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Indiana doctor's lawyer tells AG to halt false statements

An Indiana lawyer has emailed the state’s attorney general asking him to stop spreading false or misleading information about an Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion in June on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio

The Independent UK

Attorney for Indiana abortion provider urges AG to cease ‘false and misleading’ statements

Dr Caitlin Bernard’s attorney warns that Todd Rokita’s rhetoric and baseless allegations ‘have the potential to incite harassment or violence’

The Independent UK

Indiana AG warned over remark about abortion provided for a 10-year-old rape victim

A lawyer for the doctor who performed the abortion sent a cease and desist letter threatening legal action against Attorney General Todd Rokita for suggesting the doctor may have broken the law.

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‘It was very traumatic for her’: how conscientious objection hinders women’s access to abortion

How is a doctor’s right to refuse abortion on religious or moral grounds weighed against a woman’s right to healthcare?

The Guardian - AU

‘No one makes these kinds of decisions lightly’: the fear, grief and relief in accessing abortion in Australia

Guardian Australia asked readers to share their experiences of terminating pregnancy in Australia. These are their stories

The Guardian - AU

House votes 219-210 in favor of abortion rights bill; chance of passage slim in Senate

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives Friday voted along party lines to restore abortion rights nationwide, but the measure has no chance of passing the evenly divided Senate.

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Texas hospitals are putting pregnant patients at risk by denying care out of fear of abortion laws, medical group says

Medical professionals across the state have expressed confusion over what care they can provide amid Texas’ abortion ban, leading to some patients allegedly receiving delayed care or being turned away.

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House approves legislation to protect abortion access across US

Vote was largely symbolic as two bills stand all but no chance of overcoming Republican opposition in the evenly-divided Senate

The Guardian - US

Why is America so divided on abortion? Because a key conservative player planned it that way

There was a time in the United States when abortion wasn't so political, but one strategist believed it could be a potent issue that would ultimately deliver conservatives power.

ABC News

US House votes to restore abortion rights after end of Roe

Democratic-backed bills to restore abortion and defend out-of-state travel have little chance of passing in US Senate.

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Indiana hospital investigation clears doctor who performed abortion on 10-year-old Ohio rape victim

Conservatives have attempted to cast doubt on 10-year-old’s story

The Independent UK

House approves pair of bills to protect abortion access after collapse of Roe v Wade

The US House of Representatives passed two bills aimed at protecting abortion access across the US, the chamber’s first legislative attempts to bolster reproductive healthcare and secure abortion rights in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v Wade.

The Independent UK

House passes bill to protect interstate travel for abortions

The bill comes as red states are expected to enact laws to criminalize interstate travel for abortion.

Axios

Abortion has always been safer than pregnancy and childbirth

Letters: The US’s appalling record on maternal health is not confined to history, writes LA Moline, while Sue Kellaway recounts her grandmother’s experience of abortion in Hungary

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GOP witness: If rape, "not an abortion"

Catherine Glenn Foster was a Republican witness before Chairman Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee

The Independent UK

Murphy takes over governors association amid tensions, feuds

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey has taken over as the leader of the nation’s nonpartisan governors’ association in a time of deep divide between the states over issues such as abortion and gun control

The Conversation

The Supreme Court's ideological rulings are roiling US politics – just like when Lincoln and his Republicans remade the court to fit their agenda

Political conflict over the Supreme Court’s direction is raging in the aftermath of two sweeping rulings in the court’s most recent term, one which expanded individual gun rights and the other which removed constitutional protection for abortion. Those rulings were the product of a conservative majority made more muscular and…

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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Deadline day for attorneys to file arguments in Georgia's abortion law

ATLANTA — Attorneys debating Georgia's stalled anti-abortion law have through the end of the day Friday to file documents arguing their case to a panel of federal appeals judges after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.

The Independent UK

Texas hospitals delaying care over abortion law, letter says

The Texas Medical Association says some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban

The Independent UK

Lawyer defends doctor embroiled in political firestorm over 10-year-old’s abortion

‘She followed all relevant policies, procedures, and regulations in this case, just as she does every day to provide the best possible care for her patients,’ lawyer says

The Conversation

More young voters could come out to vote in November, sparked by abortion and other hot political issues

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has far-reaching personal and political implications and may help decide the midterm elections in November 2022.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. House approves Rep. Lizzie Fletcher’s bill to protect the right to seek an abortion out of state

The bill would also shield the rights of any person or group helping someone get an abortion out of state.

The Guardian - UK

A complicated story: why we need nuanced depictions of abortion in books

A long-dormant topic has now been given a moving, powerful and timely literary anthology, beautifully edited by Annie Finch

WEKU

Texas conservatives have a plan to get around DAs who won't enforce abortion laws

A Republican state legislator's proposal would allow prosecutors from around the state to step in when local DAs refuse to press charges over abortion, as at least five Texas prosecutors have vowed.

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