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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

Mother, wife, lawyer: Erin Hawley calls the fight to overturn Roe ‘the project of a lifetime’

ST. LOUIS — Not surprisingly, the Hawley name is on one of the most controversial cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, an effort from Mississippi that could restrict abortion rights and overturn Roe v. Wade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century

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Texas AG Ken Paxton says state bar plans to sue him for challenging the 2020 election

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday the state bar plans to sue him for filing a lawsuit that challenged President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.

Tribune News Service

Texas AG says bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says that the state bar plans to sue him over his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud

The Independent UK

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.

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Now they are blaming KBJ for SCOTUS leak

If you thought Republican attacks on incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were over, you were wrong

Salon

US abortion law decision brings attention to rights of women in Africa

A leaked draft of a majority opinion of the US Supreme Court has revealed the court’s leaning towards undoing its 1973 landmark ruling (Roe v Wade) which gave women in the US a constitutional right to abortion. The leaked document is not the court’s final decision – this is expected…

The Conversation

Minnesota’s abortion clinics brace for influx in wake of Roe leak

If Roe v Wade falls, Minnesota will be surrounded by states where abortion will likely become illegal.

Al Jazeera

How US policy on abortion affects women in Africa

Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Decisions made in the US have caused, and could cause, severe damage to progress in access to these services in developing countries.

The Conversation

'Roe' under threat, California leans in as abortion refuge

California is preparing for a world without Roe v

The Independent UK

Texas Gov. Abbott sparks backlash with talk of rolling back free school for immigrant kids

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has infuriated immigration advocates and educators by suggesting Texas may challenge a longstanding U.S. Supreme Court decision that says states and localities can’t bar unauthorized immigrant children from attending public schools.

Tribune News Service

Pence: Leaked abortion draft opinion helps some '22 hopefuls

Former Vice President Mike Pence says a leaked draft opinion suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide could have favorable impacts for anti-abortion candidates in midterm elections across the country

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Rivera calls Fox News co-host a "punk"

“That’s baloney. That’s baloney. Cherish the wire hanger stuck up their privates?”

Los Angeles Times

Newsom seizes on the fight over abortion as a key part of his reelection campaign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two days after kicking off his reelection campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom replaced his opening upbeat message about California with a dire warning that his highest-profile Republican opponent "stands with Donald Trump" and "wants to roll back abortion rights."

Reason

The Satanic Temple: If Christians Can Raise Flag at Boston City Hall, We Can Raise Ours Too

Plus: The push to abolish the Senate, Feds hike interest rates by 0.5 percent, and more...

WEKU

U.S. would lag behind global abortion access if Roe v. Wade is undone, advocates say

Human rights organizations say there is an international trend toward expanding abortion access, as countries such as Mexico and Argentina have worked to decriminalize the procedure.

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Abortion is on the ballot in Kansas in August. Here's what to know before the election

For now, the Kansas Constitution protects the right to an abortion because of a state Supreme Court decision.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why not have a Supreme Court that leaks a lot more?

It was a monster scoop of extraordinary newsworthiness if there ever was one, on a matter of intense public interest for millions of Americans.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma joins Texas in offering glimpse of "post-Roe" world

Oklahoma has joined Texas this week with new abortion restrictions

Los Angeles Times

With Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Newsom tells Americans: ‘Wake up’

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday blasted a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would overturn federal abortion protections under Roe v. Wade and urged Americans to “wake up.”

Al Jazeera

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’.

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.

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