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Abortion providers in some states win reprieves in state courts

7:27am June 28, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion providers in Louisiana are preparing to resume procedures on Tuesday after a victory in state court. For the staff at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, it's been a chaotic few days.

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The strange underground economy of tree poaching

6:30am June 28, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A new book dives deep into the fascinating criminal world of tree theft and efforts to combat it.

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell enters the courtroom escorted by U.S. Marshalls at the start of her trial, Nov. 29, 2021, in New York.

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Ghislaine Maxwell faces sentencing in the Epstein sex abuse case

4:17am June 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The sentencing is the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Maxwell and financier Jeffrey Epstein flaunted their riches and prominent connections to exploit vulnerable girls.

People attend an abortion-rights protest at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court's abortion ruling shifts legal battles to state courts

9:02pm June 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while abortion rights advocates challenged laws in Texas, Idaho, Kentucky and Mississippi.

The parties included this image, of Coach Kennedy praying with a crowd after the homecoming game, in their joint appendix submitted to the Supreme Court

Supreme Court backs a high school coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line

7:22pm June 27, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.

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Supreme Court backs a high school football coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line

4:09pm June 27, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a high school football coach who claimed the right to pray on the 50-yard line after each game, joined by those players who wanted to participate.

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LGBTQ advocate Jim Obergefell fears other rights are at risk with Roe overturned

4:09pm June 27, 2022

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that he wants the Supreme Court to reconsider precedents on same-sex marriage. NPR's Juana Summers talks to Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the same-sex marriage case.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who is up for reelection this fall, speaks to abortion-rights protesters at a rally following the U.S Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., Friday, June 24, 2022.

In Michigan, abortion could come down to voters in November

9:47am June 27, 2022

by Zoe Clark

Abortion is still legal in Michigan but it's the subject of litigation, is moving toward the ballot as a state constitutional amendment and will be a big issue in the competitive race for governor.

Rolling back abortion rights was central to conservatives. What's the focus now?

7:23am June 27, 2022

Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to George Mason University law professor Helen Alvare about the next steps of the anti-abortion rights movement.

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News brief: abortion battleground, G7 meeting, Ukraine requests more weapons

6:47am June 27, 2022

In several states, abortion access looks very different now than it did last week. President Biden is in Germany for the G-7 meeting. Ukraine's president asks the G7 for more weapons to fight Russia.

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