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Commentary: Under Biden, US promotes abortion abroad

Even as pro-life Americans celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration has been busy promoting abortion abroad.

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Calls for anti-abortion buffer zones grow - but campaigners say decision can't be made locally

Back Off Scotland has raised concerns that anti-abortion protestors could travel to different local authorities if protest-free buffer zones aren't implemented across the country.

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World Health Organisation warns Supreme Court’s abortion decision is a ‘setback’ that will cost lives

Ending legal care and criminalising providers will have far-reaching consequences, WHO director warns

The Independent UK

‘I couldn’t have the baby’: Honduras’s poor suffer most from draconian abortion laws

Thousands of women and young girls living in poverty are forced to turn to a deadly illegal trade – risking jail and their lives

The Guardian - UK

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a lot to celebrate

Last week Clarence Thomas achieved two long-sought goals: expanding gun rights and overturning Roe v. Wade’s nationwide protection for abortion

The Independent UK

Walgreens to offer travel benefits for some workers seeking abortions

Walgreens will reimburse many of its workers for travel expenses if they have to venture more than 50 miles for an abortion, the company said Wednesday — a move that follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week ending federal protection for abortion.

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Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don't match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade

The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Conversation

Casten defeats Newman in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District

Sean Casten defeated Marie Newman and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. Casten and Newman are members of the U.S. House of Representatives running for re-election in the same district due to redistricting.

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Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute more tribal crimes

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Arizona attorney general: Pre-state abortion ban enforceable

Arizona’s Republican attorney general says that a pre-statehood law that bans all abortions is enforceable

The Independent UK

Texas nurses say ban on abortion is merely the start of the health problems women will face

Health workers caring for pregnant women now face a bewildering array of legal questions.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar tells progressives to back off after narrow primary win

"[L]et me be me, and I'll keep this seat as a Democrat."

Axios

Missouri health system reverses course, resumes offering emergency contraception after assurances

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Health System said Wednesday it would resume providing emergency contraceptives, reversing course less than 24 hours after The Kansas City Star first reported it was no longer providing Plan B.

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The Guardian - UK

UK doctors call for free abortions for Americans unable to access them

British Medical Association votes to lobby UK government on the issue after an emergency debate on the overturning of Roe v Wade

The Independent UK

AOC says pro-Trump colleagues who sought pardons should be expelled from Congress at a ‘bare minimum’

New York congresswoman calls on Democrats to get serious about both Jan 6 and abortion rights

The Independent UK

Some Missouri hospitals briefly halt emergency contraception

A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges if they provide the medication known as the morning-after pill, even for sexual assault victims, only to restart the procedures on Wednesday

Newcastle Herald

'Not the right jurisdiction': councillors clash over abortion

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The Independent UK

Louisiana AG warns doctors against performing abortions

Louisiana's attorney general is warning doctors against performing abortions, despite a judge’s order blocking the state from enforcing its ban on the procedure

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Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans

It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Abortion landscape under state 'heartbeat' laws

Laws banning most abortions at the point of the “first detectable heartbeat"are beginning to take effect following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision

The Independent UK

Democrats energized by tight race in GOP-leaning Nebraska

A special election in Nebraska that was supposed to be an easy win for House Republicans ended up as the tightest race in decades in the GOP-dominated district

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Abortion ruling sparks wave of new legal issues

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that abortion is not a constitutional right, federal and state courts around the country saw a rush of activity as abortion rights advocates raised new legal challenges and states sought judges’ clearance to limit abortions

Evening Standard

WHO boss calls US Supreme Court abortion ruling a ‘setback’ that will ‘cost lives’

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the ruling has a ‘major impact’ on women from the poorest communities

WEKU

Major health system stops, then resumes Plan B amid Missouri's abortion ban ambiguity

Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several hospitals in the Kansas City area, said it was concerned about the risk of criminal prosecution by offering the emergency contraceptive.

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