Browsing: abortion rights

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday his government plans to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution to make them “irreversible”.

The Guardian says A TEXAS sheriff, whose beat largely includes the city of San Antonio, has declared he would not be pursuing those in his jurisdiction who choose to get an abortion after the supreme court scrapping of federal abortion rights.

The shocking ruling from America’s highest court to overturn Roe v Wade – a constitutional right to an abortion in the US has sparked a variety of headlines from the media.

The New York Times says FOR NEARLY 50 years, conservative Christians marched, strategized and prayed. And then, on an ordinary Friday morning in June, the day they had dreamed of finally came.

ABC News says AFTER HALF A CENTURY, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court.

TRT World says BATTLES over abortion have shifted to state courts after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure nationwide.

TRT World news says ELECTED leaders across the US political divide have rallied for a long fight ahead on abortion –– state by state and in Congress –– with total bans in force or expected soon in half of the vast country.

New York Times says the Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law.

You’ve probably seen “Roe v Wade” trending all over social media over the past week as American abortion laws hit the mainstream news. We break down what’s happening and what it means for the future.

The Guardian says Carolyn Egan has seen people cross the Canada-US border for abortions – going north to south.