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City Council poised to protect right to abortion by declaring Chicago a ‘bodily autonomy sanctuary city’

The new ordinance would prohibit Chicago police or any other agency of local government from cooperating in investigations that seek to criminalize women who come to Chicago seeking abortions and other reproductive care.

Chicago Sun-Times

Poll: Abortion isn’t top issue for many Georgia voters

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats hoping the battle over abortion rights will upend the midterm elections got mixed news from an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released this week.

Tribune News Service

Wisconsin's Evers proposes pathway for abortion vote

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who is making abortion rights a central focus of his reelection campaign, is calling the Republican-controlled Legislature into a special session to pass a measure creating a way for voters to repeal the state’s 1849 abortion ban

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More states extend postpartum Medicaid since Roe’s demise

Restrictions on abortion likely will result in more unwanted pregnancies being carried to term. Experts predict that will worsen the nation’s already high rate of maternal deaths — unless states spend a lot more on health care and social and economic supports for women, children and families.

Tribune News Service

Heartbreaking journey after abortion ban

“It was just a matter of time before the baby died," said 27-year-old Lauren Hall

Salon

New abortion laws jeopardize cancer treatment for pregnant patients

As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the South, cancer physicians are wrestling with how new state laws will influence their discussions with pregnant patients about what treatment options they can offer.

Tribune News Service

Republicans struggle for consensus on next steps concerning abortion

WASHINGTON — Republicans from Georgia and other states are sending mixed messages on abortion, both claiming the issue should be left up to states while supporting a new federal ban.

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Lindsey Graham taunted for making complete U-turn on whether states should decide abortion rights

Senator’s newest statements are direct contradiction of his remarks from just a few weeks ago

The Independent UK

Democrats focus on abortion ahead of US midterms, spending shows

Roughly 1 in 3 TV advertisement dollars spent by Democrats and their allies have focused on abortion, AP analysis finds.

Al Jazeera

U.S. House Republicans to push energy, crime and immigration agenda in midterms push

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will unveil plans this week to support the U.S. energy industry, fight crime and combat illegal immigration as they seek to gain the upper hand in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

Reuters

Large crowd attends anti-abortion demonstration in Dublin

An independent review into termination of pregnancy services in Ireland is currently under way

Irish Mirror

How Texas’ abortion laws turned a heartbreaking fetal diagnosis into a cross-country journey

“It was just a matter of time before the baby died, or maybe I’d have to go through the trauma of carrying to term knowing I wasn’t bringing a baby home,” said 27-year-old Lauren Hall. “I couldn’t do that.”

The Texas Tribune

Ad spending shows Dems hinging midterm hopes on abortion

Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights

The Independent UK

Ad spending shows Dems hinging midterm hopes on abortion

Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights

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Minnesota Poll: Narrow majority opposes overturning Roe v. Wade

MINNEAPOLIS — Slightly more than half of Minnesotans oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and think abortions should be legal in most or all cases, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE-TV Minnesota Poll.

Chicago Sun-Times

What’s at stake in Illinois, now that Indiana has made most abortions illegal

Indiana has joined surrounding states that also have abortion restrictions. In Illinois, we expect to see an additional 20,000 to 30,000 extra patients travel to our state for abortion care in the next year.

The Independent UK

Judge says alleged clinic shooter can be forcibly medicated

A federal judge says a mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated to try to make him competent to stand trial

The Independent UK

Indiana judge weighing bid to block state's new abortion ban

A top state lawyer has derided arguments that Indiana’s new abortion ban violates the state constitution, saying that Indiana had such laws in place when the constitution was drafted in 1851 and that opponents of the ban are trying to invent a state right to privacy

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Prosecutor ousted by DeSantis to stay suspended during trial

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a state prosecutor suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis will remain out of office while his court case against the Republican governor moves to trial

Tribune News Service

More Texans support overturning Roe v. Wade but still split on abortion, new poll shows

WASHINGTON — More Texans said they support the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll that shows a 7-point jump from August.

Texas Observer

Texas’ Constitution Could Be Key to Resecuring Abortion Rights

Our founding state document enshrines the right to privacy. Come November, we must elect judicial representatives who will interpret it faithfully.

Tribune News Service

Can Beto O’Rourke persuade enough non-Democrats to dump Greg Abbott? Poll casts doubt

DALLAS – Beto O’Rourke has made courting independents and Republicans whose votes could be up for grabs a critical component of his campaign to unseat GOP incumbent Greg Abbott.

Salon

Abortion bans affect cancer treatment

In states with abortion bans, doctors have questions about how they can treat pregnant patients with cancer

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Growing numb’: Frustrated McConnell tries to keep focus on inflation, not culture wars

WASHINGTON – The Louisville mother who has sketched out a plan just to pay for groceries. The Nevada office worker who has replaced her children’s juice with water. The Arizona family forced to the food bank to put dinner on the table.

The Conversation

Proposed federal abortion ban evokes 19th-century Comstock Act – a law so unpopular it triggered the centurylong backlash that led to Roe

Sen. Lindsey Graham has proposed a national U.S. abortion ban barring the procedure after 15 weeks. This push to restrict abortion access across the country follows a rash of new state laws passed by Republicans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.

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