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Self-managed abortions gain attention, but helpers risk legal trouble

At a recent rally in Nashville, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of the “back-alley abortion” imagery on signs, including bloody coat hangers. Edwards reminded the crowd, driven into the streets by the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision on abortion rights, that it’s not like…

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Australian passing through US asked if she had an abortion and then deported – report

Blogger was reportedly denied entry for violating visa waiver programme

The Independent UK

Renegade District Attorneys Who Defy State Mandates Are Often Freedom's Last Line of Defense

Perhaps, as we relearn the virtues of local decision-making, we'll also reacquire a taste for individualism.

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‘At death’s door’: abortion bans endanger lives of high-risk patients, Texas study shows

In a preview of what’s to come in half the country, a near-total ban has led some providers to deny care until mothers’ health deteriorated

The Guardian - US

IVF treatment can continue under Texas’ current abortion law, experts say

Doctors and legal experts say Texas’ anti-abortion laws haven’t yet affected fertility treatments, and it appears an unlikely target for anti-abortion groups in the state for now.

The Texas Tribune

The latest battle over abortion rights in Pa. is all about the state constitution. Here’s what to know

Pennsylvania is in the middle of a new fight over the future of abortion, and it’s all about the state constitution.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Missouri’s anti-abortion law is vague and open to abuse. Lawmakers can fix that

Democrats are asking Gov. Mike Parson to call a special legislative session to clarify that Missouri’s stringent new anti-abortion law doesn’t prohibit other treatments and medication. It’s a reasonable ask, because the new law is so vaguely worded that medical providers are uncertain about the legality of even routine birth…

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In Michigan, the future of abortion rights could soon be up to voters

Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are hoping a wave of newly-motivated activists will turn out this year to override an abortion ban and put broad reproductive rights in the state constitution.

WEKU

Three things to know about health insurance coverage for abortion

Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, whether a health plan paid for abortion varied widely. Now it's become even more complex, with conflicts and court challenges on the horizon.

WEKU

Poll: Abortion bans reshape where young Americans choose to live

Without Roe, individual states have the authority to regulate abortion, including banning it completely.

Axios

Doctors fearing legal blowback are denying life-saving abortions

Hospitals and doctors are struggling to toe the line between providing life-saving measures for women and wading into a legal gray area that’s emerged in the absence of abortion rights.

Tribune News Service

Amid abortion battle, they chose permanent birth control. Here’s why

TAMPA, Fla. — A day after a leaked Supreme Court opinion tipped the impending doom of Roe v. Wade, 23-year-old Lindsay Tagliere called a women’s health group near where she lives in Gainesville and inquired about getting her fallopian tubes removed.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Supreme Court can’t stop the climate movement

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s power over carbon pollution in West Virginia v. EPA jeopardizes a clean and livable planet at the worst possible moment. Along with its recent decisions on abortion and guns, it seems that the court’s conservative majority has no qualms…

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Michael Hiltzik: With a noxious family leave proposal, GOP pretends it's still pro-women despite antiabortion laws

Having achieved its long-held goal of eviscerating women's reproductive health rights, the Republican Party is now hard at work pretending that it's about to enter a new era of pro-women and pro-family policy.

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A Brissy Woman Said US Officials Interrogated Her About Abortion History Before Being Deported

She was transiting to Canada but was turned back at Los Angeles.

Tribune News Service

Michigan voters say court's abortion ruling will influence their vote, poll finds

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn a half-century of abortion rights is likely to drive more Michigan voters to the polls in November as they consider where candidates stand on the controversial issue and weigh enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.

The Independent UK

Louisiana’s anti-abortion ‘trigger’ law is once again blocked by a judge

Abortions can continue as ongoing legal battle to strike down state’s ban plays out in court

Ballotpedia

Signatures submitted for abortion rights initiative in Michigan

On July 11, the campaign Reproductive Freedom for All submitted 753,759 signatures for the ballot initiative, which would appear on the ballot in Michigan this November.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Have you recently had an abortion?’ Australian transiting through US questioned then deported

Madolline Gourley says she was on her way to Canada for a holiday when US immigration officials intervened

WEKU

A state judge temporarily blocked Louisiana from enforcing its abortion ban

The judge's order halts enforcement temporarily while lawyers for a north Louisiana clinic and other supporters of abortion rights pursue a lawsuit challenging the legislation.

Tribune News Service

Senate Judiciary kicks off series of abortion policy hearings

WASHINGTON — An hour before the Supreme Court issued its June 24 decision overturning the national right to an abortion, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri issued a personal plea to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra: Please declare a…

The Independent UK

‘Forced birth is an act of violence’: Law professor condemns anti-abortion laws in post-Roe Senate hearing

Senate committee studies far-reaching impacts of dissolving legal abortion care after Supreme Court strikes down Roe v Wade

The Independent UK

State judge blocks Louisiana from enforcing abortion ban

Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing the state’s near total ban on abortion

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs executive order to protect abortion-seekers traveling from other states

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania has joined New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in offering protections for out-of-state women seeking reproductive health services, including abortion, as roughly half of U.S. states ban or work to impose restrictions on abortion.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stratton asks feds for abortion rights support, young Highland Park victim back in critical condition and more in your Chicago news round up

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