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McConnell warns of federal abortion ban

"Nationwide abortion ban: that's the goal of anti-abortion politicians," Planned Parenthood Action chimes in

Salon

Gillibrand calls abortion rights ‘fight of generation’ after ‘bone-chilling’ court draft opinion

New York Democrat urges her party to stand up to concerted efforts from Republicans seeking to abolish constitutional right

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Benedict Cumberbatch and Arcade Fire wear T-shirts referencing Roe vs Wade

The ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ actor appeared in a sketch set in 13th century England

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What people can do to support abortion rights in the UK

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

The Independent UK

SNL star Colin Jost compares Supreme Court to Amber Heard

Comedian mocked the ‘weird conservative bubble’ that informed Justice Samuel Alito’s Roe v Wade opinion

The Independent UK

Justice Clarence Thomas tells Roe v Wade protesters that Supreme Court ‘won’t be bullied’

‘We are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don’t like,’ Justice Thomas said

The Independent UK

What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century

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Justice Alito cancels appearance in wake of abortion opinion leak

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito canceled plans to attend a judicial conference in Tennessee just days after his draft opinion to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion was leaked to the public, according to a law professor at the event.

Tribune News Service

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

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

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.

Tribune News Service

Roe v Wade to be overturned? What this would mean for reproductive rights around the world

Reproductive rights have been an urgent topic of discussion around the world in recent days, following the leak of a draft opinion of the US supreme court, written by Justice Samuel Alito, in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. If enacted by the court, this opinion would…

The Conversation

Ending Roe v Wade could badly backfire on Republicans during elections this year

The Democrats now have a fighting chance to maintain control of the Senate. Their odds of retaining and flipping seats have improved overnight

The Guardian - US

RBG saw this coming: Roe's fatal flaw

The original Roe decision never even mentions women's equality. As Ginsburg saw, that was a critical mistake

Salon

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Solomon Jones: The Supreme Court’s draft ruling on abortion invoked ‘state’s rights.’ Here’s why that’s troubling

The U.S. Supreme Court is on the cusp of striking down Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that guaranteed federal protections of abortion rights, and my mind is flooded with thoughts of how this happened and what it means.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Supreme Court leak raises divisive questions

The leak of a draft United States Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn past court precedents in favor of leaving abortion laws to the states, has ignited intense political debate over the future of abortion laws and the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Alito's draft ruling is so self-contradictory that it calls court's judgment into question

The Supreme Court draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade raises just as many arguments and counterarguments as the original ruling that Justice Samuel Alito excoriated in his opinion, leaked this week to Politico. Alito’s assertion that abortion rights don’t fall under the 14th Amendment, and that the Constitution makes no…

WEKU

Roe established abortion rights. 20 years later, Casey paved the way for restrictions

The 5-4 decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey upheld Roe in 1992 but paved the way for more restrictions on abortion access.

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Ramesh Ponnuru: What’s not going to happen after Roe falls

Since someone leaked a draft of the Supreme Court’s opinion in this year’s big abortion case, two questions have emerged about the scope of conservative policy goals. Will Republicans try to ban abortion by federal statute if Roe v. Wade is overruled, or leave the issue to the states? And…

The Guardian - US

Samuel Alito: the abrasive justice taking abortion rights back to the 17th century

The man who wrote the draft supreme court opinion overturning Roe v Wade is known for his quick temper and ‘traditional’ values

The Independent UK

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls on men to imagine they have no authority over their bodies in defense of abortion rights

The junior senator from New York also hit out at the conservative Supreme Court majority in her remarks on Thursday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Obergefell was central to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gay marriage. Now he’s terrified

WASHINGTON — In his draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito tries to limit the blast radius of his ruling by writing that abortion is fundamentally different from other privacy matters — like contraception and marriage equality — that have historically challenged the court.

Salon

Alito cancels talk after abortion leak

Alito had been set to appear at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' judicial conference

The Independent UK

US women stock up on birth control amid fears Roe v Wade will be overturned

‘Get as much Plan B as possible, for you, your friends and their kids,’ warns one Twitter user. ‘Birth control will be next’

The Guardian - US

Schumer announces Senate abortion rights vote: ‘America will be watching’ – as it happened

Senate to vote on legislation codifying abortion rights into federal law but measure has next to no chance of passing in divided chamber

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