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The Future of Abortion: Floating Clinics?
One day soon, people in states that have outlawed abortion may be able to take to the sea. A California OB-GYN is currently organising and fundraising for an offshore, floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico. The clinic boat would be strategically positioned in federal waters, to avoid the jurisdiction of state abortion bans.
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The U.S. Supreme Court Just Ruined the Planet
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in West Virginia vs. EPA in favour of plaintiffs who argued that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to regulate carbon dioxide from power plants — the country’s second-largest source of CO2 emissions — without input from Congress.
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Facebook Is Dodging Questions About Surveillance of Users Seeking Abortions
A group of data journalists have uncovered evidence that Facebook is collecting sensitive personal information about people who visit the websites of so-called crisis pregnancy centres — clinics that are notoriously dedicated to pressuring people out of getting abortions while aping healthcare providers that do offer them.
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How the Internet is Reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court Leak
The Supreme Court will strike down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito which was leaked and initially published in a report by Politico.