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Some U.S. companies have started assuring workers they'll help them access abortions

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, as a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggests it could be, millions of Americans could lose access to abortions where they live.

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Bungie is currently the only video game company standing up for Roe v. Wade

Video game companies have eagerly supported BLM, Pride, and even Ukraine. However, when it came to Roe v. Wade, Bungie has been the only one to come through.

Inverse

With abortion in jeopardy, minority women have most to lose

A draft Supreme Court opinion suggesting the right to abortion will be overturned is highlighting the risk to Black and Hispanic women

The Independent UK

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Barack and Michelle Obama say abortion rights must not be left to ‘the whims of politicians and ideologues’

The ruling ‘would be a blow not just to women, but to all of us who believe that in a free society, there are limits to how much the government can encroach on our personal lives,’ says the former first couple

The Independent UK

Advising women on abortions in 1960s New York

Letter: Jenny Wright recalls her time helping women from around the US who wanted abortions that were possible, though illegal

The Guardian - UK

Abortion rights take centre stage in US midterm election year

Democratic politicians expect a pending Supreme Court decision to prompt their voters to ‘rise up’ and ‘fight’.

Al Jazeera

The abortion underground and what lessons can be learned from the Jane Collective

Activist Heather Booth and the Jane Collective provided thousands of women with abortions before Roe v. Wade.

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Bungie releases statement in support of ‘essential healthcare rights’ after Supreme Court leak

Bungie, developer of Destiny 2, has released a statement in support of abortion rights in response to the leaked draft decision from the Supreme Court regarding Roe v. Wade.

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California anticipated a Supreme Court abortion decision. What it’s already done to fight it

WASHINGTON — Immediately following a report that United States Supreme Court justices would overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders announced that they would work on putting the right to an abortion in the state Constitution.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Abortion services in Northern Ireland almost nonexistent despite legalisation

Stormont has failed to fully put into effect 2019 law passed by Westminster leaving women with ‘deplorable options’

The Guardian - UK

Biden says "MAGA crowd" the "most extreme" political group in U.S. history

"This is about a lot more than abortion," Biden said before asking what "the next things that are going to be attacked" might be.

Axios

Phoebe Bridgers shares her own abortion story as Supreme Court seems posed to overturn Roe v. Wade

Phoebe Bridgers wants everyone to be able to get an abortion as easily as she did.

Tribune News Service

A Canadian official says Americans can get abortions there if Roe is overturned

Americans accessing health care services in Canada would have to pay out of pocket, and likely would need to overcome extra travel and logistical hurdles.

WEKU

Paul Mescal's girlfriend Phoebe Bridgers opens up about recent abortion

The Grammy nominated singer took an abortion pill in 2021

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Mic

Could the U.N. sanction the U.S. for human rights violations if Roe is overturned?

The organization has made it clear that abortion access is a human right. Whether it’s willing to fight the U.S. over that is another story.

Reuters

Trudeau vows to defend abortion rights after U.S. Supreme Court move

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to defend abortion rights as the decades-old battle over the issue exploded anew this week in Canada's southern neighbor, with the U.S. Supreme Court apparently set to overturn the decades-old ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide.

Evening Standard

Darren Burke convicted of lacing secret lover’s orange juice to induce abortion

Senior civil servant at Home Office was living a double life and was desperate to abort his unborn child amid five year affair

Chicago Tribune

If Roe falls, Illinois abortion providers plan for influx of 20,000 to 30,000 more patients traveling here each year. ‘We will fight for what little is left of abortion access’

CHICAGO — Chicago Abortion Fund Executive Director Megan Jeyifo was at a comedy show when a rapid-fire series of news alerts and text messages lit up her phone: A draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion leaked Monday indicated the majority of justices plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, threatening abortion rights…

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Striking down Roe v. Wade is the latest example of minority rule

This is what eroding democracy looks like.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

People in poverty will suffer the most if Roe is overturned, Pa. experts say

PHILADELPHIA — If Roe v. Wade ends, people in poverty could find themselves in ever-worsening conditions — unable to stabilize their families, destined to augment the miseries and distress that already engulf them, advocates say.

Chicago Sun-Times

You don’t have to be pro-choice to oppose overturning Roe

I am pro-life. I hate abortion, and wish desperately that women confronting that difficult and awful choice felt they had alternatives to ending the life of an unborn child. But I also believe deeply in democracy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court nearly struck down Roe v. Wade in a Pennsylvania case. The justices chose another way

PHILADELPHIA — It was months before a pivotal national election. A strong conservative majority had been cemented on the U.S. Supreme Court, and legislators in one state had passed a law restricting abortion access that they hoped, through the court challenges that followed, would become the vehicle for overturning Roe…

Tribune News Service

More states shield against rogue abortion prosecutions

Last month, 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera was arrested in Texas and charged with murder over a self-induced abortion.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bob Casey is one of the last 'pro-life' Democrats. The Supreme Court decision is going to test his views

WASHINGTON — When the Sandy Hook school shooting rocked the country, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey changed his longtime stance on the Second Amendment, becoming a fierce advocate for stricter gun laws.

The Guardian - US

Trevor Noah on the supreme court leak: ‘A hostile takeover of America’s reproductive rights’

Late-night hosts respond to the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade with a conservative majority

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