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Woman with Down’s syndrome loses court of appeal abortion law case

Heidi Crowter argued that the law was discriminatory and stigmatised disabled people

The Guardian - UK

Courts rule on fight to change abortion laws affecting UK mums-to-be

A challenge was made to try to limit the time some people could have terminations

Wales Online

Woman with Down’s syndrome loses abortion case appeal

Heidi Crowter brought legal action in the hope of removing part of the Abortion Act she believes to be an ‘instance of inequality’.

The Independent UK

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Woman with Down’s syndrome loses bid to cut abortion limit on babies with condition

Heidi Crowter brought legal action in the hope of removing part of the Abortion Act she believes to be an ‘instance of inequality’

The Independent UK

Heidi Crowter: Woman with Down’s Syndrome loses legal challenge to abortion law

A woman with Down’s Syndrome has lost her legal challenge over legislation with allows the abortion of babies with the condition up until birth.

Evening Standard

Woman loses bid to change abortion laws of babies with Down's syndrome up until birth

Heidi Crowter, 27, from Coventry, brought legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care in the hope of removing a section of the Abortion Act she believes to be an “instance of inequality”

Daily Mirror

What we know (and don't know) about how abortion affected the midterms

What can polls tell us? (Not a lot.) Why did ballot measures favor abortion rights while abortion rights opponents won handily? (It's complicated.) And more lessons from the midterms.

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French parliament approves bill adding abortion rights to constitution

Lawmakers in France's lower house of parliament voted Thursday to add the right to abortion to the constitution. The move was approved with 337 votes for and 32 against, with the bill now set to be sent to the conservative-majority Senate for approval.

Radio France Internationale

Two Georgia Supreme Court orders jostle pre-runoff landscape

ATLANTA — A pair of one-page orders by the Georgia Supreme Court jostled the political landscape days before the Dec. 6 runoff between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

Tribune News Service

France's answer on abortion: Should constitution include a woman's right to choose?

Who would have thought that a Supreme Court ruling in the United States could trigger a constitutional amendment in France? After all, there is zero threat here to a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy, a right that has been on the books since 1975. Earlier this month we saw…

France 24

France moves closer to making abortion a constitutional right

Lower house approves resolution to guarantee access to ‘the right to voluntarily end a pregnancy’

The Guardian - UK

French lawmakers approve bill enshrining abortion rights in the constitution

French lawmakers voted on Thursday to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution, with MPs on the left and centre saying the US Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark ruling in June showed the need for new steps.

France 24

Patient mistrust and poor access hamper federal efforts to overhaul family planning

JACKSON, Miss. — Two years ago, after an emergency cesarean section at a Mississippi hospital, Sherika Trader was denied a tubal ligation. Trader, now 33, was told that to have her tubes tied, she had to have a second child or a husband’s permission, even though she wasn’t married.

Tribune News Service

French lower house votes to make abortion a constitutional right

France's lower house on Thursday voted by a large majority to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution, with MPs on the left and centre saying the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark ruling in June showed the need for new steps.

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The Independent UK

France debates enshrining abortion rights in constitution

Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament have begun debating a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution

Salon

Georgia reinstates 6-week abortion ban

"It is outrageous that this extreme law is back in effect, just days after being rightfully blocked"

Tribune News Service

Abortion continued its decline during pandemic driven by drop in teen rates

The number of abortions reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control fell once again in 2020, extending a decade-long downward trend, largely driven by a decrease in rates among teens.

WEKU

Georgia's highest court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks

A lower court's decision had prohibited enforcement of the abortion ban statewide. Seven of the state's nine justices agreed to let the ban go into effect.

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The Independent UK

Georgia high court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks

The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy

The Independent UK

Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is reinstated one week after judge struck down law

Abortion rights advocates and plaintiffs embroiled in legal challenge warn anti-abortion measure will cause ‘immense harm’

Axios

Georgia Supreme Court reinstates state's 6-week abortion ban

The Georgia Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ruling that struck down the six-week abortion ban.

Tribune News Service

Georgia Supreme Court orders state’s abortion law back into effect during legal process

ATLANTA — Georgia’s 2019 abortion law that restricts the procedure once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity will be back in effect during the legal process, the state Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday.

The Conversation

US midterms: why gen Z and millennials came out to vote and why it marks a generational shift

An exceptionally high turnout of young voters swung key state battles in favour of the Democrats in the 2022 US midterms. It’s estimated that more than a quarter of registered voters aged between 18 and 29 years of age cast a ballot in elections that saw the Democrats maintain control…

The Independent UK

Pope Francis IDs successor to conservative Providence bishop

Pope Francis has named a coadjutor bishop to assist conservative Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin and succeed him when he retires

The Independent UK

Herschel Walker makes awkward ‘erection’ gaffe amid abortion scandal

‘This erection is about the people’

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