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By Sharon Bernstein and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Jennifer Kerns, a California physician, will soon also practice 1,800 miles away at an abortion clinic in Kansas, where women from nearby states in the Midwest with bans on the procedure are expected to seek care. Abortion clinics and providers say Kerns is among dozens of doctors …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch at a Brooklyn jail, and may seek to delay her Tuesday sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls, her lawyer said on Saturday night. In a letter to the judge overseeing Maxwell’s case, Maxwell’s lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, …

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By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Utah branch of Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Saturday seeking to block the state’s abortion ban, which came into effect on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion. Utah was one of …

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By Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -President Joe Biden, who is weighing unilateral actions to counter an “extreme” ruling ending the U.S. right to abortion, nonetheless “respects” the Supreme Court and sees no need to expand its membership, a spokesperson said. Biden is looking for more “solutions” in the aftermath …

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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Abortion is now front and center in November’s key governor’s races in Pennsylvania and Michigan, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that had recognized a constitutional right to abortion. Kansas residents, meanwhile, will vote on whether to protect abortion rights in an August ballot …

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By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Anti-abortion activists should be concerned with other issues that can threaten life, such as easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternity mortality rates, the Vatican’s editorial director said on Saturday. In a media editorial on the United States Supreme Court’s ruling to end the constitutional right to abortion, Andrea …

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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The Group of Seven wealthy countries will address what they see as China’s use of forced labor and intellectual property theft and other issues, the White House said on Saturday. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Trevor Hunnicutt)

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House said on Saturday that it is horrified by shooting in Oslo targeting the LGBT community and that it stands in solidarity with its ally Norway. A gunman killed two people and injured 21 during an attack in Oslo that came as the city was due to …

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