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One month to go before US mid-terms: Why abortion is a key campaign issue

In the United States, the midterms are now less than one month away. Local and statewide races are being held across the country with all 435 seats of the House and a third of the Senate up for grabs. And abortion has become one of the big hot-button issues, as…

France 24

Half of voters motivated by demise of Roe v. Wade, poll finds

Three-quarters of respondents motivated by Roe v. Wade being overturned say they intend to back candidates who support abortion rights.

Axios

New poll: Warnock-Walker close; Kemp builds lead over Abrams

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker remain in a neck-and-neck race for Georgia's wildly competitive Senate seat, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Georgia News Collaborative poll released Wednesday, while GOP Gov. Brian Kemp has a double-digit lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams.

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Biden weighs in on Herschel Walker abortion scandal with brutal one-word assessment

Biden, Democrats in Washington take swipes that Warnock is unwilling to try

The Independent UK

Film show: The life of Auschwitz survivor and abortion pioneer, Simone Veil

Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the latest film news, including “November” which delves into the traumatic aftermath of the 2015 Paris attacks, and “Simone: A Woman of the Century” about the extraordinary French woman Simone Veil, who played a leading role in legalising contraception and abortion…

France 24

US anti-abortion activist: Nicola Sturgeon is a 'bully' and Scotland like North Korea

AN American anti-abortion campaigner has compared Scotland to North Korea and claimed that Nicola Sturgeon is a “bully” and a “bigot”.

The National (Scotland)

The new state of healthcare in America: one for men and a worse one for women

After Roe v Wade, women in anti-abortion states can’t access life-saving medication for everything from chronic pain to lupus to ulcers

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Can Democrats win tight midterm races with a pro-choice message? Pat Ryan says yes

The congressman won a swing upstate New York district with a progressive platform – and says Democrats can use his playbook in November

The Guardian - US

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she'll serve full 4-year term if reelected

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed in an interview Tuesday to serve a full four-year term if she's reelected on Nov. 8, pushing back against speculation that a run for higher office could be in her near future.

Tribune News Service

Arizona abortions won't stop for a month while case proceeds

Legal abortions that restarted in Arizona this week after a court blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood ban will be able to continue for at least five weeks while an appeals court considers the case

The Independent UK

Mother of Herschel Walker’s child claims she had to press him to pay for abortion he had promised to fund

Georgia Senate race erupted after explosive accusation

The Independent UK

Early and absentee voting begins across New Mexico

Early voting is underway across New Mexico on a limited scale at county clerk’s offices, as election regulators began mailing absentee ballots by request to registered voters

The Independent UK

Wisconsin gov bids to make abortion a central issue in race

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he wouldn’t sign a bill that keeps in place the state’s 1849 ban on abortion but creates new exceptions for rape and incest

The Independent UK

Buffer zone to be set up outside Bournemouth abortion clinic

Anyone caught protesting or harassing visitors or staff could incur fixed penalty notice of £100

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Abortion on the ballot: here are the US states voting on a woman’s right to choose

Voters in five states will dramatically shape abortion policies for millions of women this November

The Independent UK

Walker campaigning with 2 GOP senators after abortion report

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is slated to campaign with Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Tom Cotton of Arkansas

Tribune News Service

Abortion bans skirt a medical reality: For many teens, childbirth is a dangerous undertaking

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Maryanna’s eyes widened as the waitress delivered dessert, a plate-sized chocolate chip cookie topped with hot fudge and ice cream.

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Pro-Warnock ad features Herschel Walker’s adult son

ATLANTA — A well-financed pro-Democratic group launched the first TV ad Tuesday that highlights backlash over reports that Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker paid for a girlfriend’s abortion despite his opposition to the procedure.

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As Walker struggles to firm up GOP base, Kemp aims to expand political map

ATLANTA — While Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker struggles to win over conservatives who were concerned with his candidacy even before a spate of damaging abortion reports, Gov. Brian Kemp is embarking on a vastly different mission to expand his base of support.

Axios

Democrats' abortion ad blitz

Dems are focusing on abortion while Republicans talk about Trump and the economy.

Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: The Supreme Court has a long history of failed leak probes

Although the matter is reportedly still up in the air, I’m hoping the Supreme Court releases its report on the investigation of a draft opinion in last spring’s abortion case. But I doubt we’ll learn the identity of the leaker. We never do.

WEKU

Want to know what message midterm candidates think will win? Follow the money

Ad spending by Democrats on abortion-related messaging took off after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, Republican spending on crime ads tripled in September.

WEKU

Key Senate races tighten with a flood of GOP ad spending

The field of the top 10 races most likely to flip finds Republicans making serious runs at five Democratic-controlled seats and Democrats contending in the other five.

Tribune News Service

Missouri Senate could be shifting further right this election. What policies could pass?

With a new crop of hard-right Republicans expected to join the Missouri Senate, some Democrats are worried that the upper chamber’s priorities will swing more to the right in the next legislative session.

Tribune News Service

Poll: Republican James leads Democrat Marlinga in Michigan's 10th District, doing better than Dixon in suburbs

DETROIT — With about a month until Election Day, a new poll shows Republican John James leading Democrat Carl Marlinga by nearly 8 percentage points in the race for Congress in Michigan's new 10th District covering parts of Macomb and Oakland counties.

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