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The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

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The Independent UK

'My abortion clinic was burned to ground - fanatics think nothing of taking life'

EXCLUSIVE: On New Year's Eve an arson burned the Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tennessee, to the ground. It was not the first time the facility – or its staff – had been targeted

Daily Mirror

Abortion rights may rest on governor's races in some states

The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections

The Independent UK

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: Government institutions can't be "bullied"

His comments come amid protests against the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Axios

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If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

Tribune News Service

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 May 2022

This week unscalable barriers were erected around the United States Supreme Court to keep protesters at bay. It's now about as difficult to enter the highest court in America as it is to get a legal abortion in Missouri.

inkl Originals

Justice Alito cancels appearance in wake of abortion opinion leak

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito canceled plans to attend a judicial conference in Tennessee just days after his draft opinion to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion was leaked to the public, according to a law professor at the event.

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Ulrika Jonsson recalls having an abortion and calls for women to have freedom of choice

Ulrika Jonsson has opened up about her own past abortion and her pro-choice approach amid concerns that some states in the US could ban terminations if Roe v Wade is overturned

Daily Mirror

Abortion-rights groups see a surge in donations after Roe v. Wade leak

Abortion-rights advocates have seen an outpouring of support since the Supreme Court's draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade became public. Some groups said they raised record amounts.

WEKU

Students walk out to protect Roe

"People might look at us like we're young, but I genuinely feel like we can make the most change," said one student

Salon

Residential Picketing in Virginia (Outside a Justice's Home or Otherwise)

A state law bans it -- but that law is very likely unconstitutional (though a different version of such a ban would have been constitutional).

Reason

Texas' abortion law led some to get abortion pills in Mexico, with grim consequences

Since Texas passed its anti-abortion law, more and more women have been getting abortion pills at unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns — where they are freely sold without a prescription.

WEKU

Samuel Alito Thinks It's Obviously Absurd To Suggest That Drug Prohibition Violates the Constitution

The justice overlooks the long American tradition of pharmacological freedom and the dubious constitutional basis for federal bans.

Reason

Republicans race to abortion extremes

David Perdue challenges Brian Kemp's stance on abortion in Georgia gubernatorial race

Salon

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The Independent UK

Fox News host sparks backlash for saying he doesn’t ‘know why you’d give’ a pregnant woman an ‘important’ job

‘I’m not sure how you get a job and then you just, you can’t do a job for three months’

The Independent UK

In abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions

Rape, incest and the health of the fetus or mother were once accepted reasons to obtain an abortion in even the most conservative Republican-led states

Chicago Sun-Times

We can’t depend on the Supreme Court to be our conscience on abortion

We — I mean Black women of my age — keep our feelings on the subject buried. But the prospect Roe v. Wade might be overturned could bring back painful memories for many.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The Independent UK

Abortion adds to Biden's all-but-impossible to-do list

President Joe Biden is under pressure to preserve access to abortion, but he has few good options to do it

Inverse

What overturning Roe means for medication abortion

The fact that there's an FDA-approved drug for use up to 10 weeks and states are saying ‘no, you can only use it for six,’ makes no sense.”

The Guardian - US

How overturning Roe v Wade could supercharge the 2022 midterm campaigns

Swing state Democrats are calling for a defense of abortion rights and Republicans doubling down on ending them

The Independent UK

Tenn. governor signs bill regulating medication abortions

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will strictly regulate the dispensing of abortion pills, including imposing harsh penalties on doctors who violate them

Tribune News Service

Georgians on abortion front line adjust to prospect of Roe's defeat

ATLANTA — About a month ago, as speculation grew that the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to overturn the landmark decision that made abortion legal throughout the country, Planned Parenthood's Southeastern office quietly created a new position.

Tribune News Service

If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft opinion indicates it will, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will soon after issue a legal opinion confirming the decision and triggering a near-total abortion ban in the state.

Tribune News Service

Ex-VP Mike Pence blasts VP Kamala Harris for her denouncement of Supreme Court anti-abortion draft ruling

Get ready for a battle of the veeps over abortion rights.

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