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Editorial: Meddling DAs, targeting travel: Texas lawmakers already full of awful abortion ideas

Now that Texas and the nation have had a week to absorb the reality of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, lawmakers, activists and legal analysts are trying to figure out how far states can — and will — go to eradicate abortion.

Tribune News Service

Patricia Murphy: Women, it's time to run for something

The news on Jan. 23, 1973, that the Supreme Court had legalized women's access to abortion through Roe v. Wade wasn't even the top story in The Atlanta Constitution that day.

Tribune News Service

How companies offering to cover travel for out-of-state abortions might work

Major companies like Nike and Tesla say they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel for the procedure. But several potential pitfalls abound.

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‘No one can be neutral’: Planned Parenthood’s chief on abortion rights

Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of the US’s largest abortion provider, outlines the three goals she has to get women the access they need

The Guardian - US

Commentary: Why it is critical to talk to your kids about abortion rights

With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, one group that may feel unsure about how and whether to discuss the decline of women’s rights is parents. It’s tempting to assume that adult issues such as abortion are inappropriate or irrelevant from a child’s perspective. But as a developmental psychology professor…

Chicago Tribune

Katy Perry fans call out singer for Roe v Wade tweet: ‘You supported an anti-abortion billionaire’

Fans were referencing a tweet in which Perry endorsed Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs

After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where abortion is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies

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After Roe, are Republicans willing to expand the social safety net?

The party has shown little enthusiasm to help those affected by unplanned pregnancies – is anything likely to change?

The Guardian - US

Roe v Wade: Jessica Chastain mourns loss of reproductive rights in scathing 4 July post

Many celebrities including Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez have criticised the abortion ruling

The Independent UK

Legal, yet virtually banned: Turkish women denied right to free, safe abortions

With a de facto ban across much of Turkey, women are having to beg from hospital to hospital or seek private terminations – if they can afford it

The Guardian - UK

How the US Supreme Court has become right-wing, and do recent decisions give Democrats hope at the midterms?

The US Supreme Court’s annual term usually finishes at the end of June, so late June is when the most important decisions are likely to be announced.

The Conversation

Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry lead celebs 'cancelling' Fourth of July after abortion ruling

A number of celebrities, including Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, chose not to celebrate the Fourth of July this year and let their feelings known on social media

Daily Mirror

Anti-abortion group claims SA politicians pledged to ‘take forward’ bill reversing new medical laws

Labor and Liberal members deny making any such agreement with Enid Lyons List, a group with stated aim of getting more “pro-life” women into parliament

The Guardian - AU

10-year-old rape victim forced to travel for abortion care underscores extreme post-Roe restrictions

At least 10 states make no exceptions for pregnancies from rape or incest

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‘We’re going to be flying people north’: How some patients will travel due to Florida’s 15-week abortion law

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s new 15-week ban on abortions will likely mean more patients traveling out of state for the procedure — prompting a string of organizations to raise funds for trips hundreds of miles away, anywhere from North Carolina to New York.

The Independent UK

Trump-backed Michigan secretary of state nominee has called abortion ‘child sacrifice’

‘The child sacrifice is a very satanic practice, and that’s precisely what abortion is. And we need to see it as such,’ Kristina Karamo said during a podcast taping in October 2020

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Turbulent US this July 4, but Many See Cause to Celebrate

Independence Day has arrived as the United States is rocked by hearings over the Jan. 6 insurrection, awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns and struggling to maintain the bonds that keep it together. Yet many also see cause to celebrate Monday: the deadly danger of…

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Inside the US Supreme Court's perilous lurch to the right

Hayden Thorne examines how conservative judicial activism is reshaping American law in dangerous ways.

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The Independent UK

In rural West, more worries about access to abortion clinics

Across the U.S. West, rural residents have historically faced barriers in accessing abortion, such as long travel distances and lack of transportation

Tribune News Service

After Roe, architect of Texas abortion law sets sights on gay marriage and more

DALLAS — If Jonathan Mitchell were a comic book character, he would be drawn holding a lawbook in one hand and in the other, a sledgehammer.

The Independent UK

How a New York attorney gave women a voice in the legal battle for abortion rights for the first time

In 1970, attorney Nancy Stearns allowed women to share their stories in the fight for abortion access in the courts for the first time. She speaks to Rachel Sharp about women losing their voices again in the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade and whether abortion rights would have…

The Independent UK

Nearly 1 in 4 women with children in states with anti-abortion ‘trigger’ laws are in poverty

Nine of the 13 states that are moving to outlaw abortion and criminalise care have some of the highest maternal poverty rates in the US

The Independent UK

Woman kept in police cell for 36 hours after stillbirth due to suspicions she had ‘illegal abortion’

Exclusive: ‘She has still got PTSD. Not from the event of the delivery, but from being labelled as a criminal and held in custody,’ abortion provider says

Input

American Girl memers emerge as unlikely abortion rights advocates

“We do need an American Girl doll who like protested overturning Roe v. Wade, because that's what all of our American girls are doing right now," says one creator

The Independent UK

It's a new era for funding on both sides of abortion debate

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate

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