Law

People in Louisville share their stories as laws banning abortion go into effect

8:41am June 25, 2022

by Leila Fadel

The Supreme Court ruling yesterday triggered immediate abortion bans in Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota. But EMW Women's Surgical Center, a Louisville abortion clinic, is fighting to stay open.

Politics & Government

The Supreme Court is at its most conservative now from the last 75 years

8:01am June 25, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court's abortion decision, along with a ruling on guns earlier in the week, continues the current court's move to the political right.

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Politics & Government

Jan. 6 committee alleges that 6 Congressional Republicans sought pardons from Trump

8:01am June 25, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The House Jan. 6 committee released testimony alleging that some Republican members of Congress sought pardons from then-President Donald Trump for their roles in trying to subvert the 2020 elections.

Health & Safety

Jackson Women's Health Org. is fully booked, with abortions facing a ban in 9 days

8:01am June 25, 2022

by Rosemary Westwood

The clinic at the center of this week's Supreme Court decision on abortion plans its next moves. Jackson Women's Health Organization is in its final days of providing legal abortions in Mississippi.

People with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected by the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.

With Roe v. Wade overturned, disabled people reflect on how it will impact them

7:00am June 25, 2022

by Shruti Rajkumar

Bodily autonomy is a principle of the disability rights movement. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, people with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected.

Whole Woman's Health of Minnesota, a clinic that opened to patients in February, is one of only eight that provide abortions in the state and is located just a few minutes from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand

5:00am June 25, 2022

With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Minnesota will be one of the states where abortion remains legally protected. But legal doesn't necessarily mean accessible, advocates warn.

Twenty-two states have laws that will ban or limit abortion.

Here's where abortions are now banned or strictly limited, and where they may be soon

9:16pm June 24, 2022

With the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion bans in many states are starting to kick in. Here are the states with laws with abortion bans and restrictions in place.

A group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Standing from left: Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch and Amy C

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

5:40pm June 24, 2022

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

The scene at the Mississippi clinic at the center of the abortion ruling

5:32pm June 24, 2022

by Rosemary Westwood

The clinic at the center of the Supreme Court's Roe decision is Jackson Women's Health Organization. The last clinic to provide abortions in Mississippi, it lost its fight to preserve abortion rights.

National

Illinois protects access to abortion. Locals have mixed reactions to the Roe ruling

5:29pm June 24, 2022

by Cheryl Corley

Illinois is one of a handful of states that protects access to abortion and expects people in restrictive states to cross its border. Reactions are strong among those who support and oppose access.

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