Banned at conception or after 6 weeks Banned after 12-13 weeks Banned after 15-18 weeks The US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade may have abolished the national right to abortion, but the state-by-state battle for abortion rights is far from over. Since Roe was overturned in 2022, 14 states have enacted near-total… Continue reading Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state | Roe v Wade
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Saudi Arabia border guards killed Ethiopian migrants: Human Rights Watch
Border guards in Saudi Arabia have fired machine guns and launched mortars at Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, likely killing hundreds of the unarmed migrants in recent years, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday. The rights group cited eyewitness reports of attacks by troops and images that showed dead bodies… Continue reading Saudi Arabia border guards killed Ethiopian migrants: Human Rights Watch
Gretchen Whitmer Bets Big On Abortion, LGBTQ+ Rights
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has been promoting her state as a place that respects freedom ― as in, the ability to control what happens to your body, who you love, or how you identify yourself. Now Whitmer is taking that message directly to some states where those freedoms are under assault. Last week, the… Continue reading Gretchen Whitmer Bets Big On Abortion, LGBTQ+ Rights
Inside the right’s effort to build a voter fraud hunting tool
After years of claiming that American elections are rife with fraud, conservative election activists are preparing a new tool to take matters into their own hands. Activists are currently testing a computer program called EagleAI NETwork, a database loaded with voter rolls and other records that promises to quickly churn through the data and find… Continue reading Inside the right’s effort to build a voter fraud hunting tool
Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows
WASHINGTON — The fallout from the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision continued last week in Ohio where voters defeated a plan that would have made it more difficult to change the state constitution, with an amendment aimed at securing abortion rights on the ballot this fall. For years abortion has been thought of as a… Continue reading Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows
Blood of the Lamb review – acutely tense drama of reproductive rights | Edinburgh festival 2023
The tension builds from the minute a nervous, slightly dazed woman is led into a dingy airport antechamber by a lawyer who is avoiding eye contact. It tightens, in Arlene Hutton’s taut two-hander, as the US state lawyer, Val (Elisabeth Nunziato), first distracted, then bristling, treats Nessa (Dana Brooke), more like a criminal than someone… Continue reading Blood of the Lamb review – acutely tense drama of reproductive rights | Edinburgh festival 2023
Abortion rights won in every election since Roe v. Wade overturned
Anti-abortion advocates scored a big win on June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But since then, their luck seems to have run out. Abortion has been on the ballot in seven states since that landmark court decision one year ago and in each instance, in red states and blue states,… Continue reading Abortion rights won in every election since Roe v. Wade overturned
Trump says a protective order violates his First Amendment rights: ‘I will talk’
WINDHAM, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed that he “will talk” about the criminal charges he faces over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and accused federal prosecutors of “taking away my First Amendment rights.” Last week, special counsel Jack Smith asked U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose a… Continue reading Trump says a protective order violates his First Amendment rights: ‘I will talk’
Ballot Initiative Could Shape Future Of Ohio Abortion Rights
The results of an Ohio referendum could have far-reaching consequences for abortion rights in the state ― and activists and donors on both sides of the issue are acting accordingly. Ohioans head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in a special election over whether to raise the vote threshold needed to pass… Continue reading Ballot Initiative Could Shape Future Of Ohio Abortion Rights
Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday directed state agencies to use narrow definitions of “female” and “male,” in the latest attack on transgender rights in a state that already has laws targeting bathroom use, health care and sports teams for transgender people. Stitt signed the executive order flanked by women from the anti-trans group… Continue reading Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor