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Nicola Sturgeon slaps down SNP MSP John Mason over "wrong" abortion comments

Mason was blasted for suggesting clinics “push abortion without laying out the pros and cons”.

Daily Record

So what happens after the fall of Roe?

The Supreme Court has blown up the neoliberal consensus. Maybe that's a good thing — in the very long run

Salon

Dan Rodricks: ‘I was lucky. I didn’t die.’ Regi Elion and dangerous abortions before Roe

Readers of this column might have noticed that I try to avoid going over old ground or digging up long-gone columns and presenting them again. We’re not much for reruns around here.

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Editorial: Of wombs and chambers: The Surpreme Court is poised to go in radically different directions on abortion and guns

For 49 years, under a ruling of the nation’s highest court and subsequent precedent, Americans have gotten used to the idea that women have the freedom to terminate a pregnancy until the point of fetal viability. They don’t have to travel from state to state to access a right that,…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Conor Lamb is the best choice Pa. Democrats have to flip a Senate seat

At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month, President Joe Biden joked: “I came to office with an ambitious agenda, and I expected it to face stiff opposition in the Senate. I just hoped it would be from Republicans.” Even though the Democrats are technically in control of the 50-50…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: With Roe on the ropes, it's urgent that abortion medication be kept accessible

With the Supreme Court moving to overturn Roe v. Wade, the availability of self-administered abortion pills is about to take center stage in the debate. Congressional Democrats need to get in front of the issue and settle numerous questions raised by so-called morning after pills. If Roe does indeed fall,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mississippi governor defends law forcing incest survivors to carry babies to term: ‘It’s less than 1%’

‘When you look at the number of [abortions] that actually involve incest, it’s less than 1 per cent’

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Benedict Cumberbatch wears t-shirt supporting Roe v. Wade during SNL

Benedict Cumberbatch wore a t-shirt that showcased his support for abortion rights in a very public way.

The Independent UK

Democrats hope abortion will jolt young voters to action in the midterms

These midterms, younger voters have soured on the Democratic Party. Party leaders see the threat to abortion rights as an opportunity to rebuild the multigenerational coalition that elected Joe Biden.

WEKU

Victorian Coalition whip Bernie Finn steps down after controversial social media comments on abortion

The outspoken Victorian politician has stepped down from the role just days after his anti-abortion comments on social media caused outrage within his own party.

ABC News

The New York Times removes ‘fetus’ from Wordle

The change is in response to a US Supreme Court draft opnion on Roe v Wade

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz: "I'm not a moron"

Things got heated when Cruz had an exchange of words with reporters over the Supreme Court draft leak on abortion

Salon

Cynthia M. Allen: For pro-lifers, overturning Roe is one step in fight to make abortion unnecessary, not the end

FORT WORTH, Texas — Abortion-rights’ supporters’ sky-is-falling hysteria is contributing mightily to the misapprehension that the leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would oveturn Roe v. Wade means abortion is suddenly, somehow, totally banned in the U.S.

Tribune News Service

McConnell warns of federal abortion ban

"Nationwide abortion ban: that's the goal of anti-abortion politicians," Planned Parenthood Action chimes in

Salon

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Canada and Mexico prepare to accept Americans seeking abortions

If the US supreme court does vote to overthrow Roe v Wade, many Americans in need of surgical abortions could be forced to travel to Canada or Mexico

The Independent UK

Margaret Atwood compares forced childbirth to ‘slavery’ amid Roe vs Wade row

Author’s comments arrive after many compared potential overturning of abortion law in the US to the themes in her novel, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The Independent UK

Pelosi says Supreme Court ‘slapped women in the face’ with Roe draft while GOP lawmakers skirt the issue

‘Here we are on Mother’s Day, a week where the Court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgments about the size and timing of their families,’ says Pelosi

WEKU

Grassroots abortion-rights groups are preparing for a post-Roe V. Wade world

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the executive director of Avow, Aimee Arrambide, about how Avow and other grassroots abortion-rights organizations are preparing for a post-Roe world.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: no winners in messy election debate, 60 feared dead in Russian airstrike on school

Monday: Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese bicker through messy second debate. Plus: why hair salons now offer no-talking appointments

The Independent UK

Fire at Wisconsin anti-abortion office investigated as arson

Police say arson investigators are probing a fire inside the headquarters of anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action, where someone had spray-painted a message outside

Tribune News Service

National ban on abortion? Arkansas governor says no

A possible national ban on abortion got the thumbs-down on Sunday from the governor of Arkansas, a prominent Republican, who said the policy would be “inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for.”

Tribune News Service

Biden taps Democrats’ abortion fury with midterm wipeout looming

WASHINGTON — White House officials are seizing the political opportunity in Democrats’ doomsday scenario, the end of nationwide abortion rights, to try to salvage a midterm election thought to be all but lost for President Joe Biden’s party.

The Guardian - US

Gillibrand calls abortion rights ‘fight of generation’ after ‘bone-chilling’ court draft opinion

New York Democrat urges her party to stand up to concerted efforts from Republicans seeking to abolish constitutional right

WEKU

The leaked abortion decision blew up overnight. In 1973, Roe had a longer fuse

The reaction to Roe vs. Wade was immense, but not immediately so. It took months and years for the anti-abortion movement to fully form, to organize and gain political power.

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion group’s headquarters targeted in apparent Molotov cocktail attack

Police are investigating after the Wisconsin Family Action’s office in Madison was badly damaged

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