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US abortion rights struck down: what now?

A few days following the Supreme Court decision, an uneven patchwork of abortion bans across the country only reenforces existing inequality

United States rises up in fight for abortion rights

Joyce Chediac of the feminist organization Redstockings talks about the recent US Supreme Court verdict that removes federal abortion rights and the history and possibly futures of organizing for reproductive justice

Daily Round-up | UK rail workers on second day of nationwide strike & other stories

In today’s episode, we bring you stories from the rail workers’ strike in the UK, copper workers’ protest in Chile, a US Supreme Court ruling on guns, and a report on famine in Somalia

US Supreme Court robs women of nationwide right to abortion

Almost two months after the draft decision was leaked to US media, Supreme Court rules 6-3 to overturn historic Roe decision

Israeli court orders illegal, forced transfer of Palestinian Bedouins and other stories

Today we look at the Israeli High Court ruling on mass expulsions in Masafer Yatta; a severe anti-abortion law advanced in Louisiana, US; and more

Abortion rights under attack in the United States

Roe v Wade is the only federal protection for abortion rights for women across the United States. Without it, millions of women in conservative states would be at the mercy of right-wing politicians who have expressed a desire to eliminate abortion altogether.

US Supreme Court set to eradicate abortion rights

A leaked draft decision by Justice Samuel Alito attacks the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973, the only federal protection for abortion rights in the country

US Supreme Court might sabotage abortion access nationally

The conservative-majority court is now deliberating after hearing arguments on a case banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy

Outrage in US following Texas abortion ban

The law passed by the Texas state legislature, called the “heartbeat bill”, effectively bans abortions by limiting window to legally terminate pregnancy at six weeks and also rewards those reporting any attempted abortion

US jury indicts police and medics in the killing of Elijah McClain and other stories

Today we look at the indictment of police and paramedics in the killing of Elijah McClain, the new abortion law enforced in the US state of Texas, and more

After Supreme Court ruling, a tsunami of evictions is set overwhelm US

Following a Supreme Court ruling that ended the moratorium, evictions are resuming in the United States. Eugene Puryear talks about the impact of this judgement on millions who might face a housing crisis even as the pandemic continues to rage on

US Supreme Court ends pandemic-related federal ban on evictions and other stories

Today we look at the lifting of a federal ban on evictions in the US, the Struggle for Life protest by Indigenous communities in Brazil, and more