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How Canada's colonial legacy impacts indigenous women today

Over the past several years, hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered near the sites of Canada's former residential schools, in which the government forcibly placed some 150,000 indigenous children. In what's been described as cultural genocide, both boys and girls were subjected to psychological and physical abuse. But the…

France 24

Kate Forbes accused of lying about responding to abortion rights letter but ally takes blame

Campaign group Back Off Scotland claimed that Forbes lied on Thursday's Channel 4 debate that she had responded to their letter on abortion rights.

Daily Record

Republicans push wave of bills that would bring homicide charges for abortion

Proliferation of bills in Texas, Kentucky and elsewhere ‘exposes fundamental lie of anti-abortion movement’, experts say

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Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas' Facebook account liked posts that called Chicago ‘hell hole’ and attacked Democrats; he again denies involvement

CHICAGO — Paul Vallas’ Facebook account liked a series of comments that attacked Democrats, referred to Chicago as a “hell hole” and “S---cago” and labeled Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker “the king of full term abortion,” a Chicago Tribune review of his social media found.

Chicago Tribune

Colorado laws to expand abortion access, protect providers and patients proposed in state Capitol

DENVER — Colorado Democratic lawmakers introduced a package of three bills Thursday that, if passed, would increase and protect access to abortion and gender-affirming care in the state.

The Denver Post

Colorado Democrats to bolster haven against abortion bans

Colorado lawmakers are looking to strengthen the state’s role as a safe haven for abortion rights in a region largely dominated by conservative states that have restricted the practice

The Independent UK

SNP candidates clash over abortion buffer zones in TV debate

The SNP leadership candidates faced off in a televised debate on Channel 4 on Thursday.

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Kate Forbes campaign denies 'lying' accusations over abortion buffer zone letter

KATE Forbes’s campaign has said she did respond to a pressure group after they accused her of lying about doing so.

The National (Scotland)

Group files petitions to restore abortion rights in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri abortion rights supporters on Wednesday filed a flurry of ballot initiatives seeking to ask voters in 2024 to restore some form of abortion rights in a state where the procedure is almost entirely banned.

Tribune News Service

Missouri voters could restore abortion rights in 2024

Missouri voters could decide whether to restore abortion rights if proposed constitutional amendments make it on the 2024 ballot

The Independent UK

Macron promises to enshrine abortion rights in French constitution

At a ceremony paying tribute to the late feminist activist Gisèle Halimi, French President Emmanuel Macron promised that a draft law enshrining abortion rights in the constitution would be put forward within months.

Radio France Internationale

UK’s abortion law ‘in desperate need of reform’ as it is ‘not safe’ – Tory MP

Jackie Doyle-Price expressed her dismay in the Commons.

The Independent UK

Abortion pill Mifepristone got Walgreens into hot water

Two parallel storylines related to the pill are capturing headlines.

Fortune

How a pastor is trying to revive a 150-year-old US law to ban abortion

Mark Lee Dickson is trying to get the federal anti-obscenity law at the heart of ordinances enforced across the US

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Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Will the real Ron DeSantis please stand up?

Smiling and relaxed, Gov. Ron DeSantis made a serious effort to present a warmer and more reasonable likeness of himself in his State of the State address Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Walgreens is despicable for bowing to pressure not to sell abortion pills in some states

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this year that it would allow drugstore chains to sell mifepristone, the highly regulated first drug taken in a two-drug regimen for medication abortion, Walgreens and other pharmacy chains eagerly stepped up and said they would go through the required certification…

Chicago Sun-Times

California to end drug contract with Walgreens after abortion dispute

Gov. Gavin Newsom orders the state to not renew a contract with Walgreens after the company said it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative states.

Chicago Tribune

At first debate of Chicago mayoral runoff, Johnson attacks Vallas’ record as rival tries to stay above the fray

CHICAGO — The first debate of Chicago’s mayoral runoff election featured a series of attacks from Brandon Johnson on Paul Vallas, who largely avoided attacking in kind, even as the criticism escalated.

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Women's Day rallies call for abortion rights, equal pay and an end to Afghanistan's 'gender apartheid'

Rallies, conferences and events marking International Women's Day take place across the globe, focusing on abortion, equal pay and an end to gender repressive laws in countries including Afghanistan and Iran.

Bangkok Post

'Snip-snip! Hooray!': TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths

WASHINGTON: Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.

Tribune News Service

California cancels $54 million Walgreens contract over abortion pill fight

Making good on a threat he made Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that California will cancel a $54 million contract with Walgreens as punishment for the pharmacy’s decision not to distribute abortion pills in states where attorneys general have warned it would be illegal.

The Independent UK

California to end Walgreens contract after abortion dispute

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is withdrawing a $54 million contract with Walgreens

The Independent UK

Mississippi advances initiative process but not for abortion

Mississippi might revive an initiative process, but people would be banned from putting abortion laws or budget proposals on the statewide ballot

Tribune News Service

Michigan Senate votes to repeal abortion ban dating back to 1840s

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to repeal state law's broad abortion ban that dates back to the 1840s, placing the change one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature.

The Independent UK

The problem with Walgreens and mifepristone

When the company bowed to Republican pressure and said it wouldn’t provide abortion pills in 20 states — even states where the abortion pill is legal — all hell broke loose. Then California made a shock announcement. Holly Baxter reports

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