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Pa. Senate GOP committee advances late-night amendment to restrict abortion, require voter ID

HARRISBURG, Pa. — After 11 p.m. Thursday night, members of a state Senate committee advanced a constitutional amendment that would declare Pennsylvania residents do not have "any rights relating" to abortion, as well as a provision to require voter IDs when casting a ballot in the state.

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Joe Biden signs executive order to protect American women’s access to abortion

His presidential powers remain constrained and the executive order is expected to have a limited impact

Evening Standard

Biden issues executive order responding to abortion ruling - Roll Call

Order directing HHS to expand access to two-pill abortion regimen criticized by some groups for not going far enough.

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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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A new executive order aims to preserve abortion access, but its reach is limited

The order will create a new task force on reproductive health care and to coordinate additional steps to help people access abortions.

WEKU

‘They might have to give birth in chains’: Abortion access behind bars after the end of Roe v Wade

Abortion access in prisons was already ‘abysmal.’ The end of Roe v Wade made things even worse, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Biden signs executive order to help safeguard access to abortion, contraception

US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion.

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Brett Kavanaugh leaves DC restaurant via back door to avoid abortion rights protesters

Restaurant says patrons ‘were unduly harassed by unruly protestors while eating dinner’

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Biden to sign abortion executive order

Biden's order excludes certain actions that progressives have demanded, like allowing abortion on federal lands

Salon

Biden signs executive order to protect US abortion access and urges Americans to ‘vote, vote, vote’ – as it happened

US president says electing senators who would help codify Roe v Wade is the ‘fastest route’ to solidifying federal abortion rights – follow the latest

The Guardian - US

A 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio traveled to Indiana for abortion care. Her provider braces for new restrictions: ‘She is not alone’

Lawmakers in Indiana will consider new anti-abortion laws this summer, among the first states in a rush to criminalise care after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision. ‘It’s really stunning, the hypocrisy,’ Dr Caitlin Bernard, an obstetrician-gynecologist in the state, tells Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Biden decries ‘extreme Republicans’ as he signs order protecting abortion rights

Order directs federal agencies to undertake a number of initiatives to protect the right of women to access reproductive health care

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court decision on abortion creates 'patchwork of rights' based on where you live

After nearly 50 years, US states once more have the power to ban abortion. This follows a decision by the US Supreme Court in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, which struck down the 1973 decision in Roe v Wade, and declared: “Our decision returns the issue of abortion to those…

The Conversation

What is originalism? Did it underpin the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion and guns? Debunking the myths

Recent Supreme Court decisions overturning Roe v. Wade and expanding gun rights in the U.S. have led some legal experts to declare the “triumph of originalism.”

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Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights

Hip-hop culture is often recognized as being born on Aug. 11, 1973. That was about seven months after Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to choose to have an abortion.

The Conversation

There is no one Islamic interpretation on ethics of abortion, but the belief in God's mercy and compassion is a crucial part of any consideration

As a scholar of Islamic ethics, I’m often asked, “What does Islam say about abortion?” – a question that has become even more salient since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 50 years of constitutional protection for the right to get an abortion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…

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Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court 'out of control'

U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies.

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden signs executive order protecting access to abortion

Move by president signals start of White House fightback after supreme court struck down Roe v Wade

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Axios

Biden signs executive order on abortion access

Biden has faced intense pressure from his own party to act more aggressively on abortion in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Reason

Legal Questions about Abortion after Dobbs

Assume for now that Dobbs takes off the table the question of whether the 14th Amendment protects a right to abortion. What are the major legal questions about abortion likely to arise in the federal courts going forward? I've been trying to come up with a list of the major…

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Nadine Dorries has called for the time limit for abortions to be cut by four weeks and people are furious

It comes just weeks after the US Supreme Court ended the right to abortion in the states

Tribune News Service

Without Obergefell, most states would have same-sex marriage bans

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, but in most states, laws or constitutional amendments would revive the prohibition if the high court decides, as it did with abortion, that such unions are not a constitutionally protected right.

WEKU

Who and what is behind abortion ban trigger law bills? Two groups laid the groundwork

Two national organizations have gained a reputation for taking the lead on model legislation to restrict and block abortions. Now, states are needing to grapple with the laws they passed.

WEKU

Emergency contraception: How it works, how effective it is and how to get it

Emergency contraceptives and abortion pills are not the same thing, though people often confuse them. Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, it's vital to know the difference — and your options.

The Guardian - UK

The brutal US abortion ruling is a potential death sentence for all pregnant women

Doctors in many states are now barred from intervening unless they’re sure someone is about to die, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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