June 24, 2022 Roe v. Wade news
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Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Elise Hammond, Meg Wagner and Veronica Rocha, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, WHITE HOUSE, WABC By Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN When President Joe Biden received word from his chief of staff in the Oval Office on Friday that the Supreme Court had decided to strip away the nationwide right to abortion, he quickly began to execute a plan his advisers had
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN When President Joe Biden received word from his chief of staff in the Oval Office on Friday that the Supreme Court had decided to strip away the nationwide right to abortion, he quickly began to execute a plan his advisers had been crafting for months. Top
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Gabby Orr and Eva McKend, CNN The fight over abortion moved to the forefront of this fall’s midterm elections on Friday, as Democrats urged voters to view November as their best hope to halt the erosion of reproductive rights set off by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Attendees at the National Right to Life Convention had nearly filled a hotel conference room Friday for a conservative author’s talk when the news broke around 10 a.m. ET. Cheers could be heard from outside the room, and a man shouted, “Roe’s been overturned!” Inside the room, some started clapping, while
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Gabby Orr and Eva McKend, CNN The fight over abortion moved to the forefront of this fall’s midterm elections on Friday, as Democrats urged voters to view November as their best hope to halt the erosion of reproductive rights set off by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and Republicans
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Victor Muller’s accent just didn’t sound right. The man now alleged to be a Russian spy was studying at the prestigious Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies, an elite graduate program favored by US military personnel, young diplomats and, sources say, future spies. Gregarious, smart, and
Continue ReadingCNN, WJLA By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women’s abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. But they had found their moment and they seized it. This is America’s new Supreme Court, moving swiftly, rejecting the incrementalism
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security intelligence branch is warning law enforcement, first responders and private sector partners nationwide Friday of potential domestic violence extremist activity in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion, according to a memo obtained by CNN. The memo from the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Some House Republicans who oppose abortion rights are pushing legislation to implement a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks, coming just hours after the Supreme Court released its opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The push for such a ban is a notable effort given that Republicans have a
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN Embattled Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is turning to Democrats in her state as she looks to fend off a serious primary challenge in August, providing Democratic voters with instructions on how to change parties so they can support her — even as Cheney and her allies continue to tout her conservative
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday could open the door for courts to overturn same-sex marriage, contraception and other rights. It’s already set off a debate among justices over whether overturning Roe puts those precedents in danger. The majority opinion from Justice Samuel Alito attempted to wall
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed, Chandelis Duster and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The opinion is the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades and will transform the landscape of women’s reproductive health in
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women’s abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. But they had found their moment and they seized it. This is America’s new Supreme Court, moving swiftly, rejecting the incrementalism of Chief
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Now that the Supreme Court has given the green light for lawmakers to prohibit abortion, several states, most of them Republican-led, have taken quick steps to do so. At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday’s ruling. In all, 26 states have laws that indicate they could outlaw or
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration has approved the cancellation of federal student loan debt for another 45,000 public sector workers over the past few months, according to the Department of Education, on top of the 100,000 borrowers previously deemed eligible. These workers qualify for student loan debt cancellation due to the changes the
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Fourteen House Republicans on Friday joined with Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill to address gun violence, the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The bill was approved in the House by a tally of 234 to 193 and will now go to President
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Andrew Millman and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Ali Alexander, the leader of the “Stop the Steal” group who helped to organize rallies before the US Capitol attack, testified to a federal grand jury on Friday in the Justice Department’s sweeping investigation into the January 6, 2021, insurrection. CNN spotted Alexander entering and exiting
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday urged Americans to elect more members of Congress in November’s midterm elections who will support legislation protecting abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion. The President said the court’s ruling means women’s health is
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, were both subpoenaed Friday as part of the federal investigation into fake slates of electors, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The investigative move is just the latest sign of the widening probe that stemmed from the January
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