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  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    Battle over abortion moves to US states after Roe vs Wade is struck down

    Supreme Court ruling deepens divide between liberal and conservative America

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Overturning of Roe vs Wade sets out rightwing path for US Supreme Court

    Conservative justice Clarence Thomas said protections for gay rights, same-sex marriage and contraception should also be reconsidered

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    US politics & policy
    ‘We’re going backwards’: a divided America reacts to abortion decision

    The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade after 49 years prompts polarised response

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    News in-depth
    Abortion ruling shows growing might of US Supreme Court’s conservatives

    With a solid 6-3 majority, its rightwing is increasingly emboldened to make big rulings on divisive issues

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    News in-depth
    Abortion battle shifts to US Congress and midterm elections

    Democrats seek to depict Republicans as dangerously out of step with Americans heading into November vote

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    US Supreme Court ruling triggers rush of new restrictions on abortion

    Providers of the procedure scramble as Republican-led states enact pre-planned bans while others consider their own moves

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    The editorial board
    A devastating blow to women’s rights in America

    Overturning Roe vs Wade will lead to a cascade of abortion bans in US states

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Explainer
    Crucial passages from the US Supreme Court on abortion rights

    The nine justices wrote five different opinions on their reasons for, and against, overturning Roe vs Wade

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    US business treads cautious line after Supreme Court abortion ruling

    Companies offer to pay travel expenses for procedure but most refrain from taking sides

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    US Supreme Court overturns Roe vs Wade in major blow to abortion rights

    Dramatic ruling by majority-conservative court unwinds nearly 50-year-old precedent

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
    ‘This might be a watershed for American feminism’: Amia Srinivasan on repealing Roe vs Wade

    The philosopher has emerged as one of today’s most innovative feminist thinkers, analysing how women are constrained by politics, culture and technology

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Jan Dalley
    No place left for nuance with Roe vs Wade

    New films about the fight for women’s rights offer deeply felt, careful contributions to the debate on abortion — but will they change anyone’s mind?

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    InterviewLife & Arts
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘We’re creating in a culture of intolerance’  

    The writer on Roe vs Wade, the role of fiction in wartime and what living in America taught her about race

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Black women face brunt of harm if Roe vs Wade abortion rights are repealed, warn experts

    African-Americans in conservative US states will be unduly hit if 1973 case is overturned, say healthcare providers

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    How would the repeal of Roe vs Wade shape abortion access in the US?

    Restrictions imposed in some states show the impact on individuals and local resources, research findings show

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Abortion: what reversing Roe vs Wade would mean for American women

    The leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling indicates a victory for a 50-year conservative campaign to overturn abortion rights

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Reversing Roe vs Wade would shatter women’s rights

    There is no easy way to undo a ruling that would hobble access to abortion

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Repeal of Roe risks exacerbating the US’s most shameful statistic

    Abortion ban would increase the country’s dreadful maternal mortality rate and fall hardest on the most vulnerable

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Biden calls Trumpism ‘most extreme’ political movement in recent US history

    President hits out at predecessor’s hold on Republicans after Supreme Court abortion revelations

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Biden calls on US Supreme Court to uphold Roe vs Wade following leak

    Court confirms authenticity of draft opinion on abortion ruling but says decision not final

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Reproductive rights
    US Supreme Court set to upend abortion rights, leaked document suggests

    Democrats outraged after highly unusual leak reveals draft decision to overturn Roe vs Wade

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The toxicity of America’s restrictive abortion laws

    A divisive political issue is now also a debate for businesses

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Reproductive rights
    Oklahoma passes one of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the US

    Measure follows wave of restrictions in Republican-led states as Supreme Court weighs pivotal case

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    FT Swamp Notes
    America’s long goodbye to Roe vs Wade Premium content

    The US should be braced for a deeply worrying intensification of its cultural civil war

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    US Supreme Court justices appear willing to put curbs on abortion rights

    Conservatives seem to lean towards upholding Mississippi law in case seeking to undo Roe vs Wade

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