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Former congressman Steve King sparks outrage with slavery tweet

King compares enslavement to abortion in tweet just days after Juneteenth

The Independent UK

'Heightened alert': Abortion providers brace for ruling

Harassment and violence have become common outside abortion clinics over the decades since the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion

The Independent UK

Has US-style politicisation of the courts come to Australia?

In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court held that the right to privacy provided by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Last month, a leaked draft of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization…

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Attorney General Keith Ellison vows to legally defend travelers who come to Minnesota for abortions

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison vowed Tuesday to legally defend travelers who come here to get an abortion and face prosecution in their own states for doing so.

Tribune News Service

Louisiana bill criminalizing abortion providers if Roe falls signed into law

Under Louisiana's new "trigger" ban, providers would face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

Axios

‘Jane’s Revenge’ group appears to threaten violence if Supreme Court overturns Roe

A flyer is calling for an “night of rage” in Washington, DC when the Supreme Court decision on Roe is handed down

The Independent UK

Granting abortion powers in Northern Ireland ‘constitutional sabotage’

It is ‘unacceptable’ there are women and girls unable to access services due to a political impasse at Stormont, Parliament is told

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Fury at judge banning pregnant 11-year-old rape victim from having an abortion

Judge Joana Ribeiro Zimmer is now being investigated after the family applied to the court for their young daughter to be allowed an abortion in southern Brazil's Santa Catarina state

Daily Mirror

Record number of abortions in England and Wales amid financial insecurity

Terminations increase to 215,000 with most pronounced rise among women aged 30-34

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives love to paint adoption as the solution to abortion. Adoptees aren’t buying it.

Privatized adoption is the “commodification of children,” one adoptee told Mic.

Mic

AOC shares messages from former Republicans who crossed the aisle

‘I needed an abortion and realized my (former) party is off-base with reality’

The Independent UK

Here are the biggest Supreme Court decisions we're still waiting for this term

With just 13 decisions left on the docket, the Supreme Court still has yet to weigh in on major cases about abortion, climate law and gun control. The decisions will land in the coming weeks.

WEKU

Govt. hospital nurse booked for botched-up abortion

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The Hindu

Feminists who oppose transgender rights are ‘not true feminists’, says pioneering trans athlete

The first openly transgender athlete to compete in the NCAA’s top division talks to Io Dodds about transphobia, abortion rights, and his friendship with swimming star Lia Thomas

The Independent UK

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California survey finds hot-button issues may spark voter turnout in November

SAN DIEGO — Despite low turnout in California's June primary elections, key world events such as abortion rights and the potential for war with Russia could spur greater voter participation in November, according to a voter survey by UC San Diego.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa. abortion providers are bracing for a surge in patients if Roe v. Wade is overturned

PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of people from neighboring states may come to Pennsylvania to terminate their pregnancies if a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision ends a national right to an abortion.

Tribune News Service

What’s next for Texas abortion law if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade?

DALLAS — If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, what happens to Texas state laws that were in place prior to the landmark ruling on abortion rights almost 50 years ago?

Reason

'Jane's Revenge': Abortion Terror Group or Terror Hoax?

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Editorial: Executive orders aren't ideal, but post-Roe, they may be women's only defense

The Biden administration reportedly is considering using executive orders to protect women whose right to abortion may soon be eliminated in Republican states like Missouri, if and when the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Presidential over-use of these unilateral orders has long been a legitimate concern, but if…

The Independent UK

Roe v Wade – live: No decision on US abortion rights as Supreme Court releases latest case opinions

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

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion group’s model bill will criminalise websites, hotlines and any American who ‘aids or abets’ a termination

Model legislation for states would use ‘RICO-style laws’ to ‘ensure that all parties participating in an illegal abortion are subject to enforcement’

The Independent UK

Abortion providers work to train specialists as Supreme Court’s Roe ruling looms

‘We can pass as many laws as we want, for or against access, but at the end of the day, if you don’t have trained providers, you don’t have choice’

The Independent UK

Congresswoman who authored abortion rights bill calls Senate’s inaction to codify Roe v Wade ‘such a crime’

The California Congresswoman and author of Democrats’ legislation to codify abortion protections speaks with Eric Garcia about the end of Roe v Wade, abortion rights and why the filibuster needs to go

Reason

Tentative Thoughts On The Jewish Claim To A "Religious Abortion"

Recently, Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor, a synagogue in Palm Beach County, Florida, challenged the constitutionality of Florida's new abortion restriction. I think there are many procedural problems with the complaint, including standing and the scope of the proposed remedy. (See my post here.) But here I'd like to address the merits…

The Independent UK

Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states

‘Trigger’ bans in more than a dozen states will quickly or immediately outlaw abortion without Roe v Wade protections. It will be up to the discretion of district attorneys and law enforcement whether providers will be criminally charged, Alex Woodward reports

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