored the brief with my colleague, Howard Slugh. We are grateful to Zechariah Yoder who served as our local counsel. I…

Reason

Pompeo flexes Trump cred at Kansas event, but does he support his former boss in 2024? ‘Oh goodness no’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Returning to Wichita, Kansas, for an event promoting his new book, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t mince words when asked if he supports Donald Trump’s 2024 bid for the presidency.

Tribune News Service

Bikini Kill last played in Australia in 1997. They reflect on 25 years of feminism, and the social media age

In 2023, Bikini Kill will return to Australia for the first time since 1997. Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox reflect on what's changed since then, and why the band "wouldn't have lasted more than a few months" in the social media age.

ABC News

God should just tell us Their pronouns – They’re quite powerful, after all

The Church of England is considering gender-neutral ways to refer to God, revealing a lot about how gendered language reinforces stereotypes

The Guardian - US

In Britain, You Can Be Arrested for Silently Praying Outside an Abortion Clinic

"I pray wherever I go, inside my head, for the people around me," said one priest. "How can it be a crime for a priest to pray?"

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Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit

A Texas lawsuit could threaten the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration

Fortune

U.S. women still can’t get birth control pills over the counter. Inside one company's 9-year struggle to change that

Post-Roe, women’s access to contraception is more important than ever. But Perrigo's HRA Pharma is still waiting to hear back from the FDA.

Chicago Sun-Times

In HBO special, Marc Maron gets laughs from the most somber of subjects

Comedian touches on abortion, dementia and death in contemplative new show ‘From Bleak to Dark.’

Axios

40 million would lose abortion access if court blocks pill, study shows

163% more women would lose access to abortion care if the FDA's approval of mifepristone is revoked.

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Editorial: Easier access to abortion pills is pushing anti-choice activists toward more extreme ideas

The war over abortion rights has moved from the sidewalks in front of medical clinics to pharmacies and mailboxes. The Food and Drug Administration’s loosening of restrictions on abortion pills has provided some degree of protection to women in the post-Roe v. Wade world. But it also has nudged some…

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: The abortion issue hurt Republicans in 2022. So why would they double down in 2024?

At a recent gathering in Orange County, California, Republican leaders did something strange: They effectively urged the party's candidates to charge headlong into a political buzz saw.

The Guardian - US

The ‘rogue’ Trump-appointed judge with abortion pill’s future in his hands

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has amassed a litany of contentious rulings in less than four years

Tribune News Service

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore supports package of bills to protect abortion services, patient and provider data

BALTIMORE — In his first joint news conference with legislative leaders, Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore announced support for a package of bills Thursday that would provide protection for patients seeking abortions and their providers for decades to come.

The Independent UK

Woman sues after Louisiana lawmaker blocked her on Twitter

A New Orleans woman says in a federal lawsuit that she was illegally blocked from a state senator's Twitter account after posting comments critical of the lawmaker's anti-abortion efforts

Tribune News Service

How judges in Florida stop teens from having abortions

TAMPA, Fla. — A new report from Human Rights Watch found that Hillsborough County judges denied abortion requests for teens at a higher rate than anywhere else in Florida.

The Independent UK

Spain's constitutional court rejects abortion law challenge

Spain's constitutional court has rejected a legal challenge lodged by the conservative Popular Party (PP) more than a decade ago against a law allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy

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