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The US lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation for young people – an expert on menstrual health explains

One thing few people have been talking about since Roe v. Wade was overturned is how abortion restrictions will affect young girls across the United States.

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Commentary: Facebook helped police with an abortion investigation in Nebraska. That’s troubling news everywhere

After reports revealed this month that Facebook handed over to law enforcement messages between a Nebraska teenager and her mother about the teen’s pregnancy loss, the company released a statement claiming ignorance about the nature of the investigation. “The warrants did not mention abortion at all. Court documents indicate that…

Los Angeles Times

North Dakota judge blocks anti-abortion ‘trigger’ law hours before it takes effect

Abortion rights attorneys condemn anti-abortion state lawmakers ‘hellbent on cutting off abortion access’

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O’Rourke, abortion rights backers attack Abbott over Texas’ trigger law and near-total ban

Beto O’Rourke and other Texas Democrats on the Nov. 8 midterm election ballot made the case Thursday that a change in leadership in Austin is the only way to reverse the near-total abortion ban after a new trigger law took effect.

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Abortion and voting rights proposals should make Nov. 8 ballot, Michigan bureau says

LANSING, Mich. — A proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution gathered enough valid signatures to make the November ballot, according to state Bureau of Elections reports published Thursday.

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Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion

A judge has again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs a lawsuit from the state’s lone abortion clinic

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Abortion bans cause psychological harms

New bans are inextricably linked to psychological well-being, therapist says

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How the end of Roe v Wade makes it harder for young migrants in US custody to get abortions

Most migrants held in centres in anti-abortion states like Texas

The Independent UK

A wave of anti-abortion ‘trigger’ laws are now in effect. More are coming

Two months after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, abortion is outlawed in 12 states and more than 20 million women have lost access to care, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

At the Races: If Democrats can make it there - Roll Call

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

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Four more Republican-led US states ban almost all abortions

Additional ‘trigger laws’ that automatically ban abortion are set to go into effect in numerous US states this week.

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Texas abortion providers face prison

Texas now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield

Salon

Slew of trigger laws kick in as three more US states ban abortions

Women in Tennessee, Texas and Idaho will lose access and in certain cases doctors will be punished for performing procedure

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New poll: Support for abortion access reaches all-time high in Pa., while Oz and Mastriano continue to trail Fetterman and Shapiro

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Support for abortion access among Pennsylvania voters reached an all-time high this month, according to a Franklin and Marshall College poll released Thursday.

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4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority's preferences in the US, from constitutional design to low voter turnout

Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to an abortion on Aug. 2, 2022. A few days later, Indiana lawmakers banned nearly all abortions.

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New restrictions on abortion care will have psychological harms -- here's what research shows will happen in post-Roe America

“I’m struggling a bit this morning,” a client of mine stated at the start of our session the morning of June 24, 2022. “I just heard on the news about the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. There was so much for me to process I had to turn it…

The Texas Tribune

Beto O’Rourke intensifies campaign on abortion rights as trigger law goes into effect

Gov. Greg Abbott signed the “trigger law” last year, ensuring that Texas would automatically outlaw abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturned Roe v. Wade. That happened in June, mobilizing Democrats nationwide and giving O’Rourke’s campaign a burst of momentum.

Salon

Abortion, democracy reshaping midterms

No, one special election victory doesn't prove anything — but it sure feels like the political winds have shifted

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Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine

Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield.

Axios

Democrats use abortion to blunt the GOP's midterm advantage

It's a reset for a party that was defensive and disillusioned when Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Judges will not save us. Pushing for truly democratic solutions will

Public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court is plummeting. At least, that’s what opinion polls tell us in the wake of the court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade. Protests at the court and the homes of the justices further reflect growing discontent with the court’s jurists.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge grants Department of Justice request to partially block Idaho abortion ban

A federal judge on Wednesday granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to block Idaho from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency situations.

Axios

Federal judge blocks part of Idaho's near-total abortion ban in win for DOJ

The state "must yield to conflicting federal law" when it comes to abortions in medical emergencies, the judge wrote in his ruling.

The Independent UK

Federal judge blocks Idaho’s abortion ban for medical emergencies after Justice Department lawsuit

Biden administration wins first post-Roe court challenge to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, a day after a federal judge blocked enforcement in Texas

Tribune News Service

What Texans need to know about the trigger ban on abortion that goes into effect Thursday

WASHINGTON — A “trigger ban” on abortion that takes effect in Texas on Thursday allows harsher penalties than other state laws regulating reproductive rights and further complicates an array of abortion laws likely to face continued court challenges.

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