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Minnesota Poll: Narrow majority opposes overturning Roe v. Wade

MINNEAPOLIS — Slightly more than half of Minnesotans oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and think abortions should be legal in most or all cases, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE-TV Minnesota Poll.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

What’s at stake in Illinois, now that Indiana has made most abortions illegal

Indiana has joined surrounding states that also have abortion restrictions. In Illinois, we expect to see an additional 20,000 to 30,000 extra patients travel to our state for abortion care in the next year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2022

Judge says alleged clinic shooter can be forcibly medicated

A federal judge says a mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated to try to make him competent to stand trial

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

Can Beto O’Rourke persuade enough non-Democrats to dump Greg Abbott? Poll casts doubt

DALLAS – Beto O’Rourke has made courting independents and Republicans whose votes could be up for grabs a critical component of his campaign to unseat GOP incumbent Greg Abbott.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

Abortion bans affect cancer treatment

In states with abortion bans, doctors have questions about how they can treat pregnant patients with cancer

Salon · Sep 19, 2022

‘Growing numb’: Frustrated McConnell tries to keep focus on inflation, not culture wars

WASHINGTON – The Louisville mother who has sketched out a plan just to pay for groceries. The Nevada office worker who has replaced her children’s juice with water. The Arizona family forced to the food bank to put dinner on the table.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 19, 2022

Proposed federal abortion ban evokes 19th-century Comstock Act – a law so unpopular it triggered the centurylong backlash that led to Roe

Sen. Lindsey Graham has proposed a national U.S. abortion ban barring the procedure after 15 weeks. This push to restrict abortion access across the country follows a rash of new state laws passed by Republicans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2022

Editorial: Roberts asks why trust in the court has plunged. He’s seated among the answers

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts lamented recently that he didn’t “understand” why the court’s legitimacy has been diminished in Americans’ eyes merely because it has issued “opinions people disagree with.” If he really thinks that’s the problem, then, no, he doesn’t understand at all. Any sober assessment of the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 19, 2022

General election early voting starts this week

Welcome to the Monday, September 19, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Sep 19, 2022

Graham threatens "revolt" over abortion

"The people are with me," Graham said.

Salon · Sep 19, 2022