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UK government refuses to add right to abortion to new Bill of Rights

Other countries such as France have moved to update their constitutions following US crackdown

The Independent UK

A growing number of women give birth at Catholic hospitals, where they do not receive the same reproductive health options – including birth control – provided at other hospitals

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, access to birth control has taken on new urgency. By moving the decision about abortion access to states, the fall of Roe v. Wade means that it will be even more important for people to be…

The Conversation

Dundee historian's vasectomy tweets go viral after US abortion law ends

Georgia Grainger, who is writing what may be the UK's first complete history of the procedure, took to Twitter after calls to give American men mandatory vasectomies as an alternative to abortion.

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Who is Danny Kruger? Rishi Sunak rejects MP’s claim about marriage

The Conservative MP believes that the only sound basis for family life is a father and mother who stick together

Evening Standard

TechScape: Can US women trust big tech with their data after Roe v Wade?

In this week’s newsletter: Calls to delete period tracking apps have gone viral in America – but the likes of Facebook and Apple have questions to answer on user privacy too

The Guardian - UK

Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican despite abortion stance

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, despite her position in support of abortion rights

The Independent UK

Pharmacies ‘restrict’ emergency contraception after Roe v Wade ruling

US Pharmacies including Amazon and Walmart have reportedly placed a limit on the number of morning-after pills you can purchase in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

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The future of privacy rights in a post-Roe world

Abortion rights were rooted in privacy rights. Now that Roe is overturned, other kinds of privacy may be at risk.

Axios

After losing battle to preserve Roe v. Wade, Mississippi’s last abortion clinic is moving to New Mexico

Many people from Texas and other states with abortion bans will soon be traveling to New Mexico for the procedure. Shannon Brewer is moving her clinic from Jackson to Las Cruces to continue providing a full range of reproductive health care.

The Texas Tribune

Tory MP says women do not have ‘absolute right to bodily autonomy’ in abortion debate

Danny Kruger also says British politicians should not ‘lecture’ US over landmark decision to overturn Roe v Wade abortion ruling

The Independent UK

Are contraceptives next for SCOTUS?

"I do think the first test is going to be on contraception," one expert said of Clarence Thomas' opinion

Salon

This Texas district attorney is one of dozens who have vowed not to prosecute abortion

Nearly 90 elected prosecutors from both blue and red states pledged not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions. One Texas DA says that's because their jobs are about keeping people safe.

WEKU

Meghan Markle's deeply personal comments about children in Roe v Wade abortion interview

The Duchess of Sussex, who revealed in November 2020 that she had a miscarriage, also referred to the "silence and stigma" surrounding women's bodies during an interview with Vogue magazine

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The end of Roe has implications for abortion rights around the globe

International rights groups have long warned that overturning Roe v. Wade could weaken abortion rights in other countries, potentially leading some nations to adopt new restrictive laws.

The Guardian - US

Texas sheriff says he ‘will not persecute’ those seeking an abortion

Javier Salazar posted on Facebook that he would not use his power to ‘impose the morals’ of others on those ‘exercising a right’

The Guardian - UK

Europeans are overwhelmingly pro-choice, but that doesn’t mean women’s rights are safe

Roe v Wade was overturned in the US by a court, not by voters. The same happened in Poland, says professor of political science Anna Grzymala-Busse

WEKU

With Roe overturned, state constitutions are now at the center of the abortion fight

In a sense, what was one battleground has become 50, as advocates on both sides of the abortion issue race to put the issue before state constitutions. Half a dozen lawsuits are already in court.

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Daily Mirror

GMB grills Ben Wallace as he slams Adil Ray abortion question as 'cheap hogwash'

Good Morning Britain saw Adil Ray clash with MP Ben Wallace on Wednesday over Tory MP Danny Kruger's controversial comments regarding the overturning of Roe v Wade

The Guardian - UK

A Ukraine reboot / Liberty, undone: Inside the 1 July Guardian Weekly

Putin, the war and the west; America’s abortion ban

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Missouri's abortion ban is wrong. But voters, not prosecutors, must change it

Last week’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has left officials like St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell with a dilemma: His job is to prosecute violations of the law. But as of last Friday, Missouri law criminalizes abortion services from the moment of conception, even for victims…

The Orange County Register

Editorial: Biden right to resist court-packing calls

Over the weekend, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that President Joe Biden remains opposed to the idea of court-packing following the United States Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion.

Tribune News Service

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested that her daughter, whom she and her husband planned to name Juliet, was missing one of her two X chromosomes — a condition called Turner syndrome…

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Elizabeth Warren pins Roe reversal on rescuing her from political irrelevance

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is banking on using the backlash from the Roe v. Wade reversal to rescue her from political irrelevance and reignite her White House hopes.

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court is eroding the wall between church and state

In another bombshell opinion, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has upended the way it understands and applies the clause of the Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion. Completing the revolution begun in last week’s decisions expanding gun rights and overturning abortion law, the court said in Kennedy v. Bremerton…

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