Halsey hits out over abortion rights: “This is a cruel attack on our fundamental right”

Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that found a constitutional right to abortion. Elderly women decades deep into their abortion fights marched alongside young girls taking their first steps as activists. Dogs walked patiently along march routes packed with thousands of protesters.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorSpeakers including Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, mayoral candidate and congressperson Karen Bass, attorney Gloria Allred and actors including Ricki Lake and Christine Lahti urged people to fight for reproductive freedom at the “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally in downtown Los Angeles Saturday.“I can’t work in Texas anymore,” said “Abbott Elementary” star Lisa Ann Walter, who stated that she is working with SAG-AFTRA to inform members of the reproductive health laws in each state. “We won’t quit until women are guaranteed autonomy all over this country.”Thousands of people turned out for the Los Angeles event in front of City Hall, while more than 380 rallies were planned across the United States.

MSPs and reproductive rights campaigners gathered in Edinburgh to show solidarity with their US peers protesting over the Roe vs Wade re-appeal.

Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion are among the more than 150 artists who have signed a letter denouncing the US Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion which threatened the possible overturn of Roe V. Wade.The letter, which was shared as part of Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffOurBodies campaign also included signatures from Olivia Rodrigo, Clairo, The Regrettes, Snail Mail, and Angel Olsen, appeared in a full-page New York Times ad today (May 13). See the ad and full list of signatures below.“The Supreme Court is planning to overturn Roe v.

A bill to protect abortion rights failed to clear the Senate on Wednesday, as Democrats seek to highlight to looming prospect that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe V. Wade.

Roe falls, it will be like nothing we have seen since the 1970s. States have set up “trigger laws,” such that as soon as the Supreme Court decision goes out, at least 26 states are “certain or likely” to ban abortion, according to .“Either abortion will be outlawed in your state or your state will become a state that needs to start providing abortions to people who are coming from out of state,” Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity, last week. “So this will have an impact on every single person in this country.”Across the country, women—and nonbinary people, men, and children—feel betrayed and abandoned by conservative lawmakers.

Arcade Fire appeared on Saturday Night Live last night (May 7), performing two tracks from ‘WE’ and seemingly speaking out about abortion rights.Earlier this week, a leaked draft from the US Supreme Court suggested the organisation is preparing to overturn Roe V. Wade – a 1973 ruling that made abortion legal on a federal level.Arcade Fire used their performance on Saturday Night Live to seemingly critique the proposed draft.After a powerful performance of ‘The Lightning I,II’, vocalist Win Butler returned to the mic to say “a woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever.

Phoebe Bridgers has pledged a portion of proceeds from her upcoming North American tour to an abortion charity.The singer-songwriter announced her decision on social media earlier today (May 6), a week before the tour kicks off in Las Vegas.The move follows the leak of an initial draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that suggested the US Supreme Court is prepared to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Rage Against The Machine have shared a statement speaking out in support of abortion rights, following a leaked draft from the Supreme Court privately voting to overturn Roe v. Wade.The landmark decision was voted on by the US Supreme Court in 1973, a ruling that made abortion legal on a federal level in the US.However, earlier this week (May 2), Politico obtained a leaked initial draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that suggested the court is prepared to overturn Roe vs.

Popular Information.The independent newsletter and site obtained an internal email from Zeno Group, a subsidiary of Edelman with offices all around the United States and the world. The message from Zeno’s Executive Vice President for Media Strategy Katie Cwayna warns that the media “will look for corporations to take a stand” on the leaked draft opinion and “make their views known.”Zeno’s advice: Don’t.Cwayna’s message includes “a template email to share with client contacts,” according to Popular Information.

Lorde spoke out about abortion rights during her show in LA last night (May 5).It comes after the US ​​Supreme Court’s private vote to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which made abortion legal on a federal level in the US, was revealed.Earlier this week (May 2) Politico published a leaked draft opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito which argued that Roe v.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPaxton Smith electrified abortion rights advocates when she used her 2021 high school graduation speech to decry wide-ranging abortion restrictions that were being pushed by Texas lawmakers. The valedictorian’s remarks, in which she told the audience that “there is a war on my body and a war on my rights,” quickly went viral, making Smith one of the youngest faces and most influential voices of the movement.Now, the conflict that Smith described has entered a new phase after Politico broke the news this week that the Supreme Court has prepared a majority draft opinion striking down Roe v.

Olivia Rodrigo couldn’t stay silent while abortion rights are being threatened in the U.S.

Olivia Rodrigo has waded into the row over the US ​​Supreme Court’s private vote to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which made abortion legal.Earlier this week, Politico published a leaked draft opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito which argued that Roe v.

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In a matter of months, laws protecting abortion access across the United States will likely be eradicated. A draft of the Supreme Court decision leaked last night indicated that a majority of the court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 privacy case that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion.

Paul Mescal's girlfriend and singer Phoebe Bridgers has revealed she had an abortion last October, as she put her support behind the American legal case Roe v. Wade, which is currently in the process of being overturned.The American songwriter, who is reportedly engaged to the Normal People actor, made the brave decision to share her story as she took to her Instagram stories on Tuesday 3 May. Writing on a beautiful snap of a beach sunset, the 27 year old shared: "I had an abortion in October of last year while I was on tour.