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Students walk out to protect Roe

"People might look at us like we're young, but I genuinely feel like we can make the most change," said one student

Salon

Residential Picketing in Virginia (Outside a Justice's Home or Otherwise)

A state law bans it -- but that law is very likely unconstitutional (though a different version of such a ban would have been constitutional).

Reason

Texas' abortion law led some to get abortion pills in Mexico, with grim consequences

Since Texas passed its anti-abortion law, more and more women have been getting abortion pills at unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns — where they are freely sold without a prescription.

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Samuel Alito Thinks It's Obviously Absurd To Suggest That Drug Prohibition Violates the Constitution

The justice overlooks the long American tradition of pharmacological freedom and the dubious constitutional basis for federal bans.

Reason

Republicans race to abortion extremes

David Perdue challenges Brian Kemp's stance on abortion in Georgia gubernatorial race

Salon

Fox News host sparks backlash for saying he doesn’t ‘know why you’d give’ a pregnant woman an ‘important’ job

‘I’m not sure how you get a job and then you just, you can’t do a job for three months’

The Independent UK

In abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions

Rape, incest and the health of the fetus or mother were once accepted reasons to obtain an abortion in even the most conservative Republican-led states

The Independent UK

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We can’t depend on the Supreme Court to be our conscience on abortion

We — I mean Black women of my age — keep our feelings on the subject buried. But the prospect Roe v. Wade might be overturned could bring back painful memories for many.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: May 6, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion adds to Biden's all-but-impossible to-do list

President Joe Biden is under pressure to preserve access to abortion, but he has few good options to do it

The Independent UK

What overturning Roe means for medication abortion

The fact that there's an FDA-approved drug for use up to 10 weeks and states are saying ‘no, you can only use it for six,’ makes no sense.”

Inverse

How overturning Roe v Wade could supercharge the 2022 midterm campaigns

Swing state Democrats are calling for a defense of abortion rights and Republicans doubling down on ending them

The Guardian - US

Tenn. governor signs bill regulating medication abortions

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will strictly regulate the dispensing of abortion pills, including imposing harsh penalties on doctors who violate them

The Independent UK

Georgians on abortion front line adjust to prospect of Roe's defeat

ATLANTA — About a month ago, as speculation grew that the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to overturn the landmark decision that made abortion legal throughout the country, Planned Parenthood's Southeastern office quietly created a new position.

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If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft opinion indicates it will, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will soon after issue a legal opinion confirming the decision and triggering a near-total abortion ban in the state.

Tribune News Service

Ex-VP Mike Pence blasts VP Kamala Harris for her denouncement of Supreme Court anti-abortion draft ruling

Get ready for a battle of the veeps over abortion rights.

Salon

Republicans are lying to you about Roe

GOP talking points include calling forced childbirth "compassion" and concealing plans for a national abortion ban

The Guardian - UK

This attack on women’s reproductive rights must be resisted

Letters: Women die when access to contraception and safe abortion is denied, says Dr Tricia Cresswell, while Karin Bjornson tells of her own experience of termination. Plus letters from Monica Threlfall, Mary Pimm and Roger Munday

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Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Rhode Island's Abortion Rights Statute

From Wednesday's decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Benson v. McKee (opinion by Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Paul Suttell and Justice William Robinson; Justices Erin Lynch Prata and Melissa Long did not participate): In 2019 the General Assembly enacted the Reproductive Privacy Act (the…

WEKU

Gloria Steinem's calls to protect bodily autonomy live on as Roe faces reversal

Activist Gloria Steinem has fought for women's rights for decades. She has no plans to stop even as the Supreme Court is poised to reverse Roe v. Wade.

The Independent UK

Tesla covers travel costs for workers seeking abortions

Tesla is covering travel costs for employees seeking abortions outside their home state

The Independent UK

Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30

Over the past three decades, birthrates have declined for women in their 20s and jumped for women in their late 30s and early 40s

Chicago Sun-Times

In Chicago, advocates and providers brace for influx of patients if abortion rights are rolled back

Changes in abortion rights in neighboring states could mean an additional 20,000 to 30,000 people per year will come to Illinois for abortions, said Jennifer Welch, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois.

Tribune News Service

Calif. state leaders promise haven for women seeking abortions

SAN DIEGO — California will take a national role in abortion access in the event that the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade is overturned, state and local leaders said at a roundtable discussion Thursday.

Reason

When Ted Kennedy Was Pro-Life and Ronald Reagan Was Expanding Abortion Access

The forgotten abortion politics of the pre-Roe era

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