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Right To Life chair responds to overturning of federal abortion rights

5:29pm June 24, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with chair of the National Right to Life board of directors Lynda Bell about the reaction from anti-abortion rights activists over the Supreme Court ruling to overturn 'Roe.'

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'Trigger laws' have been taking effect now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned

5:08pm June 24, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

States are moving to immediately ban abortions, after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe. Many states have so-called "trigger laws" to ban the procedure in the event of a such a ruling.

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How Congress responds to Roe decision may affect which party gets control in November

5:08pm June 24, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Supreme Court's abortion decision raises big questions around whether Congress will respond and how it could affect the campaign for control this November.

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Thomas Dobbs is the state health officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health. His name appears on the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion rights, despite having "nothing to do with it," he has said.

The abortion case is named after Thomas Dobbs, who says he has nothing to do with it

4:48pm June 24, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The "Dobbs" in the case title refers to Thomas Dobbs, an infectious diseases doctor who became Mississippi's top health officer the same year the state adopted new abortion restrictions.

(L) Pro-life protesters reacts to the decision of Roe vs Wade being overturned at the US Supreme Court; (R) Pro abortion rights person with tape on mouth.

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Protests and celebrations after Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

4:47pm June 24, 2022

Reactions to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion were mixed across the country.

Context and perspective on abortion and gun rights after this week's SCOTUS decisions

4:28pm June 24, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.

The atmosphere outside the Supreme Court, where some protest and others celebrate

4:28pm June 24, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Activists from both sides of the abortion issue gathered outside the Supreme Court today. Some were celebrating. Some were protesting.

Former governor whose bill was at the center of Roe ruling reacts to SCOTUS' decision

4:28pm June 24, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi, who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks.

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Head of Planned Parenthood on what's next in the fight for abortion rights

4:28pm June 24, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson about the future of abortion access after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Patients in 'trigger law' states reorient after access to abortion care halts

4:28pm June 24, 2022

Robin Marty, operations director of the West Alabama Women's Center, talks about the patients who just missed their chance to receive abortions in Alabama, where the ban went into effect immediately.