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Understanding Roe v Wade and why it was overturned

The now-dead landmark ruling enshrined constitutional protections for abortion care

The Independent UK

First Thing: Man in custody after six shot dead at Fourth of July parade

Witnesses speak of their terror after at least six killed and 30 injured at public event in Highland Park, Chicago. Plus, US drag queens stand their ground

The Guardian - UK

Abortion worries heightened for unauthorized immigrants in the U.S

Last week calls from Texas began flooding into a national abortion assistance hotline with Spanish-language operators: One woman called afraid to fly to New Mexico because of her immigration status. Another woman said she would have to keep her pregnancy because she feared deportation if she crossed state lines. A…

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How the end of Roe and the Uvalde school shooting could reshape the race for Texas governor

A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead the state, where Republican incumbent Greg Abbott remains the favorite but is confronting his toughest Democratic opponent yet in Beto O’Rourke.

The Texas Tribune

Economists rush to understand the post-Roe world

"What we're looking at is a natural experiment of a magnitude we haven't seen since the Roe era."

Axios

This terrifying backslide on LGBTQ rights is a threat to women’s rights too

It’s no surprise that people opposing the rights of this minority are also anti-abortion, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Health experts see rise in maternal mortality post-Roe

States that ban or are likely to ban abortion already tend to have limited access to health care.

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Patricia Murphy: Women, it's time to run for something

The news on Jan. 23, 1973, that the Supreme Court had legalized women's access to abortion through Roe v. Wade wasn't even the top story in The Atlanta Constitution that day.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Missouri legislation previewed how far post-Roe radicals may be ready to go

One of the more shameful moments in congressional history was the passage in 1850 of the Fugitive Slave Act. It required that even slavery-free Northern states must abet that evil institution by returning enslaved people who’d escaped from the South and believed they had attained freedom. With the Supreme Court’s…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Doyle McManus: After Roe v. Wade reversal, a new war between the states

WASHINGTON — The polarization of American politics, a trend that began long before Donald Trump ran for president, isn’t running out of steam. If anything, it’s accelerating.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The filibuster is further endangering abortion rights. It's time to scrap it

The irony is thick: A Republican president took office despite getting fewer votes than his opponent, then installed three conservative Supreme Court justices — and now that court majority has ignored America’s majority, not to mention its own precedent, to impose its ideological will on society. The fall of Roe…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Meddling DAs, targeting travel: Texas lawmakers already full of awful abortion ideas

Now that Texas and the nation have had a week to absorb the reality of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, lawmakers, activists and legal analysts are trying to figure out how far states can — and will — go to eradicate abortion.

Tribune News Service

How companies offering to cover travel for out-of-state abortions might work

Major companies like Nike and Tesla say they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel for the procedure. But several potential pitfalls abound.

WEKU

‘No one can be neutral’: Planned Parenthood’s chief on abortion rights

Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of the US’s largest abortion provider, outlines the three goals she has to get women the access they need

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Commentary: Why it is critical to talk to your kids about abortion rights

With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, one group that may feel unsure about how and whether to discuss the decline of women’s rights is parents. It’s tempting to assume that adult issues such as abortion are inappropriate or irrelevant from a child’s perspective. But as a developmental psychology professor…

The Independent UK

Katy Perry fans call out singer for Roe v Wade tweet: ‘You supported an anti-abortion billionaire’

Fans were referencing a tweet in which Perry endorsed Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs

After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where abortion is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies

The Guardian - US

After Roe, are Republicans willing to expand the social safety net?

The party has shown little enthusiasm to help those affected by unplanned pregnancies – is anything likely to change?

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The Independent UK

Roe v Wade: Jessica Chastain mourns loss of reproductive rights in scathing 4 July post

Many celebrities including Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez have criticised the abortion ruling

The Guardian - UK

Legal, yet virtually banned: Turkish women denied right to free, safe abortions

With a de facto ban across much of Turkey, women are having to beg from hospital to hospital or seek private terminations – if they can afford it

The Conversation

How the US Supreme Court has become right-wing, and do recent decisions give Democrats hope at the midterms?

The US Supreme Court’s annual term usually finishes at the end of June, so late June is when the most important decisions are likely to be announced.

Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry lead celebs 'cancelling' Fourth of July after abortion ruling

A number of celebrities, including Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, chose not to celebrate the Fourth of July this year and let their feelings known on social media

The Guardian - AU

Anti-abortion group claims SA politicians pledged to ‘take forward’ bill reversing new medical laws

Labor and Liberal members deny making any such agreement with Enid Lyons List, a group with stated aim of getting more “pro-life” women into parliament

The Independent UK

10-year-old rape victim forced to travel for abortion care underscores extreme post-Roe restrictions

At least 10 states make no exceptions for pregnancies from rape or incest

Tribune News Service

‘We’re going to be flying people north’: How some patients will travel due to Florida’s 15-week abortion law

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s new 15-week ban on abortions will likely mean more patients traveling out of state for the procedure — prompting a string of organizations to raise funds for trips hundreds of miles away, anywhere from North Carolina to New York.

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