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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her. — “Roe is 45 years old, it has been reaffirmed many times, lots of people care about it a great deal,” the justice told the senator, according to notes from a private meeting before his confirmation.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The lonely chief: How John Roberts lost control of the court — As the shock waves spread Friday from the Supreme Court's momentous decision striking down Roe v. Wade, one notable casualty of the ruling became evident: Chief Justice John Roberts. — After nearly seven months of deliberations …
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Axios, Raw Story, The Critical Reader, Bloomberg and The Daily Advertiser
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Constitution Is Whatever the Right Wing Says It Is — The Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, allowing state governments to force women to give birth, is the result of decades of right-wing political advocacy, organizing, and electoral victory.
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New York Times, Slate and CBS News
Jeannie Suk Gersen / New Yorker:
When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right
When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right
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The Moderate Voice
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
They Really Did It — This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides …
They Really Did It — This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America 1.0 had jumped the shark before Roe decision, but we can start anew
America 1.0 had jumped the shark before Roe decision, but we can start anew
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Common Sense, New York Times, In the (K)now, The Guardian, CBS Denver, HuffPost and WV MetroNews
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Actions In Light of Today's Supreme Court Decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Actions In Light of Today's Supreme Court Decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns
Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns
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Bangor Daily News, Cafe Hayek, The Intercept, The Hill, Bloomberg and The Racket News
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The End of Roe Is Just the Beginning — Give this article- - - Read in app — By any reasonable political science theory, any normal supposition about how power works in our republic, this day should not have come. — The pro-life movement has spent half a century trying to overturn …
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith: We've Seen What Will Happen Next to America's Women — Ms. Warren is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts. Ms. Smith is a Democratic senator from Minnesota — and the only senator to have worked at Planned Parenthood. — The Supreme Court has spoken: Roe is gone.
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Politico:
17 Ways the Supreme Court Just Changed America — The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will create two Americas when it comes to abortion access — the mostly red states where abortion is illegal in most circumstances, and the mostly blue states where it is mostly available with restrictions.
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NBC News:
Sens. Warren, Smith urge Biden to declare public health emergency following abortion ruling — Two of the leading Democratic senators in the reproductive rights space are urging President Joe Biden to declare a public health emergency as nearly two dozen states move to ban the procedure following Roe v. Wade's official repeal Friday.
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Daniel Desrochers / Kansas City Star:
Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP
Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP
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Bloomberg:
Americans in 26 States Will Have to Travel 552 Miles For Abortions — Now that the US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, millions of Americans will soon find themselves in abortion deserts, meaning they will have to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to access the medical procedure.
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Washington Post:
Many states with anti-abortion laws have pro-choice majorities
Many states with anti-abortion laws have pro-choice majorities
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New York Times, The Daily Beast and NPR
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Republicans Are Willing to Pay a Political Price to Ban Abortion. It's Up to Democrats to Make Them Pay It.
Republicans Are Willing to Pay a Political Price to Ban Abortion. It's Up to Democrats to Make Them Pay It.
Shawna Chen / Axios:
California, Washington and Oregon launch “West Coast offense” to protect abortion rights
California, Washington and Oregon launch “West Coast offense” to protect abortion rights
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Washington Post:
5 big truths about the Supreme Court's gutting of Roe
5 big truths about the Supreme Court's gutting of Roe
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pjmedia.com, Daily Kos, HuffPost, Sacramento Bee and Jezebel
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Patagonia will bail out employees arrested in abortion protests
Patagonia will bail out employees arrested in abortion protests
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NewsNation, Fox News, Voice of America, National Review and Breitbart
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden signs landmark gun legislation: 'God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives' — ‘Lives will be saved’: President Biden signs landmark gun legislation into law — President Joe Biden signed into law the most sweeping legislation aimed at preventing gun violence in 30 years …
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Politico:
Harris leans into abortion fight — Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Vice President KAMALA HARRIS was traveling …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Supreme Court steps into a void left by congressional dysfunction
Supreme Court steps into a void left by congressional dysfunction
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
White House Report Card: Biden could get bounce from Dobbs
White House Report Card: Biden could get bounce from Dobbs
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ABC News, New York Post, John Zogby Strategies and Axios
New York Times:
How the House Jan. 6 Panel Has Redefined the Congressional Hearing — No bloviating speeches or partisan rancor. Lots of video and a tight script. The story of Donald J. Trump's efforts to hold on to power is being unspooled in a way totally new to Capitol Hill. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Amy Russo / The Providence Journal:
Hundreds rally for abortion rights at RI State House; chaos erupts within crowd — PROVIDENCE — Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the State House on Friday, voicing rage, fear and resistance to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end the constitutional right to abortion.
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New York Times:
Norway Mass Shooting Is Being Investigated as Terrorism, Police Say — The attack, which killed two people and seriously wounded 10 near a gay club in Oslo, came hours before the city's Pride parade, which has now been canceled. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Arizona abortion protest: Police release tear gas, lawmakers ‘held hostage’ in Senate building — Arizona state lawmakers were forced to finish voting in a secure room in the Capitol — Protestors chant outside of Arizona State Senate following SCOTUS decision.
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The Daily Caller, Arizona Mirror, National Review and Conservative Brief
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
GOP lawmaker says she trusts Utah women to control their ‘intake of semen’ as abortion trigger law goes into effect — Utah Senate President Stuart Adams said he would support the Supreme Court also reconsidering same-sex marriage. — Republican lawmakers and Utah politicos celebrated …
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DFRLab:
US right-wing influencers stoke fears of left-wing mass violence after Supreme Court ruling on abortion — Contextualizing narratives about political violence surrounding the Dobbs v Jackson ruling — Conservative US political figures pre-empted and reacted to the United States Supreme Court's rollback …
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Townhall and Human Events
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Gasps, tears and fear: Inside a Texas abortion clinic the moment Roe was overturned — There were 27 patients scheduled to receive abortions Friday at Alamo Women's Reproductive Services in San Antonio. — Some were already waiting outside when the clinic opened at 9 a.m. …
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Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th:
Patients sat in abortion clinic waiting rooms as Roe fell. They all had to be turned away.
Patients sat in abortion clinic waiting rooms as Roe fell. They all had to be turned away.
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Sam Metz / Associated Press:
‘Mitt Romney Republican’ is now a potent GOP primary attack — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney isn't up for reelection this year. But Trump-aligned Republicans hostile toward the Utah senator have made his name a recurring theme in this year's primaries, using him as a foil …