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Poll: One year after SB 8, Texans express strong support for abortion rights

One year after a restrictive abortion law took effect, a poll shows a majority of Texans surveyed say they support abortion access in most or all cases. Many say the issue will motivate them to vote.

WEKU

Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the verge of making it easier for nurse practitioners to provide abortions, barring coroner investigations following a fetal death and dedicating $20 million to expand access to reproductive care programs in Los Angeles County under bills passed by the state Legislature before the body…

Los Angeles Times

Some abortion bans put patients, doctors at risk in emergencies

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, emergency health care providers in states that ban abortion have had to make wrenching legal and ethical judgments before treating a pregnant woman whose health or life may be in peril.

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Kansas has one of the most competitive US House seat races. Does Davids or Adkins have momentum?

WASHINGTON — Republicans created fertile ground for Amanda Adkins to win the Kansas 3rd Congressional District, but shifting national momentum might stifle their chances of a successful harvest in the fall.

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Most human embryos naturally die after conception – restrictive abortion laws fail to take this embryo loss into account

Many state legislatures are seriously considering human embryos at the earliest stages of development for legal personhood. Total abortion bans that consider humans to have full rights from the moment of conception have created a confusing legal domain that affects a wide range of areas, including assisted reproductive technologies, contraception,…

The Conversation

Japan law forcing women to get husband’s consent for abortion condemned

‘Japan’s government should be embarrassed to still be imposing a requirement for spousal consent to abortion and should remove this requirement immediately,’ says campaigner

The Independent UK

The New Abortion Prohibition Era

We already know what happens when governments try to impose prohibitions: messy, deadly black markets.

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Fetterman fights for reproductive rights

"Oz knows his position isn't popular," the frontrunner in the 2022 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race says

Salon

Robin Abcarian: A big GOP 'uh-oh': Republican midterm candidates try to hide their anti-abortion truths

It's fair to say I am a single-issue voter. If a candidate does not support the right to safe and legal abortion, they can kiss my vote goodbye.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: California is giving tech companies a new weapon to protect women's digital privacy

Digital privacy is a huge concern in the post-Roe world, one where women's bodies, or at least their uteruses, are increasingly considered community property in less enlightened states than California.

Los Angeles Times

No more 'nuance': Democrats slam GOP abortion-rights backers

The few Republican candidates across the U.S. this year who say they support abortion rights still find themselves under attack on the issue

The Independent UK

Palin defeat in Alaska and Kansas abortion vote show 2022 midterms will be Roe election

Turns out Joe Biden was right when he said ‘Roe is on the ballot’, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Abortion providers get funding boost from Chicago officials

Two Chicago-based organizations that help individuals who are seeking an abortion will split $500,000 from the Chicago Department of Public Health to help those traveling to Illinois for the medical procedure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Word-spacing issue keeps abortion and voting amendment from Michigan's ballot; court fight expected

DETROIT — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines on certification of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, pushing the battle over the fate of the proposal into the Michigan Supreme Court.

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The Independent UK

Nurse practitioner says CVS fired her over abortion stance

A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia has sued CVS Health after she says she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at its MinuteClinic medical facilities

The Independent UK

Oklahoma AG urges prosecution for performing an abortion

Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor is urging prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to pursue criminal charges against anyone who performs an elective abortion in the state

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mehmet Oz called abortion ‘murder’ during the Pa. Republican Senate primary, recording reveals

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz called abortion “murder” during a campaign event in May, according to a newly revealed audio recording, using harsher language with conservative supporters than he typically has on the campaign trail.

WEKU

The Michigan supreme court set to decide whether voters see abortion on the ballot

Michigan's Board of Canvassers rejected an abortion rights initiative on Wednesday after its Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on November's ballot.

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Abortion returns spotlight to obscure Mich. board

A once obscure Michigan elections panel is back in the spotlight after rejecting a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution and another to expand voting

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Whitmer to tech giants: Don't 'harm' women seeking abortions

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer encouraged the leaders of the nation's top tech companies to take "immediate measures" Wednesday to protect users' data, suggesting the information could be used to prosecute women or medical professionals involved in abortions.

Al Jazeera

Michigan mulls putting abortion rights initiative before voters

Emotions run high in the US state as election board considers putting abortion rights to a vote in November.

The Independent UK

Abortion ban reaches S. Carolina Senate despite GOP factions

While the results of this month’s Kansas abortion vote have shaken some Republicans’ appetite for additional restrictions, South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a ban with limited exceptions

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats have a real November abortion advantage

For all the giddiness among many right-wing lawmakers and personalities at the court’s decision to overturn Roe, it was clear from the get-go that this would be bad for Republicans.

The Independent UK

Dr Oz says all abortion is ‘murder’ in audio resurfaced days after he publicly opposed federal ban

The GOP candidate’s remarks are a dramatic departure from earlier comments made in 2019 that were considerably more pro-choice

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vs Rishi Sunak: Where do they stand on women’s issues?

The candidates’ stances on abortion rights and tackling violence against women

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