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Access to reproductive health care has been harder for Black and brown women – overturning Roe made it harder

In a mere few days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, at least seven states banned abortion.

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More than half of Floridians oppose abortion bans. Will they push back at the polls?

ORLANDO, Fla. — For Wendy Vargas, the recent elimination of a constitutional right to abortion — and the banning of the procedure in many Republican-controlled states — is an affront to her values as both a woman and an American.

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Lack of exceptions for rape or incest under Missouri abortion ban fuels anger from advocates

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Missouri House in 2019 debated the bill that became the state’s abortion ban, then-state Rep. Bryan Spencer quickly raised — and praised — the proposal’s lack of exceptions for victims of rape and incest.

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US Supreme Court decision could derail abortion rights moves in Latin America

MIAMI — The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing abortion rights is likely to energize efforts to curtail or ban the procedures throughout Latin America, where countries have been slowly moving toward allowing women greater reproductive rights, experts say.

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Abortion is on the ballot in Kansas. Will it motivate Democrats and help Davids?

WASHINGTON — As crowds grew in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of a landmark ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids’ campaign announced that, in Kansas, it would gather the next morning.

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There’s an antifeminist backlash silencing women – more and more literally

Powerful men are using defamation lawsuits to shut down allegations against them, and anti-choice groups are trying to pass laws criminalizing speech about abortion

The Guardian - US

First Thing: UK PM Boris Johnson to quit after extraordinary cabinet mutiny

Boris Johnson to resign as party leader but push to stay PM until autumn. Plus, Biden planned to nominate an anti-abortion lawyer

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Parmy Olson: Google should delete abortion search queries too

For days after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, big tech companies remained silent on what they would do with their troves of newly incriminating data on women in America. Then last Friday, as the country set off for the holiday weekend, Alphabet Inc.’s Google piped up.…

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Naomi Ishisaka: Even in liberal Washington state, the Catholic Church has too much influence on abortion access

With the end of Roe on so many of our minds, it might surprise those of us in liberal Seattle just how much abortion access in our state is under the control of the Catholic Church.

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Self-induced abortions can raise medical — and legal — questions for doctors

Doctors are thinking about how to help women who have questions or concerns after taking abortion pills at home — without putting themselves or their patients in jeopardy.

WEKU

What the U.S. can learn from abortion rights wins in Latin America

In the last two years, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have decriminalized or fully legalized abortion. Here's what Latin America's green wave can teach the movement in the U.S.

WEKU

Montana clinics preemptively restrict out-of-state patients' access to abortion pills

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but four of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

WEKU

50 year sentence for pregnancy loss

Laws like El Salvador's are "now being replicated in states across the U.S.," noted one observer

Salon

Connecticut tattoo parlor offering designs as fundraiser for pro-choice rights groups, ‘solidarity in the fight for reproductive freedom’

HARTFORD, Conn. -- One of the tattoos depicts a gravestone with the word “Patriarchy” across it.

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How the green bandanna became a symbol of the abortion rights movement

It is a ubiquitous symbol at abortion rights rallies across Latin America: the bright green bandanna.

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POINT: Originalism rules at this Supreme Court, and that’s a good thing

The three words that best describe the Supreme Court’s decisions this term are text, history and tradition. If that’s one word too many, try this: Originalism rules! And that’s a good thing.

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COUNTERPOINT: What’s worse than an ‘F’?

We can’t even imagine a grade adequate for the Supreme Court this year, as the current scale stops after only five letters. If we ever wondered how to get a worse grade than “F,” the U.S. Supreme Court showed us when they overturned abortion rights.

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At Dallas abortion rights protest, 10 Texans share their stories

DALLAS -- Nearly 50 years have passed since Jane Roe sued then-Dallas County Distrct Attorney Henry Wade for the right to have an abortion in Texas, forever making Dallas ground zero in the country’s ongoing fight about reproductive rights.

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Abortion rights hacktivists strike states with bans

An abortion rights hacktivist group says it launched cyberattacks against Arkansas and Kentucky state governments and leaked files from their servers to protest their bans on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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NC governor moves to protect abortion access, including for women from out of state

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina may become a destination for women who are seeking abortion care and coming from states with more restrictive laws since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.

Axios

Prenatal screening brings risk in post-Roe landscape

Abortion bans could could chill routine prenatal genetic tests

The Guardian - UK

Keeping mum: TV’s problem with women who don’t want kids

Nearly 25 years after Sex and the City, TV still has a hard time accepting child-free women. Post-Roe v Wade, that needs to change

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DeSantis stays quiet on abortion’s future in Florida as Republicans strategize

Florida is accustomed to Gov. Ron DeSantis volunteering his opinions on the political issues of the day, often telegraphing his plans for future state policy decisions during news conferences.

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Georgia Democrats rally against 'extremist' Supreme Court

DALTON, Ga. — Margaret Rhodes walked into a Democratic rally in a crowded North Georgia gym with an accessory: an aging abortion rights button she wore to show her disdain for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Bette Midler criticised for ‘racist’ tweet with photoshopped image of the Supreme Court in

‘This here is clearly Islamophobic. Yikes,’ one person commented

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