May 19 Majority of Americans don't want Roe overturned By Laura Santhanam In the wake of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggesting a majority of justices want to eliminate federally protected abortion rights, more than half of Americans say they have little to no faith in that institution. Continue reading
May 18 What Ireland's history with abortion might teach us about a post-Roe America By Gretchen E. Ely, The Conversation In 1983, a constitutional referendum outlawed abortion in Ireland. In 2018, another referendum repealed the ban and legalized abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. Continue reading
May 15 Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future By Ashraf Khalil, David Sharp, Associated Press Incensed after a leaked draft opinion suggested the court's conservative majority would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, activists spoke of the need to mobilize quickly because Republican-led states are poised to enact tighter restrictions. Continue reading
May 14 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: Russia withdraws from Kharkiv region as Senate Republicans visit Ukraine In our news wrap Saturday, Ukrainians say Russia is withdrawing from Kharkiv as a Senate Republican delegation led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell visited Ukraine, authorities say at least 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Buffalo,… Continue watching
May 14 Justice Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak on Roe 'changes the institution' By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust. Continue reading
May 14 Hundreds of U.S. rallies planned in show of support for abortion rights By Associated Press Demonstrators facing down a Supreme Court decision that could overturn the constitutional right to abortion planned rallies from coast to coast Saturday to express their outrage – and to mobilize for the fight ahead. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: Democrats hold news briefing on two new statues honoring former Supreme Court Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg By News Desk Democrats hold a news briefing for two new statues honoring women Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg in the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 5:19 U.S. senators go on the record with their stance on abortion Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked efforts on Wednesday to enshrine abortion rights into federal law. Democrats fell well short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster on codifying abortion access, with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin joining all… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 7:09 Former Pennsylvania attorney general who argued against Roe reflects on Supreme Court leak The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion shows justices appear poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which would result in the biggest change to abortion rights since the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed the right to an abortion… Continue watching
May 08 WATCH: Schumer holds news briefing to discuss plan to codify Roe into law By Michael D. Regan Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reiterated during a news briefing Sunday that he planned to hold a vote this week in the Senate on a bill that would codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. Continue reading