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Iowa Supreme Court says abortion rights aren't protected by state constitution

The ruling reverses a 2018 decision saying the right to seek abortions were protected under the state's Constitution.

Axios

Measures regarding abortion have been on the ballot 47 times in 23 states since 1970; at least 4 more will be decided this year

Abortion has been a perennial issue for statewide ballot measures across the U.S. since the 1970s, and 2022 is continuing that trend.

Ballotpedia

The history of Southern Baptists shows they have not always opposed abortion

With an abortion case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Southern Baptist Convention of June 2022 encouraged its members to pray for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in the U.S.

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Religious freedom: The next battleground for US abortion rights?

As a synagogue sues Florida over new abortion law, experts say faith could be at heart of ‘post-Roe’ abortion defence.

Al Jazeera

The anti-abortion movement fuels a growth industry: Pregnancy centers

DALLAS — Rayenieshia Cole did not want another child. She couldn't afford it.

Los Angeles Times

Sonia Sotomayor says supreme court’s ‘mistakes’ can be corrected over time

Liberal-leaning justice says ‘there are days I get discouraged … sometimes I cry’ but urges leftwing lawyers to persevere

The Guardian - US

Roe reversal could flood prisons

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers warns abortion penalties will result in overcriminalization

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OLD Anti-abortion police could criminalise menstrual app data and search history. Inside the battle to stop them

Legislation could prevent sensitive user data in menstrual-tracking apps and search engine results from being used to prosecute abortion providers, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe's fall

Abortion providers are bracing for the final days of the U.S. Supreme Court’s guarantee of a right to an abortion

The Independent UK

This pro-choice pastor has a word for anti-abortion Christians

Mic spoke to the Rev. Traci Blackmon about when pro-life arguments turn hypocritical and the danger of “theologizing our politics," in advance of the Supreme Court's expected 'Roe v. Wade' ruling.

Mic

3 Supreme Court Cases To Watch in the Next 2 Weeks

Big rulings are coming soon on school choice, guns, and abortion.

Reason

When will there be a Roe v Wade decision?

Opinions in several higher-profile cases are expected this month

The Independent UK

White House Consults with Law Professors in Anticipation of Dobbs Ruling (Updated)

The Biden Administration is apparently considering a range of responses should te Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

Reason

Married Home Office boss who laced pregnant lover's drink with abortion drugs jailed

Darren Burke, 43, tried to serve Laura Slade, his mistress of five years, a spiked glass of orange juice after she told him she was pregnant and planned to keep the baby in December 2020

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The Independent UK

Senior civil servant jailed for spiking pregnant mistress with abortion drug

A Home Office civil servant was sentenced to 45 months in prison for crushing up an abortion pill and putting it in a glass of orange juice.

The Independent UK

If Roe falls, some DAs won't enforce anti-abortion laws

Progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have waited years to implement

The Independent UK

Darren Burke: Married Home Office boss jailed for spiking pregnant lover’s drink with abortion pill

The victim suffered PTSD and requires therapy following the offence

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Texas’ 34th Congressional District flips to GOP in special election

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Criminal defense lawyers sound the alarm about mass incarceration if Roe falls

Criminal defense attorneys all over the country are gearing up for a wave of criminal charges if, as expected, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

The Guardian - US

‘I got in the car and he blindfolded me. I was willing to risk death’: five women on abortions before Roe

If the supreme court reverses the federal right to abortion, some Americans will no longer have access to the procedure. Five women speak of their experience in pre-Roe v Wade era

The Independent UK

US abortion rise: One in five US pregnancies were terminated in 2020

More than 930,000 abortions conducted in 2020 – an increase from 862,000 in 2017

The Independent UK

Malta activists protest, seek to decriminalize abortion

Abortion rights activists have filed a legal protest in Malta’s courts demanding the legalization of abortion

Mic

How Facebook collects data about abortion seekers

A new investigation shows how Facebook gathers personal data from people who visit crisis pregnancy center websites.

The Independent UK

OLD ‘It’s a war’: The woman who helped open one of the first abortion clinics in America on the fight to protect women’s rights

Merle Hoffman helped open the centre two years before landmark ruling. Now, ‘I’ll be damned if I’m going down without a fight,’ she tells Alex Woodward

WEKU

Florida's new abortion law violates religious freedom, a synagogue's lawsuit says

The suit contends the law violates Jewish teachings, which state abortion "is required if necessary to protect the health, mental or physical well-being of the woman" and for other reasons.

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