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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.

Tribune News Service

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

The Guardian - US

After Roe leak, WHO’s Tedros says safe abortions ‘save lives’

WHO chief did not directly reference leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion indicating Roe v Wade may soon be overturned.

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Alito's Draft Opinion That Would Overturn Roe Is a Disaster of Legal Reasoning

Plus: How abortion used to be less partisan, NFT sales have plummeted, and more...

Reason

US supreme court justices on abortion – what they’ve said and how they’ve voted

Following publication of the opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade, the court’s views on abortion are under extreme scrutiny

The Guardian - US

No winner: Trump downplays SCOTUS leak

Could it be that Republicans finally realize that the vast majority of Americans are opposed to their efforts?

Salon

What people can do to support abortion rights in the UK

More than 210,000 abortions took place in England and Wales in 2020

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Michael Hiltzik: Corporations left California for lower taxes and fewer regulations. Will abortion rights bring them back?

Last year, corporate America remained mostly silent as Texas launched a pitiless attack on abortion rights, a trend that spread rapidly to other red states.

Los Angeles Times

Roe v Wade: What is an ectopic pregnancy and how dangerous is it?

Anti-abortion legislation in the US could outlaw abortions even in medical emergencies

The Independent UK

Abortion foes target Sotomayor aide

Evidence is thin for Operation Rescue's claim — and the group's harassment has repeatedly gotten people killed

Salon

Why can't Collins admit she was wrong?

"She let us down”

Salon

Editorial: A lousy day for the Supreme Court

This editorial board long has supported a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. We reaffirm that support here, grounded in our belief in a woman’s autonomy over her own body and our long-standing commitment to individual freedoms, even as we lament the Monday night leak of a draft…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Overturning Roe threatens women’s health in so many ways

A shock wave went through the U.S. on Monday evening when Politico published what appeared to be a legitimate first draft of a Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade entirely. It was a huge breach at the Supreme Court and a political…

Tribune News Service

Contraception could come under fire next if Roe v Wade is overturned

A reckoning with what the 14th amendment enshrines could affect consensual sex and even marriage rights

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The Independent UK

Justices' views on abortion in their own words and votes

When a draft of the opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito in the Mississippi abortion case was leaked late Monday, the potential outcome — the overruling of Roe v

Tribune News Service

What’s next if Roe v. Wade falls? More than half of states expected to ban or restrict abortion

If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy.

Los Angeles Times

‘Barreling at us’: Leaked Supreme Court draft turbocharges abortion activism for midterms

Activists on both sides of the abortion debate have spent months planning for a blockbuster Supreme Court ruling this year on Roe v. Wade. None of those plans anticipated the particular jolt on Monday night, when a leaked draft opinion signaled a decisive end to the decadeslong precedent.

The Conversation

Abortion right guaranteed by Roe will be replaced by state power if the Supreme Court adopts the leaked Alito opinion

Draft opinions circulated among Supreme Court justices are meant to allow for deliberation and editing before a final version is released. They are not the last word, nor ready for public reaction.

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How the Supreme Court's plan to strike down Roe v. Wade could affect Pennsylvania's 2022 US Senate, governor races

PITTSBURGH — As if it wasn’t important enough already, the 2022 midterm election cycle in Pennsylvania — a state whose Democratic governor has vowed for years to veto any bills limiting abortion access — took on new meaning overnight, candidates on both sides of the aisle said late Monday and…

WEKU

What conservative justices said — and didn't say — about Roe at their confirmations

Democrats say several conservative justices lied to the Senate in their confirmations. But nominees have long taken a careful line on Roe, acknowledging it as a precedent without saying much more.

Newsroom.co.nz

Roe to go - why they've got it wrong

A draft decision by the US Supreme Court that would overturn 50 years of abortion rights has been sensationally leaked. Hayden Thorne, who studies the Supreme Court, analyses the draft and i

The Independent UK

Biden urges voters to ‘elect pro-choice officials’ as Democrats hope ‘radical’ leak rallies midterm base

Two generations of women have relied upon Roe to access legal and safe abortions, writes Andrew Buncombe

Mic

The long list of liberal failures that paved the way for the end of Roe

If the landmark decision is finally overturned after 50 years, it’s worth wondering why the hell we didn’t act in the last five decades to protect it.

Tribune News Service

Extraordinary abortion leak threatens trust at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — A seismic shock hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday with the leak of a draft opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, an extraordinary breach likely to further decimate trust among the justices at what was already a fractious time.

Reason

Will a Conservative Supreme Court Turn on Gay Rights After Dismantling Roe? Be a Skeptic

Gorsuch just penned an important pro-LGBT decision two years ago. Americans are largely not interested in relitigating this issue.

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