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Human rights and access to abortion are European values, says France's PM after Italy election

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the European Union would closely follow the respect of certain human rights and values such as women's access to abortion, as she responded to Italy's election result.

Reuters

Republican abortion bans restrict women’s access to other essential medicine

Many pharmacies and physicians are forced to deny patients access to drugs, such as methotrexate, that can be used to help induce an abortion

The Guardian - US

Justice Department charges anti-abortion activist with assaulting elderly clinic escort

FBI arrest Pennsylvania activist for allegedly shoving 72-year-old volunteer, igniting right-wing firestorm

The Independent UK

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Despite Texas plan to end rape, assault clinics remain busy

Rape crisis centers in Texas say their caseloads remain high a year after a new abortion law that made no exceptions for rape victims went into effect

The Independent UK

How Beto O’Rourke has evolved since saying ‘Hell, yes,’ he’d take your AR-15

SHERMAN, Texas — At an April town hall meeting, Beto O’Rourke was asked about AR-15s, the popular semi-automatic rifle he pledged to confiscate in 2019 during his run for president.

Tribune News Service

Did the Morrison government change the relationship between religion and politics in Australia?

The ABC recently reported on the “infiltration” of Liberal Party branches in regional Victoria by Pentecostals, on a mission to influence Liberal Party positions on so-called morality issues such as abortion and LGBTIQ+ rights.

The Conversation

New abortion restrictions are impractical and resource-draining, Texas prosecutors say

District attorneys for Harris, Kaufman, Fort Bend counties voiced concerns over state’s new abortion law at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival.

The Texas Tribune

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Secret abortions for conservative women

My middle-class evangelical peers quietly took advantage of abortion rights, while publicly advocating against them

Salon

GOP quiet as Arizona Democrats condemn abortion ruling

Arizona Democrats are vowing to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances

The Independent UK

Breyer says leak of Supreme Court draft to overturn Roe v Wade was ‘very damaging’ as leaker remains unknown

Now retired, former justice said he did ‘everything I could’ to persuade court against revoking constitutional right to abortion

The Independent UK

Arizona judge approves abortion ban

"No archaic law should dictate our reproductive freedom," said one rights advocate.

Salon

Stacey Abrams abortion row: Is there a fetal heartbeat at six weeks?

Georgia gubernatorial candidate sparks outrage – by accurately correcting medical misconception

The Independent UK

White House condemns ‘catastrophic’ decision allowing Arizona’s 1864 anti-abortion law to take effect

The state can enforce a 150-year-old abortion ban that predates statehood, judge rules

The Independent UK

White House rips Arizona court's "backwards" decision on abortion ban

The ruling's consequences are potentially "catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable," the White House said in a statement.

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The Guardian - US

Nearly all abortions become illegal in Arizona

Several clinics halt procedure as dual measures, including 19th-century ban with no exception for rape or incest, take effect

The Independent UK

Abortion is a matter of 'freedom' for Biden and Democrats

The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs

Los Angeles Times

California voters to decide whether to strengthen state's abortion law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide whether to reinforce the state's abortion protections under Proposition 1, a measure that is expected to drive voters to the polls this November. And that was the whole point, opponents say.

The Guardian - US

US anti-abortion extremists are already waging war on IVF

Republicans have made it very clear that they aren’t going to stop at abortion: they’re coming for birth control and fertility treatments

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The Independent UK

In GOP legislatures, a gender divide emerges over abortion

A stark gender divide has emerged in debates unfolding in Republican-led states including West Virginia, Indiana and South Carolina following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to end constitutional protections for abortion

The Guardian - US

What’s the difference between miscarriage and abortion? For some women, it’s hard to tell

There may be little distinction between the two, but lawmakers won’t listen and doctors are wary – and women pay the price

The Independent UK

Shapiro wages drama-free Pa. campaign amid big personalities

In one of the most politically competitive states in the U.S., the Democratic contender for Pennsylvania governor is waging a notably drama-free campaign

Tribune News Service

Kobach lays out plan to remove abortion rights in Kansas after failed amendment

WICHITA, Kan. — Republican attorney general candidate Kris Kobach has unveiled a new strategy for removing abortion rights from the state constitution a month after Kansas voters affirmed those rights by a wide margin.

The Texas Tribune

Ahead of the 2023 session, Texas lawmakers previewed their objectives. Here are five things you need to know.

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next year’s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

WEKU

An Arizona judge rules that the state can enforce a near-total abortion ban

The judge lifted a decades-old injunction that has long blocked enforcement of the law on the books since before Arizona became a state that bans nearly all abortions.

Axios

Most abortions now illegal in Arizona as pre-statehood law takes effect

All abortions except for those necessary to save the life of the mother are now illegal in the state.

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