Jul 09 Watch 5:45 How women are navigating rapidly changing rules after Roe reversal States across the country are struggling to determine whether and how to provide the most vulnerable access to abortion through Medicaid. Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Marsha Jones of The Afiya Center, a reproductive… Continue watching
Jul 08 WATCH: White House defends Biden's response to Supreme Court abortion decision By Associated Press After Biden condemned the Supreme Court decision ending a constitutional right to abortion and signed an executive order to try to protect access to the procedure, White House aides echoed his plea for Americans to make it an election issue… Continue reading
Jul 08 WATCH: Biden signs executive order to push back on abortion restrictions By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Biden delivered impassioned remarks Friday condemning the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and pleading with Americans upset by the decision to “vote, vote, vote vote” in November. Continue reading
Jul 07 EU Parliament condemns U.S. abortion ruling, calls for human rights safeguards By Raf Cassert, Associated Press In a 324-155 vote with 38 abstentions, European Parliament lawmakers adopted a resolution Thursday condemning the end of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States. Continue reading
Jul 06 How the end of Roe could affect abortion access in Latin America By Kenichi Serino Nations in Latin America have historically had some of the most stringent abortion laws in the world but in some those restrictions have eased in the past few years. The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe could hinder those efforts,… Continue reading
Jul 05 Mississippi judge won't block law banning most abortions By Emily Wagster Pettus, Anthony Izaguirre, Kevin McGill, Associated Press As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 8:52 What the Supreme Court's monumental rulings tell us about the new conservative majority By PBS NewsHour The Supreme Court is off this Fourth of July after working overtime the last couple of weeks reshaping the country's legal landscape surrounding abortion, guns and religion. NewsHour's John Yang and The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle unpack the historic… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 7:50 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on divisions in America, Jan. 6 hearings NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including disunity in America, President Biden’s approval ratings, frustrations over inflation and the Jan. 6 hearings. Continue watching
Jul 04 Funding increases for abortion-related causes as 'rage giving' continues By Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate. … Continue reading
Jul 03 Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Whether those elected officials are truly representative of the people is a matter of debate, thanks to another high court decision that has enabled control of state legislatures to be skewed to the right or left. Continue reading