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Campaign spending in Illinois Supreme Court races about to heat up

Abortion rights have become the focus of the race for court seats from two suburban Chicago districts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois' governor race echoes U.S. abortion, crime debates

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned that his Republican opponent is a far-right politician who would take the state backward while state Sen. Darren Bailey asked voters to consider whether the Democratic incumbent’s first term has improved their lives as the two candidates met for an online forum

The Independent UK

No discrimination: On Supreme Court’s abortion ruling

The Supreme Court’s ruling expands access, makes it easier for more women to get safe abortions

The Hindu

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Abortion ruling intensifies fight over state supreme courts

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down a constitutional right to abortion and sending the issue to the states has groups on both sides of the debate focusing more than ever on races this fall for state supreme courts

The Independent UK

US Border Patrol defends asking detained Australian tourist about her abortion history

Madolline Gourley was detained at the LAX airport in June over suspicions she had breached the conditions of the visa waiver programme

The Independent UK

Record review: Bailey proud to be lawmaker who tells truth about Illinois’ decline — not one who makes lots of laws

Few of his initiatives wind up in state law books, but they have all helped Bailey quickly make a name for himself as a firebrand devoted to conservative ideology. That includes pride in how few of his bills pass. “We do not need more government — more government like J.B.…

Chicago Sun-Times

Immigration, abortion and economy expected to take center stage when Abbott, O’Rourke debate Friday

The debate, the candidates’ first and likely only one before the November election, begins at 7 p.m. Central time in Edinburg.

The Texas Tribune

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Post-Dobbs birth control fight heads to college campuses

Universities in the post-Roe era are struggling to offer students the full range of reproductive health care.

Axios

Is abortion on Kansas ballot again? Judicial retention votes could determine future cases

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Supreme Court was front and center this summer as Kansans prepared to vote on a constitutional amendment aimed at overturning the court’s 2019 decision that found a right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.

Tribune News Service

English dailies hail SC order on abortions, underline IPC exception to marital rape

Lauding the Supreme Court verdict that has entitled all women to safe and legal abortions, editorials in prominent English dailies pointed out the exception to marital rape in criminal laws and the “harrowing fight” ahead for bodily and reproductive rights of women.

Newslaundry

Nothing compares: how Sinéad O’Connor’s fearless activism helped change the world

When the singer ripped up a picture of the pope on US TV, it capsized her career. Thirty years on, a new documentary showcases her brave defiance

The Guardian - UK

Hungary has no plans to tighten abortion laws, Orban says

Hungary's government has no plans to tighten abortion laws, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, after a change in regulations that took effect earlier this month triggered protests from women's rights groups.

Reuters

AOC says abortion bans ‘conscript’ the poor to work. Research shows restrictions have devastating economic impacts

Denying access to abortion care can have far-reaching costs in a country without guaranteed medical leave and poor maternal health outcomes

The Independent UK

Nationwide abortion ban would put more patients at risk, doctors tell House lawmakers

WASHINGTON — Abortion restrictions in Texas and other states are preventing patients from receiving much-needed services, providers and advocates told Capitol Hill lawmakers Thursday.

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Bangkok Post

NHRC hails elective abortion law

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has welcomed a legal amendment that allows for the elective termination of pregnancies between 12 and 20 weeks to ensure safe and legal abortions, a basic right for women urged by at least two international pacts Thailand has signed.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court starts new term in political spotlight, tilted right

WASHINGTON — An empowered conservative majority of the Supreme Court begins a new term next week replete with cases that could reshape how the country considers social issues such as race in elections and higher education, after decisions from the last term brought the justices to the forefront of the…

Reason

The AFA, FIRE, and AAUP on Idaho's Abortion-Related Speech Restrictions

The University of Idaho's guidance to faculty on classroom discussion makes plain a First Amendment problem

The Independent UK

AOC rebukes anti-trans rant from GOP lawmaker during abortion rights hearing

Republican Andrew Clyde tried to ‘bully’ a physician by doubting that transgender people exist and can become pregnant

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Reason

The University of Idaho Tries To Force Faculty To Remain 'Neutral' on Abortion

The policy, released this week, places unconstitutional prohibitions on faculty speech.

The Independent UK

Congresswoman blasts GOP’s ‘heartless, violent approach to women’s health’

Elissa Slotkin is running for reelection in a toss-up race and blasted Republicans for blocking a veterans bill

The Independent UK

Woman who had to abort 22-week pregnancy pleads with Congress to protect abortion rights: ‘Be the compassion’

Providers and patients testify to House Oversight Committee as GOP weighs national abortion ban

The Hindu

Doctors need not report identity of minors seeking abortion, says Supreme Court

The court said it was necessary to harmonise the provisions of the MTP and POCSO laws to enable minors to approach registered doctors for abortion without the fear of getting exposed

Roll Call

At the Races: It’s November somewhere - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Independent UK

Congressional Republicans proposed dozens of anti-abortion laws since 2021, report finds

More than a dozen bills would criminalise providers, and four would prohibit interstate travel for care, according to House Oversight Committee analysis

The Hindu

Supreme Court ruling on abortion comes as a ‘ray of hope’, say activists

The judgment is hailed as progressive as it entitles all women a right to safe and legal abortion along with an emphasis on their right to bodily autonomy without authorisation from third party

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