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Abortion pills: A post-Roe game-changer — and the next battleground

WASHINGTON — The future of abortion in the U.S. is moving to the mailbox.

Los Angeles Times

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, there's no guarantee that people can get abortions in liberal states, either

Liberal policymakers are quickly positioning their states as abortion havens after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion indicating that the court could overturn Roe v. Wade was made public on the evening of May 2, 2022.

The Conversation

Roe v. Wade Leak Effect Kicks In, Abortion Prescription Pills Interest Sees Huge Spike

A provider of prescription pills used to terminate a pregnancy at home has seen increased interest from U.S. women this week, following news that the Supreme Court would likely reverse a landmark 1973 decision ensuring abortion rights nationwide, nonprofit Aid Access said.

Benzinga

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Prenatal depression: My fourth pregnancy left me blindsided — it felt like there was no support

Filmmaker Katharina Koall felt hopeless and alone while pregnant with her fourth child — until her neighbour introduced her to cold-water swimming. She hopes her documentary about the experience will help other expectant mothers who are struggling

Evening Standard

Parmy Olson: Online privacy becomes critical if Roe v. Wade is overturned

About 10 years ago, a story about Target Corp.’s uncanny ability to detect a customer’s pregnancy made waves. An angry man had gone into a Target store in Minneapolis, demanding to speak to a manager and flashing coupons that his teenage daughter had received in the mail for baby clothes…

Tribune News Service

Home Office boss found guilty of poisoning mistress' juice in bid to cause miscarriage

Darren Burke earlier encouraged the mother of two to terminate the pregnancy and sent her links to an abortion clinic after she fell pregnant during the course of their five-year affair

Daily Mirror

Do Americans Who Support Roe v. Wade Understand Its Implications?

Although recent polls show a majority thinks the abortion precedent should be preserved, some respondents seem confused about what that would mean.

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Overturning Roe v. Wade will make the U.S.’s horrifying maternal mortality rates even worse

Justice Alito's drafted Supreme Court decision would reverse landmark abortion cases, posing real dangers for maternal health.

Inverse

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

More states shield against rogue abortion prosecutions

Last month, 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera was arrested in Texas and charged with murder over a self-induced abortion.

Tribune News Service

Most maternal deaths are preventable: how to improve outcomes in South Africa

The past 20 years have seen a significant decline in maternal mortality rates from 342 deaths to 211 per 100,000 globally . But every day, more than 800 women around the world die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, up to 42 days after delivery. Most of these deaths are…

The Conversation

Red states are already chipping away at Roe v. Wade

This week’s leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade came as more than half of U.S. states are poised to outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court does strike down the 1973 decision. In those states, many in the South and Midwest, it already feels like the…

Los Angeles Times

Abortion law: Which countries have the strictest laws and what are the punishments?

The US Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark ruling that led to the constitutional right to abortion in America

The Independent UK

What people can do to support abortion rights in the UK

More than 210,000 abortions took place in England and Wales in 2020

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Roe v Wade: What is an ectopic pregnancy and how dangerous is it?

Anti-abortion legislation in the US could outlaw abortions even in medical emergencies

Salon

Ending Roe equals violence against women

Forcing unwanted pregnancies to continue is traumatic sexual abuse — it will destroy lives. That's fact, not theory

The Independent UK

What is Roe v Wade and did it get overturned?

Ruling enshrined women’s right to terminate a pregnancy

The Guardian - US

How soon could US states outlaw abortions if Roe v Wade is overturned?

If the draft supreme court decision is not substantially altered it would result in 26 states banning the procedure

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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.

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: Silent majority of Americans who support abortion rights just learned the danger of silence

Here we go again.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor signs Texas-style ban on most abortions

Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy

The Independent UK

What is Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion access case?

A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests the country’s highest court could be poised overturn Roe v

The Independent UK

Warnings that illegal abortions will kill pregnant women if Supreme Court votes down Roe v Wade

The World Health Organization estimates that around the world, 23,000 women die each year from unsafe abortions

The Conversation

What's at stake as Supreme Court appears intent on overturning Roe v. Wade -- 3 essential reads

A leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito suggests the Supreme Court is on the brink of overturning two rulings, including Roe v. Wade, that guarantee the right to abortion in the U.S.

The Independent UK

‘Trigger bans’ and anti-abortion laws will eliminate access in nearly half the US without Roe

Millions of Americans will lose access to abortion care if Supreme Court reverses landmark ruling

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