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Abortion and bioethics: Principles to guide U.S. abortion debates

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. If the court’s decision hews close to the leaked draft opinion first published by Politico in May 2022, the court’s new conservative majority will…

The Conversation

Abortion Bans Bring First Amendment Battles, Too

Looking back at how abortion advertising bans played out last century may give us some idea what the future holds for free speech about abortion.

Reason

Alito's Leaked Abortion Opinion Misunderstands Unenumerated Rights

The Supreme Court justice is wrong when he says abortion rights aren't deeply rooted in American history.

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Will Canada become Metro Detroit's closest abortion haven?

DETROIT — Canada might become the closest place for Metro Detroit residents to get a legal abortion if the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion is overturned and anti-abortion forces win their legal battle to let a 1931 Michigan law banning abortion take effect.

Tribune News Service

New SA abortion laws to start in July

The South Australian government says the state's new abortion laws, which decriminalise the procedure, will take effect from early July.

AAP

More than half the US could ban abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned. These states are protecting access

Fifteen states and Washington DC have codified abortion protections into law while other states are criminalising care, creating a patchwork of reproductive health rights across the US

The Independent UK

In Colorado, a GOP rarity: An abortion rights candidate

A U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, Joe O'Dea, is a rarity in the Republican Party as a supporter of abortion rights

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GOP lawmaker floats new abortion ban with 10-year penalty; Gov. Whitmer calls it 'scary'

LANSING, Mich. — A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill prohibiting abortion at all stages of pregnancy that would make the provision of an abortion equivalent to manslaughter, a 10-year felony carrying an up to $100,000 fine.

Tribune News Service

Planned Parenthood won't change waiting period requirement

The Iowa attorney general’s office says a state Supreme Court decision that requires a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion won’t take effect until next month, but the state's main abortion provider says it will immediately require the waiting period

The Independent UK

Protesters turn Supreme Court front into forum on abortion

A steady stream of protesters has turned the street in front of the Supreme Court building into an open-air forum encapsulating the fierce national debate over abortion

The Independent UK

MPs support moves to allow Secretary of State to commission NI abortion services

The House of Commons voted 215 to 70, majority 145, in favour of the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court adds another opinion issuance day this week as justices prepare rulings in high-profile cases

A decision that could determine the fates of abortion access and bodily autonomy is imminent

The Independent UK

US woman left traumatised after Malta hospital refuses life-saving abortion

‘Desperate’ tourist who fell foul of country’s total ban fears for her life if complications set in while she waits for transfer to UK

The Guardian - UK

Mandating Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Could Make Smoking More Dangerous

Plus: Supreme Court rules on school choice and criminal justice reform, Louisiana's trigger law criminalizes abortion at any stage, and more...

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The Independent UK

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers set to end session on abortion ban

Republican legislators in Wisconsin are expected to meet but quickly adjourn a special session that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called to repeal the state's dormant abortion ban without taking any action

The Independent UK

Roe v Wade - live: GOP calls for Supreme Court leakers to face jail time as abortion ruling may come Friday

Without Roe v Wade, approximately half of US women will be stripped of their right to choose

The Independent UK

Judge bans 11-year-old girl who was raped from having abortion in Brazil

Girl blocked from having abortion despite the fact carrying a pregnancy at such a young age is dangerous

The Independent UK

At-home pill sees abortion rates rise to highest on record, new data shows

The abortion rate was highest in women aged 22

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The Guardian - UK

It isn’t just the US: abortion barriers in Britain are forcing women to travel miles for treatment

In Scotland and Northern Ireland, access to second-trimester abortions still depends on a damaging postcode lottery, says writer Rachel Connolly

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Nearly 100 years later, a family remembers an illegal abortion that ended in tragedy

With abortion access in jeopardy, advocates worry about a return to dangerous underground procedures. A family matriarch died in one such procedure generations ago. Her family is still grieving.

Tribune News Service

Anti-abortion ‘fake clinics’ exist throughout Idaho. Here’s what they are and how to spot them

BOISE, Idaho — With the U.S. Supreme Court on the verge of possibly overturning two landmark abortion rights cases by the end of this month, a trigger law could make nearly all abortions in Idaho illegal just 30 days after the Supreme Court’s decision.

Wales Online

Record number of abortions in England and Wales last year

Rate has increased to 18.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44

The Independent UK

Roe v Wade – live: Supreme Court abortion ruling will force quarter of clinics to shut

Without Roe v Wade, approximately half of US women will be stripped of their right to choose

The Independent UK

Quarter of abortion clinics will close if Roe v Wade overturned, study says

‘Economic and logistical pressures on people seeking abortion will only be intensified,’ study says

The Independent UK

Former congressman Steve King sparks outrage with slavery tweet

King compares enslavement to abortion in tweet just days after Juneteenth

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