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Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks abortion rights as ‘cult of death’

‘Grotesque’ views condemned – as ex-minister refuses to back abortion even in cases of rape or incest

The Independent UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg calls abortion rights a 'cult of death'

The MP also did not agree that abortion rights should be protected in the event of incest or rape

Bristol Post

Rape victims should not have right to abortion, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests

WOMEN who become pregnant after rape should not have the right to an abortion, Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested ...

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Texas GOP largely unaffected by abortion in midterm vote despite big impact in some states

WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats didn’t get the bounce that abortion rights advocates in the party witnessed in some other states during the 2022 midterm elections and it’s unclear how the issue will play out in upcoming debates in the Legislature and Congress.

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Kansas judge blocks telemedicine abortion ban in first key ruling since August vote

A Kansas judge has blocked enforcement of a state ban on telemedicine abortions, the first significant abortion-related court ruling in the state since voters in August rejected a proposal that would have upheld the ban.

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COVID spike feared as federal funding drains, pilots take the abortion battle to the skies and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kentucky AG avoids talk of more exceptions to abortion ban

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is standing firm in his support for the state’s near-total abortion ban

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Abortion Rights Advocates Ask DOJ To Defend Section 230

While "the 26 words that created the internet" have been under fire from both sides, two groups argue that the 1996 law is essential to the future of abortion rights.

Reason

Commentary: Where abortion will be on the ballot in 2024

The abortion rights issue was a political lifesaver for Democrats this year. Whether it will be again in 2024 depends in part on efforts to put the question of reproductive rights on the ballot — not just through the candidates’ positions, but literally.

Tribune News Service

Call Jane stars Elizabeth Banks as a housewife driven to obtain an illegal abortion in 60s Chicago

Denied a legal abortion, Elizabeth Banks' character joins an activist group in the new film from Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, which highlights the ongoing precarity of reproductive healthcare.

ABC News

In post-Roe America, pilots take the abortion battle to the skies

Elevated Access, a fledgling Illinois nonprofit, has recruited nearly 1,000 volunteer small-craft pilots to ferry people seeking abortion care.

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion advocates aim to outflank lawmakers using 2024 ballot measures

Encouraged by six victories — and zero defeats — in this month’s midterm elections, abortion rights advocates are considering another round of ballot measures in 2024 that would enshrine reproductive freedom in state constitutions.

Tribune News Service

Abortion’s influence on Illinois politics

Most every pre-election poll claimed that voters ranked abortion low on their priority lists. Yet, the abortion issue seemed to drive voters to the polls this year. What happened?

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion buffer zone campaigners scoop top political award

SCOTTISH Green MSP Gillian Mackay has said she hopes she has “inspired other campaigners” after winning the Public Campaign of the Year award…

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Woman with Down’s syndrome loses court of appeal abortion law case

Heidi Crowter argued that the law was discriminatory and stigmatised disabled people

Wales Online

Courts rule on fight to change abortion laws affecting UK mums-to-be

A challenge was made to try to limit the time some people could have terminations

The Independent UK

Woman with Down’s syndrome loses abortion case appeal

Heidi Crowter brought legal action in the hope of removing part of the Abortion Act she believes to be an ‘instance of inequality’.

The Independent UK

Woman with Down’s syndrome loses bid to cut abortion limit on babies with condition

Heidi Crowter brought legal action in the hope of removing part of the Abortion Act she believes to be an ‘instance of inequality’

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Evening Standard

Heidi Crowter: Woman with Down’s Syndrome loses legal challenge to abortion law

A woman with Down’s Syndrome has lost her legal challenge over legislation with allows the abortion of babies with the condition up until birth.

Daily Mirror

Woman loses bid to change abortion laws of babies with Down's syndrome up until birth

Heidi Crowter, 27, from Coventry, brought legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care in the hope of removing a section of the Abortion Act she believes to be an “instance of inequality”

WEKU

What we know (and don't know) about how abortion affected the midterms

What can polls tell us? (Not a lot.) Why did ballot measures favor abortion rights while abortion rights opponents won handily? (It's complicated.) And more lessons from the midterms.

Radio France Internationale

French parliament approves bill adding abortion rights to constitution

Lawmakers in France's lower house of parliament voted Thursday to add the right to abortion to the constitution. The move was approved with 337 votes for and 32 against, with the bill now set to be sent to the conservative-majority Senate for approval.

Tribune News Service

Two Georgia Supreme Court orders jostle pre-runoff landscape

ATLANTA — A pair of one-page orders by the Georgia Supreme Court jostled the political landscape days before the Dec. 6 runoff between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

France 24

France's answer on abortion: Should constitution include a woman's right to choose?

Who would have thought that a Supreme Court ruling in the United States could trigger a constitutional amendment in France? After all, there is zero threat here to a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy, a right that has been on the books since 1975. Earlier this month we saw…

The Guardian - UK

France moves closer to making abortion a constitutional right

Lower house approves resolution to guarantee access to ‘the right to voluntarily end a pregnancy’

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