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The four key turning points that led to the fall of Roe vs. Wade

WASHINGTON — The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016 initially seemed to end hopes conservatives had for overturning Roe vs. Wade.

Los Angeles Times

SCOTUS just overturned Roe v. Wade, here's how to fight back

A few suggestions for aid and support during a very dark time.

Input

Roe v. Wade overturned: US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion

The US Supreme Court moves to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that grants protection to abortion rights across America. The decision is set to provoke national outrage.

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Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more

It’s striking that, as with many other gender equality issues, the positions of men in relation to abortion are rarely discussed.

The Conversation

Here's where abortions are now banned or strictly limited, and where they may be soon

With the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion bans in many states are starting to kick in. Here are the states with laws with abortion bans and restrictions in place.

WEKU

Where is abortion legal? In red states, women navigate a chaotic abortion landscape

ATLANTA — The impact was immediate: the moment the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Robin Marty, the operations director of the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, told nurses, desk staff and a doctor on Friday they could no longer provide abortions.

Los Angeles Times

Roe v Wade: How to support abortion rights in the UK

More than 210,000 abortions took place in England and Wales in 2020

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Trending On Twitter: Roe Ruling Condemned By Obama, Praised By Conservatives

Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision widened the partisan divide that has bifurcated the nation, with abortion-rights supporters bitterly denouncing the ruling while anti-abortion factions reacting with jollity that often bordered on sarcasm.

Benzinga

With Roe overturned, Illinois — a Midwest refuge for abortion care — prepares for influx of patients from other states

CHICAGO — Illinois’ role as a haven of abortion care in the Midwest was magnified Friday, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a watershed decision that reverses nearly a half-century of federally protected reproductive freedoms.

Chicago Tribune

Confidence in SCOTUS at all-time low

A paltry 13% of Democrats have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the Supreme Court

Salon

What’s next after Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling?

Clinics that provide abortion care across Illinois expect an influx of women from surrounding states. All of the adjacent states — Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and Iowa — are poised to ban or dramatically curtail abortion access.

Chicago Sun-Times

Joe Biden says women’s lives now at risk after Supreme Court votes to oveturn right to abortion

Mr Biden calls Supreme Court’s decision ‘tragic error’ saying it risks women’s lives

Evening Standard

‘I was worried I had been permanently mutilated’: what abortion was like before Roe v Wade

In 1968, Ann Hill discovered she was pregnant while a law student. With abortion illegal, she was forced to have a backstreet operation. She explains how it inspired her to become a women’s rights campaigner

The Guardian - UK

Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion rights ‘big step backwards’, says Johnson

The US Supreme Court ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of US states.

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Abortion and the Supreme Court: A short legal history of Roe

WASHINGTON — The early American laws prohibiting abortion were adopted in the 19th century in an era when women could not vote or hold elective office.

Tribune News Service

Roe v. Wade is dead. Can you still get an abortion in California after the Supreme Court decision?

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade on Friday, sparking outrage throughout the vastly pro-choice Bay Area and the state. So what does this move mean for Californians?

Roll Call

Steps from the court, lawmakers plot next moves on abortion - Roll Call

The Supreme Court decision on abortion marks a new milestone in the fight over reproductive health, as both sides look ahead.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans cheer end of Roe v. Wade while Democrats vow to fight back in November

Attorney General Ken Paxton declared on Twitter that he would be closing his office and “making it an annual holiday” in honor of the Supreme Court decision.

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The Independent UK

Biden condemns ‘sad day’ as Roe v Wade overturned by ‘extreme’ Supreme Court

‘Make no mistake, this decision is the culmination of a deliberate effort over decades, to upset the balance of our law’

Wales Online

Abortion ban likely in half US states after court overturns ruling

Individual states will now be able to set their own rules after the decision following a lengthy legal battle

The Conversation

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade – but for abortion opponents, this is just the beginning

The United States Supreme Court has handed down a ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that found there was a constitutional right to abortion.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson brands US Supreme Court abortion ruling a 'big step backwards'

The Prime Minister weighed in over the US Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v Wade, which will allow individual states to ban terminations

Tribune News Service

What does abortion access look like in North Carolina after Supreme Court decision?

With Friday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, North Carolina is now one of the last states in the South to protect a pregnant person’s right to abortion.

The Texas Tribune

Abortions in Texas have stopped after Attorney General Ken Paxton said pre-Roe bans could be in effect, clinics say

Paxton and some anti-abortion activists are arguing that state laws that banned abortion before Roe v. Wade — and were never repealed — could now be in effect in Texas.

Tribune News Service

As the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Connecticut continues to be ‘safe harbor’ for women seeking an abortion

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade national protections for abortion on Friday, Connecticut has become a “safe harbor” for women seeking an abortion.

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