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Calif. abortion providers prepare

But is the state prepared for a surge out-of-state patients?

Salon · May 7, 2022

How Pennsylvania's abortion fight could play out across the country

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed anti-abortion bills passed by the Republican-controlled legislature three times, and the Democrat promised to defend abortion rights as long as he’s in office. That window is fast closing.

Tribune News Service · May 7, 2022

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 · May 6, 2022

California anticipated a Supreme Court abortion decision. What it’s already done to fight it

WASHINGTON — Immediately following a report that United States Supreme Court justices would overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders announced that they would work on putting the right to an abortion in the state Constitution.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 4, 2022

Could the U.N. sanction the U.S. for human rights violations if Roe is overturned?

The organization has made it clear that abortion access is a human right. Whether it’s willing to fight the U.S. over that is another story.

Mic · May 4, 2022

Maryland prepares to increase its abortion capacity as future of Roe v. Wade in doubt

BALTIMORE — Long before Monday night’s revelation that five U.S. Supreme Court justices are likely to overturn 50 years of legal precedent in Roe v. Wade, Democratic legislators had begun preparations for Maryland to accept more abortion-seekers from out of state.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Corporations left California for lower taxes and fewer regulations. Will abortion rights bring them back?

Last year, corporate America remained mostly silent as Texas launched a pitiless attack on abortion rights, a trend that spread rapidly to other red states.

Los Angeles Times · May 4, 2022

The state of abortion in America

Recently, the majority of abortions are received by women in their 20s.

Axios · May 4, 2022

Editorial: Idaho after Roe: Unsafe abortions, out-of-state travel, assault on women’s health

A document leaked to Politico, a draft U.S. Supreme Court ruling, appears to show that the court plans to overturn the 1973 landmark cases of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

What’s next if Roe v. Wade falls? More than half of states expected to ban or restrict abortion

If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022