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Casten defeats Newman in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District

Sean Casten defeated Marie Newman and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. Casten and Newman are members of the U.S. House of Representatives running for re-election in the same district due to redistricting.

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Across the Missouri-Illinois border, an abortion sanctuary in US Midwest

St. Louis (AFP) - Abortion is now banned in Lori Lamprich's home state of Missouri, but that hasn't stopped her taking women to their appointments -- she drives them across the Mississippi River to Illinois, where it remains legal.

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Missouri health system reverses course, resumes offering emergency contraception after assurances

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Health System said Wednesday it would resume providing emergency contraceptives, reversing course less than 24 hours after The Kansas City Star first reported it was no longer providing Plan B.

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Some Missouri hospitals briefly halt emergency contraception

A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges if they provide the medication known as the morning-after pill, even for sexual assault victims, only to restart the procedures on Wednesday

The Independent UK

With Roe overturned, state constitutions are now at the center of the abortion fight

In a sense, what was one battleground has become 50, as advocates on both sides of the abortion issue race to put the issue before state constitutions. Half a dozen lawsuits are already in court.

WEKU

Commentary: The day Roe went away, one to remember

We will remember June 24, 2022. It will stand as one of the most consequential days in Supreme Court history. Americans will remember this day as when the court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Chicago Tribune

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion

The Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to regulate abortion has set off a travel scramble in some parts of the U.S., as abortion providers redirect patients to states that still allow the procedure

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Texas clinics can temporarily resume abortions, state court rules

DALLAS — Texas abortion clinics can temporarily resume abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy, following a ruling from a state court blocking the enforcement of pre-Roe laws banning abortion.

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Missouri AG can prosecute abortion ban violations. Could patient data aid enforcement?

Six minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision striking down Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt posted a photo of himself signing a legal opinion to trigger the state’s abortion ban.

Tribune News Service

Musicians react to Supreme Court decision on right to abortion

After Friday's Supreme Court decision, artists from around the world spent the following days sharing their reactions and plans for the immediate future.

WEKU

Tory MP attacks BBC for using term ‘anti-abortion’ instead of ‘pro-life’

‘The term pro-life sugarcoats extreme beliefs that few agree with. It is a manipulative phrase,’ major abortion provider’s medical director says

The Independent UK

Here’s what celebs had to say about Roe v Wade being overturned

The weekend’s festivities at Glastonbury and the BET Awards were overshadowed by the US Supreme Court’s ruling

Evening Standard

Abortion battles in state courts after Supreme Court ruling

Abortion bans are temporarily blocked in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina says a law sharply restricting the procedure can take effect there immediately

The Independent UK

Erika D. Smith: In a chaotic post-Roe world, here's what it will take for women to still get abortions

Brittany Fonteno never wanted to imagine the chaos of a post-Roe world.

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Roe v. Wade, overturned: Scenes of despair and joy after a historic decision

Texans on both sides of the abortion debate marched, rallied and chanted after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Planned Parenthood sues in Idaho Supreme Court to stop trigger law that bans abortion

A Planned Parenthood affiliate on Monday filed a lawsuit in the Idaho Supreme Court seeking to stop the state’s trigger law that would effectively ban abortion in the state after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

WEKU

The Supreme Court's abortion ruling shifts legal battles to state courts

Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while abortion rights advocates challenged laws in Texas, Idaho, Kentucky and Mississippi.

Tribune News Service

State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision

In the hours after the Supreme Court signaled an end to the national right to abortion Friday, a cascade of abortion bans began to take effect across the country.

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Whitmer again asks Michigan Supreme Court to end 'confusion' over state abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made a third appeal Monday to the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately consider her lawsuit challenging the state abortion ban, asking the high court to rule definitively on the constitutionality of the law.

Roll Call

State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision - Roll Call

Friday's Supreme Court decision effectively undoing legal precedent set by Roe v. Wade has spurred a flurry of state activity.

The Independent UK

Understanding Roe v Wade and why it was overturned

The now-dead landmark ruling enshrined constitutional protections for abortion care

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion police could criminalise period-tracking app data and search history. Inside the battle to stop them

Legislation could prevent sensitive user data in menstrual-tracking apps and search engine results from being used to prosecute abortion providers, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Planned Parenthood says ‘help is available’ to women in states where abortion has been outlawed

‘We know that there will be patients in this country pregnant against their will and that is the reality of today’s decision,’ Planned Parenthood’s Kate Smith told The Independent

The Texas Tribune

With little short-term hope, Texas’ abortion-rights movement sets its sights on the long run

Advocates and politicians say they hope Texas’ ban on abortion will motivate voters. But they say they’ll need to emulate the strategies of the anti-abortion movement to reach long-term success.

The Texas Tribune

The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas abortion clinics a victory in 2016. Then Trump was elected.

In 2016, the Supreme Court blocked onerous regulations that had shuttered half of Texas’ abortion providers. On Friday, the court’s new conservative majority cited that case in overturning the constitutional protection for abortion.

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