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Reactions to U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade abortion landmark
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public figures across the political spectrum reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a woman's cons...
Jun 24, 2022 Anti-abortion demonstrators celebrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
In their own words: U.S. Supreme Court justices on overturning Roe v. Wade
(Reuters) - In a bombshell decision, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abo...
Jun 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pritzker calls for special session following reversal of Roe v. Wade
UPDATED 1:55 p.m. CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he's standing up for reproductive rights following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe versus Wade. Pritzker says he saw this r...
Jun 24, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
U.S. Supreme Court overturns abortion rights landmark
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took the dramatic step of overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and leg...
Jun 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Police officers walk outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Landmark gun-safety bill heads to U.S. House after Senate passage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives moved quickly on Friday to take up a package of modest measures intended to stem gun violence, a day after a Supreme Court...
Jun 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a placard while taking part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
U.S. House speaker's husband charged with driving under influence of alcohol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was charged on Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol, weeks after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in ...
Jun 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA and her husband Paul Pelosi arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Illinois increasing MAP grant funding for students
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is highlighting a big increase in college MAP grant funding that will help as many as 155,000 students. $601 million in grants will be a...
Jun 24, 2022 COD Newsroom / CC
Trump allies sought pardons after supporting his attempts to overturn election
UPDATED 5:40 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least five congressional Republican allies of Donald Trump sought White House pardons after supporting his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, wi...
Jun 23, 2022 A video of U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is shown during the fifth of eight planned public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. CDC advisers back Moderna COVID vaccine for teens, older children
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend use of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents aged 6 to...
Jun 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sits on the table at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Biden administration proposes Title IX protections for transgender students
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday proposed expanding Title IX protections against sex discrimination to include transgender students as part of a broader effort to replace Trump-era rule...
Jun 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A person holds up a flag during rally to protest the Trump administration's reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
