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Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

The Indiana Supreme Court has decided that the state’s abortion ban doesn’t violate Indiana's constitution

The Independent UK

Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law, study finds

This is the first analysis of live births since the law, which banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, went into effect in September 2021.

The Texas Tribune

Women’s interest in entering politics surged after Dobbs. So why aren’t they running? - Roll Call

Organizations that recruit women to run for office say interest swelled after the Dobbs decision, yet there isn't a surge in new candidates.

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First Thing: Christian ‘hate group’ funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations

Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights. Plus, Ketanji Jackson’s impassioned affirmative action dissent

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Christian legal non-profit funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations

Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights

The Guardian - US

Gov. Roy Cooper signs changes to NC’s 12-week abortion ban just hours before it takes effect

RALEIGH, N.C. —With less than 48 hours until North Carolina’s recently passed 12-week abortion ban goes into effect, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has signed last-minute changes initiated by Republicans into law.

Tribune News Service

Welsh MP quits government to vote against Northern Ireland sex education law

The Northern Irish law would see pupils past primary school taught about access to abortion services and prevention of early pregnancy

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Biden has reminded us yet again that he’s a weak and lukewarm ally of abortion rights

At a recent fundraiser he said he’s ‘not big on’ abortion. It’s not pro-choice activists who are out of step with the mainstream; it’s Joe Biden

The Guardian - US

Abortion-rights protester files federal civil rights lawsuit against Idaho State Police

BOISE, Idaho — On June 28, 2022, Avalon Hardy was arrested on the steps of the Idaho Capitol while counterprotesting an anti-abortion rights celebration.

Tribune News Service

Here’s when a judge says to expect a ruling on whether North Carolina abortion law can take effect

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The judge deciding whether North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban can immediately go into effect said she’ll likely make a decision by Friday, one day before the new law is set to take effect.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina lawmakers passed 12-week abortion ban. Now they want to make last-minute changes

Republicans are scrambling to stave off a legal challenge to the law

The Independent UK

Teaching of contraception and abortion access in Northern Ireland cleared by MPs

Updates to sex education in Northern Ireland will go ahead after an attempt by the DUP to halt the changes failed in the House of Commons. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris announced earlier this month that he planned to update require

Belfast Live

Maltese lawmakers to vote on watered-down abortion law as pro-choice coalitions withdraw support

Maltese lawmakers are expected to vote on landmark legislation to ease the the strictest abortion laws in the European Union

The Independent UK

Dozens of women accused of illegal abortions face police investigations

Women who have abortions after legal cut-off are ‘always in desperately vulnerable situations and are victims not criminals,’ prominent doctor warns

The Independent UK

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In Texas, a rare program offers hope for some of the most vulnerable women and babies

Many pregnant people struggling with substance abuse don't want to get help for fear of losing their children to the state. Casa Mía offers safe harbor.

Tribune News Service

Florida Supreme Court justice should recuse himself on key abortion case, says ex-chief justice

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.

Tribune News Service

Who is Catherine Eagles, the judge presiding over North Carolina’s abortion lawsuit?

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban has its first day in court Wednesday — but it isn’t the judge’s first time presiding over a case on abortion.

Axios

"It's gotten much more complicated": GOP's post-Roe abortion catch-22

Former President Trump and other Republican presidential hopefuls are skirting questions about what abortion policies they'd support if elected.

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Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon

A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal prosecution or loss of their medical license.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How the end of Roe turned into a threat to American democracy

A year ago, when the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. proclaimed the death of abortion rights to be a victory for American democracy, one that might de-escalate political conflict. A month ahead of the Dobbs anniversary, Washington Post columnist George Will…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: A year after the Dobbs decision on abortion, women are wondering: Is anyone listening?

It’s been a year since the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, upending a nearly 50-year constitutional precedent set by Roe v. Wade that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, one that was reaffirmed by Planned Parenthood…

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: For many women seeking abortions, all roads now lead to Illinois

June 24, 2022, was a devastating day for Jennifer Welsch, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. That was the day the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision overruled Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for states to ban or severely restrict abortion.

The Independent UK

Arguments over South Carolina abortion ban returns to newly all-male state Supreme Court

The right to an abortion is back before the highest court in South Carolina as Republicans try to restore a ban that was overturned by the court earlier this year

The Denver Post

One year after Dobbs, nonprofits spending millions more to help patients from outside Colorado get abortions

DENVER — When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Colorado abortion providers began to scramble — they had some plans in place, but they knew the demand for their services would go up significantly for people from other states. Advocacy groups also increased efforts to expand access through…

Fortune

One year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, employers haven't done enough to protect abortion rights

The easy things to do are already done. Now comes the hard part.

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