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US Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade

In the popular imagination, democracies die when tanks roll onto the streets, leaders are captured and the state television station seized. But more often, their demise is brought about by notionally democratic institutions themselves.

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022

Amazon to pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses for abortions as Supreme Court threatens Roe v Wade

Company memo came hours before leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion revealed the nation’s highest court has decided to strike down the landmark Roe v Wade ruling

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

Scottish abortion clinics have waited 'too long' for buffer zones to distance protesters

Politicians in Scotland have condemned reports the US Supreme Court is set to overturn a landmark law on abortion rights.

Daily Record · May 3, 2022

Roe ruling jolts Michigan, where abortion ban is on books

News that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: Overturning Roe v Wade would represent a grievous assault on women’s rights

A leaked draft opinion from the US Supreme Court suggests that Roe v Wade, the legal precedent that protects the right of women in America to have an abortion, is set to be overturned.

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022

What is Roe v Wade? US Supreme Court could vote to overturn abortion law, leak suggests

The US Supreme Court looks set to overturn a key ruling on abortion rights. Roe v Wade was a landmark moment for women in 1973. Here's why the case was significant

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2022

Missouri execution would be just fifth this year in the US

A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times is scheduled to be executed

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

What is Roe v Wade, how did it affect US abortion rights and how are laws different in the UK?

The US Supreme Court has overturned the Roe V Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide, meaning millions of women in the country will lose the legal right to terminate pregnancies.

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022

Governors swiftly react to reports of leaked draft opinion of Roe v. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court has supposedly decided to overrule Roe V. Wade, according to a leaked first draft opinion obtained by Politico. The document has not been verified by NPR.

WEKU · May 3, 2022

US firms offer travel reimbursement as potential abortion bans loom

Amazon, Yelp and Citibank are among the companies offering to reimburse medical travel expenses as the US Supreme Court prepares a decision that could allow states to ban abortion outright. Amazon defeats a new unionisation effort in a setback for labour organizers, and international tourism returns to France's medieval city…

France 24 · May 3, 2022