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Texas Supreme Court allows enforcement of 1925 abortion ban scrapped in Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON – The Texas Supreme Court ordered late Friday that the state’s century-old abortion ban, struck down in Roe v. Wade in 1973, can be enforced immediately.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

The US faces a new era after the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade ruling. But will it mean a return to the past?

With the constitutional right to abortion gone, healthcare providers, clinics and millions of Americans are grappling with a new reality. But will it mimic the time before Roe v Wade?

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

Anne McElvoy: Democrats must box smart if they are to turn the tide on Roe vs Wade

Any non-celibate woman in her fertile years knows the anxiety about an unexpected positive pregnancy test — from disquiet to shock and panic if the barriers to having and bringing up a child are forbidding. From the moment of a positive test, a woman’s options are changed.

Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2022

What are UK abortion laws, and what is different in the US?

A Supreme Court ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of US states.

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Explainer: US Supreme Court abolished half a century old abortion right; here’s what’s Roe vs Wade and what this will mean for abortion rights in the US

The US Supreme Court on Friday abolished a landmark case that was the basis of legal abortions in the states for nearly 50 years. Ruling in favor of a Mississippi abortion law, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. With this ruling, 50 years of reproductive rights in the…

The Times of India · Jun 25, 2022

The Roe v Wade abortion case inspired Joshua Prager to find the real family at the centre of the legal battle

Journalist Jonathan Prager spent years investigating the real 'Roe' family, to learn what it was like to be a child at the centre of Roe v Wade, the landmark abortion legal battle.

ABC News · Jun 25, 2022

What is Roe v Wade and why is the US Supreme Court overturning abortion rights?

The right to an abortion in the United States comes from a landmark court decision made in the 1970s, known as the Roe v Wade case. Now, the US Supreme Court has overturned that historic legal decision, making it the responsibility of individual states to decide if abortion is legal.

ABC News · Jun 24, 2022

What is Roe v Wade, what are US abortion laws and what is different in the UK?

A Supreme Court ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of US states.

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

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.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 24, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court rules there’s no right to abortion, setting up Texas ban

The high court’s monumental ruling will have major impact on Texas, which has a trigger law banning abortions that goes into effect soon.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 24, 2022