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 · Sep 25, 2022
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 · Sep 25, 2022
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 · Sep 25, 2022
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 · Sep 25, 2022
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 · Sep 25, 2022
Secret abortions for conservative women My middle-class evangelical peers quietly took advantage of abortion rights, while publicly advocating against them Salon · Sep 24, 2022
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 · Sep 24, 2022
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 · Sep 24, 2022
Arizona judge approves abortion ban "No archaic law should dictate our reproductive freedom," said one rights advocate. Salon · Sep 24, 2022
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 · Sep 24, 2022
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 · Sep 24, 2022
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. Axios · Sep 24, 2022
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 Guardian - US · Sep 24, 2022
Abortion is a matter of 'freedom' for Biden and Democrats The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 24, 2022 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
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 24, 2022 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 · Sep 23, 2022 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.
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Biden pledges to sign abortion rights into law with two more Democratic senators: ‘I promise you’ ‘If you give me two more senators in the United States Senate, I promise you, I promise you, we’re going to codify Roe and once again make Roe the law of the land’
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Arizona's 15-week abortion ban coming as other ban looms A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, even as a judge weighs whether a pre-statehood law that outlaws nearly all abortions will be enforced