Roe’s Final Hours in One of America’s Largest Abortion Clinics

At seven o’clock on Friday morning, Ivy turned on the lights of the Houston Women’s Clinic, the largest abortion provider in the state, where she has worked as a supervisor for nearly two decades. Since May, when the draft of a Supreme Court decision leaked, revealing its conservative majority’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, Ivy, who is fifty-six and asked to be identified only by a nickname, went to work each day knowing that it might be her last. But neither the likely end of a woman’s right to an abortion, nor Texas’s existing onerous regulations against it, had altered her brisk morning habits. Tucking her graying, hip-length hair into a bun and covering it with a black surgical cap, she sterilized all the syringes, counted the curettes one by one, and waited for her colleagues to trickle in. Only Ivy’s message to her patients had changed. Now every greeting had to come with a disclaimer.
— (The New Yorker) (June 25)   (Pocket)

Fiona Apple speaks on Roe reversal

Fiona Apple has shared her thoughts on the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The 5-4 Supreme Court decision was leaked in May but officially arrived Friday, ending the national right to an abortion upheld for nearly 50 years. Apple’s three-minute statement was uploaded on Sunday to Fiona Apple Rocks, a YouTube fan page that has recently been hosting Q&As with the celebrated singer-songwriter.
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‘Night of Age’: Grannies Storm Kavanaugh’s Home

If the leak of Roe v. Wade’s demise was a bang, the left’s commitment to terrorizing Supreme Court justices in their homes went out with a whimper. The post ‘Night of Age’: Grannies Storm Kavanaugh’s Home appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
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Meta has reportedly barred employees from discussing abortion on internal channels

Meta has told employees not to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to The New York Times. Pointing to a May 12th memo it shared after a draft of Friday’s decision was leaked by Politico, the company has deleted messages on its internal communication tools that mention the topic. In the document, the social media giant reportedly said it “would not allow open discussion” about abortion within the workplace due to “a heightened risk of creating a hostile work environment.”One employee took to LinkedIn to voice their frustration with the situation. “On our internal Workplace platform, moderators swiftly remove posts or comments mentioning abortion,” said software engineer Ambroos Vaes. “Limited discussion can only happen in groups of up to 20 employees who follow a set playbook, but not out in the open.” Meta did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment.On Friday, Meta also told employees it would reimburse the travel expenses of employees in need of access to out-of-state healthcare and reproductive services “to the extent permitted by law.” That’s a policy many tech companies, including Google, had in place before Friday’s de...
— (Engadget) (June 25)   (Pocket)

Rapinoe slams 'cruel' overturning of Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court on Friday voted 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The ruling came more than a month after the leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step, and it was supported by the court's conservative majority.
— (ESPN) (June 25)   (Pocket)

America's religious communities are divided over the issue of abortion: 5 essential reads

Abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021, in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaSince the first indications that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, following a leaked draft opinion on May 2, 2022, religious leaders from many denominations have been working to preserve access to abortion care, even as others prayed for Roe to indeed be overruled. A minister in Texas was among those working on coordinating abortion care, including flying women to New Mexico to get abortions. Religious communities in the U.S. have long been divided over the issue of abortion. A 2017 Pew Research Center survey found that 57% of Americans were supportive of legal abortion. A majority of those who identified as evangelical were opposed to abortion. Before June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, The Conversation asked several scholars to explain the multiple views across faith groups and also the differences within denominations. Here are five articles from our archives: 1. Abortion rights as religious freedom Steven K. Green, director of the Center for Religion, Law and Democracy at Willamette Univer...
— (The Conversation) (June 24)   (Pocket)