‘A crime’ Senate has not codified Roe v Wade, says congresswoman
Women and health care providers across the country are preparing for the possible end of Roe v. Wadethe landmark Supreme Court ruling that granted federal protection to abortion rights.
The Supreme Court released a new set of case opinions on Tuesday but did not include a decision that could impact access to safe abortions. The next set of opinions will be published on 23 June.
As reported in Politicala leaked Supreme Court draft decision showed that the court intended to strike down the precedent despite at least three justices claiming during their confirmation hearings that they would recognize precedent.
The ruling is expected to come soon, though it’s unclear exactly how close the court is to a ruling. In the meantime, women are scrambling for healthcare before their rights are stripped away, and doctors are preparing to make difficult judgment calls in a post-gnaws America.
“How almost dead does someone need to be?” Dr. Leilah Zahedi, a maternal fetal medicine physician in Tennessee who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and performs abortions, asked in a New York Times interview. “Am I to just watch someone bleed to death? Or provide the care and then be reported and go to jail? I don’t know.”
When will there be a Roe v Wade decision?
The US is bracing for a Supreme Court’s decision that could overturn Roe v. Wadethe landmark ruling granting women access to abortions across the US.
As the Supreme Court deliberates its decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which could strike down Roe — the questions remain as to when it will formally announce its decision.
The Independent’s Alex Woodward explores when the ruling may come down from the court in his story below:
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2022 08:30
US abortion rise: One in five US pregnancies were terminated in 2020
As the US braces for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wadethe number of women seeking abortions appears to be on the rise based on the latest data.
According to The Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, one in five US pregnancies were terminated in 2020.
Gustaf Kilander has more on the data in his report below:
Oliver O’ConnellJune 22, 2022 06:30
What is Planned Parenthood v Casey? Landmark abortion ruling at risk alongside Roe v Wade
While Roe v. Wade is the most well known case guaranteeing abortion access in the US, a 1992 Supreme Court case was pivotal in upholding those rights.
In 1992, Democratic Governor Robert Casey introduced new laws restricting women’s rights to access abortion. Planned Parenthood sued the governor, and the Supreme Court ruled in its favour.
For more on the landmark ruling, read Rachel Sharp’s story below:
Oliver O’ConnellJune 22, 2022 04:45
How Supreme Court security became political and how its tied to abortion
After Nicholas Roske traveled to Supreme Court Justice Bret Kavanaugh’s home with a pistol allegedly intending to shoot the judge, security for the justices became a major political issue on Capitol Hill.
As lawmakers move to tighten security for Supreme Court justices, it has raised concerns for pro-choice protesters who wish to show their disproval of the court’s forecasted decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Many protesters have held demonstrations outside justices’ homes, but new legislation may force them away in the name of security.
The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has more in the story below:
Oliver O’ConnellJune 22, 2022 03:45
What is Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization? Why one lawsuit could overturn abortion rights
The leaked Supreme Court draft decision that forever the likely overturn of Roe v. Wade comes as a result of the Supreme Court case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation. The result of that case is likely to come in the next few days, and may result in the end of Roe v Wade.
What is at the core of the case, and why does it put gnaws in jeapoardy?
John Bowden has more in his story below:
Oliver O’ConnellJune 22, 2022 02:45
South Dakota’s only abortion clinic halts procedures as Supreme Court decides fate of Roe
‘Even though we expected this it feels very emotional’ abortion rights activist in Sioux Falls tells Andrew Buncombe.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2022 01:45
How Planned Parenthood aims to fight for abortion rights with the overturn of Roe V Wade looming
Planned Parenthood, which has been at the forefront of providing abortion access to women for more than a century, is planning to keep fighting for women’s reproductive rights even if the Supreme Court overturns Roe V Wade.
“This leaked opinion is horrifying and unprecedented, and it confirms our worst fears: that the Supreme Court is prepared to end the constitutional right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade,” President Alexis McGill Johnson said in a statement following the leak of a Supreme Court draft decision.
Rachel Sharp examines the organisation’s plans to fight in a post-gnaws world in his story below:
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2022 00:45
What the Supreme Court could come for after Roe v Wade
Legal experts and civil rights activists fear that after the Supreme Court overturns Roe V Wade it will overturn other landmark rulings protecting rights like gay marriage.
“I’m terrified and people should be terrified,” says Jim Obergefell, whose lawsuit against the state of Ohio led to the Supreme Court ruling that gay marriage was protected by the US Constitution.
Read Io Dodd’s full story below:
Oliver O’Connell21 June 2022 23:45
A ‘bat****’ bill shows how far Louisiana lawmakers will push an anti-abortion agenda
Louisiana’s House Bill 813, which is part of an accelerationist anti-abortion movement in the state calling for an “abolition” of the practice, faced widespread condemnation for its language allowing the criminalizing and imprisoning of patients and providers of abortions.
The Independent’s Alex Woodward spoke delves into the controversial legislation in his story below:
Oliver O’Connell21 June 2022 22:45
Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states
The Independent asked the chief prosecutors in more than a dozen counties and parishes where their respective states’ anti-abortion laws are set to take effect to ask how – or if – they will go about prosecuting such cases, including whether they will issue subpoenas for personal digital data to pursue them.
“Trigger laws” which will go into effect once Roe V Wade is overturned, will effectively ban abortion in nearly half the US.
Alex Woodward shares insights from prosecutors in his story below:
Oliver O’Connell21 June 2022 21:45
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George Holan is chief editor at Plainsmen Post and has articles published in many notable publications in the last decade.
