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Roe v Wade: Supreme Court decision highlights US abortion divide

As US Supreme Court reverses Roe v Wade, joy for conservative groups and despair for abortion rights advocates.

Al Jazeera

Vatican praises U.S. court abortion decision, saying it challenges world

The Vatican's Academy for Life on Friday praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on abortion, saying it challenged the world to reflect on life issues, but also called for social changes to help women keep their children.

Reuters

French President Macron: abortion is a fundamental right for women

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that abortion was a fundamental right for women, as he reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion.

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Supreme Court abortion ruling raises stakes for Kansas voters ahead of August vote

The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade won’t immediately affect Kansas law. But it could soon have a major impact after Kansans vote in August on a high-stakes ballot question.

Tribune News Service

Republican-run US states move to immediately ban abortion after court overturns Roe v Wade

Moves were swift in many of the thirteen US states which have previously passed abortion-banning ‘trigger laws’

The Guardian - US

Plan B and contraceptives remain legal in Texas after U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion

In the same decision that overruled Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court was clear that the constitutional right to access contraceptives remains untouched — though one justice said he would welcome challenges to that right.

The Texas Tribune

Abortion advocates slam headline encouraging people to make ‘viral’ protest signs after Roe overturned

A headline encouraging readers to ‘design a protest sign that goes viral’ after Roe v Wade was overturned has sparked outrage online

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Justice Kavanaugh on the Right to Travel to Get an Abortion

This is a tremendously important question, as Ilya's and my posts noted in May. Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Dobbs today expressly noted: [A]s I see it, some of the other abortion-related legal questions raised by today's decision are not especially difficult as a constitutional matter. For example, may a State…

Reason

Abortion clinics close after Roe v. Wade ruling

States can now legally regulate or ban abortion.

Axios

Contraception, gay marriage: Clarence Thomas signals new targets for supreme court

Rightwing justice appears to offer preview of the court’s potential future rulings after decision to remove US abortion rights

The Guardian - US

US abortion rights ruling ‘sad day for court and country’, says Joe Biden

PRESIDENT Joe Biden has said “it’s a sad day for the court and the country” after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark…

The National (Scotland)

Women's right to abortion overturned by US Supreme Court

Right wing majority of the US Supreme Court votes to overturn right to abortion in a ruling expected to disproportionately affect minority women

Chronicle Live

Women’s online data could be used against them now that Roe v. Wade is overturned

Based on what’s already known about privacy incursions by law enforcement, it’s likely that women will be more squarely in the crosshairs of digital forensics now that Roe has been overturned.

Chicago Sun-Times

From joy to anger, faith leaders react to Roe's reversal

Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion

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Supreme Court justices dispute whether Roe v. Wade ruling extends to other rights

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade in 1973 has put other hard-won rights at risk, including the rights to same-sex marriage and contraception.

Axios

Anti-abortion leader: Next step is overturning Roe in states, Congress

SBA List's president Marjorie Dannenfelser tells Axios she wants to carry out the decision "in every state and in every legislature, including the Congress."”

The Independent UK

With Roe dead, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion is stirring alarm among LGBTQ advocates

Tribune News Service

Roe v. Wade was overturned, but who even gets abortions in South Carolina? This is what state figures show

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, but women currently can still have abortions in South Carolina, though the state prohibits them after 20 weeks and imposes other restrictions.

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Roll Call

Advocates mobilize as abortion bans take effect - Roll Call

The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision was immediate: By afternoon, at least eight states had banned abortion with limited exceptions.

The Independent UK

Abortion ruling exposes deep chasm over the issue in the US

Americans are reacting with anger, joy, fear and confusion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

The Conversation

America's religious communities are divided over the issue of abortion: 5 essential reads

Since the first indications that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, following a leaked draft opinion on May 2, 2022, religious leaders from many denominations have been working to preserve access to abortion care, even as others prayed for Roe to indeed be overruled.…

Reason

American U. Law Students Investigated for "Harassment" for Insulting Comments About Abortion in Group Chat

The complaining student alleged the students' remarks were "harassing and threatening" him because of his conservative "political affiliation" and his "religious beliefs."

The Independent UK

What is Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization? How one Mississippi lawsuit overturned abortion rights

One case threatens a landmark Supreme Court decision

Reason

States Can't Ban Out-of-State Travel To Get Abortions, Writes Kavanaugh

He also nixes the idea that states could "retroactively impose liability or punishment for an abortion that occurred before today's decision takes effect."

Chicago Tribune

Abortion profoundly shaped the lives and work of these 8 Illinois women. Here are their stories.

CHICAGO — In summer 1966, 17-year-old Leta Dally and her mother were driven by a stranger to an undisclosed location on Chicago’s South Side, where the recent high school graduate had an illegal abortion.

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