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Erika D. Smith: In a chaotic post-Roe world, here's what it will take for women to still get abortions

Brittany Fonteno never wanted to imagine the chaos of a post-Roe world.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 28, 2022

Roe v. Wade, overturned: Scenes of despair and joy after a historic decision

Texans on both sides of the abortion debate marched, rallied and chanted after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2022

Planned Parenthood sues in Idaho Supreme Court to stop trigger law that bans abortion

A Planned Parenthood affiliate on Monday filed a lawsuit in the Idaho Supreme Court seeking to stop the state’s trigger law that would effectively ban abortion in the state after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

Understanding Roe v Wade and why it was overturned

The now-dead landmark ruling enshrined constitutional protections for abortion care

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

Anti-abortion police could criminalise period-tracking 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 · Jun 27, 2022

Planned Parenthood says ‘help is available’ to women in states where abortion has been outlawed

‘We know that there will be patients in this country pregnant against their will and that is the reality of today’s decision,’ Planned Parenthood’s Kate Smith told The Independent

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas abortion clinics a victory in 2016. Then Trump was elected.

In 2016, the Supreme Court blocked onerous regulations that had shuttered half of Texas’ abortion providers. On Friday, the court’s new conservative majority cited that case in overturning the constitutional protection for abortion.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 27, 2022

With little short-term hope, Texas’ abortion-rights movement sets its sights on the long run

Advocates and politicians say they hope Texas’ ban on abortion will motivate voters. But they say they’ll need to emulate the strategies of the anti-abortion movement to reach long-term success.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 27, 2022

Fractured post-Roe landscape leaves questions about cross-border care

State rifts over abortion create patchwork of rules for providers, patients

Axios · Jun 27, 2022

As states ban abortion, Californians open their arms and wallets

With roughly half of U.S. states likely to ban abortion, volunteers in California are mobilizing to help women travel there for care. State lawmakers want to support some of those efforts too.

WEKU · Jun 27, 2022