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Faith leaders discuss how their religions approach the divisive issue of abortion

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

08/11/22 • 12 min

While many say the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is the answer to decades of prayer, some faith leaders fear their religious rights will be infringed amid new abortion restrictions. Amna Nawaz spoke with three faith leaders about how their religions approach the issue of abortion. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

How states are preparing for a Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

06/07/22 • 10 min

The U.S. Supreme Court is soon expected to issue what could be a momentous decision upending abortion rights. Last month, a leaked draft revealed the conservative justices were preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion regulation to the states. NewsHour's Adam Kemp in Oklahoma City, Gabrielle Hays in St. Louis and Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado in Fresno join Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Former Pennsylvania attorney general who argued against Roe reflects on Supreme Court leak

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

05/10/22 • 7 min

The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion shows justices appear poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which would result in the biggest change to abortion rights since the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed the right to an abortion with restrictions. Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Ernest Preate, who argued that case and asked the court to overturn Roe, joins John Yang to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Exploring the complicated history of abortion in the United States

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

05/06/22 • 8 min

In the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito writes that the nation has had an "unbroken tradition" of criminalizing abortion. But as John Yang reports, the history is much more complicated. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

What a Supreme Court ruling ending Roe v. Wade would mean for reproductive rights

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

05/03/22 • 8 min

A day after a Supreme Court document on abortion became public we look at the legal and political implications. Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent for the National Law Journal, and Mary Ziegler, a Florida State University law professor and author of "Abortion and the Law in America," join Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Louisiana judge blocks state's trigger law banning abortions

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

06/27/22 • 7 min

Louisiana is one of the states with a trigger law where the ban on performing abortions went into effect on Friday. A state judge on Monday granted a request from the Hope Medical group for women in Shreveport, one of the state's three abortion providers, to block the law for now. Kathaleen Pittman, Hope Medical Group's clinical administrator, joins John Yang to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

News Wrap: Michigan police officer charged with murder for killing Black man

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

06/09/22 • 4 min

In our news wrap Thursday, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, policeman faces trial for second-degree murder for killing a Black man during a traffic stop, a GOP candidate for Michigan governor was arrested for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the House debates a bill to provide security for families of Supreme Court justices, and Ukraine forces claim gains in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

News Wrap: Patriot Front members free on bail after arrest at Idaho LGBTQ event

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

06/13/22 • 4 min

In our news wrap Monday, 31 members of a white supremacist group are free on bail in Idaho after being charged for planning violent disruptions at an LGBTQ event, senior officials in Iraq try to form a government after more than 70 lawmakers resigned, an Iraqi man held at Guantanamo Bay pleaded guilty to war crimes, and China struggles with new COVID outbreaks. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Inside the Supreme Court decision that overturns abortion rights

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

06/24/22 • 6 min

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn abortion law in the U.S. rocked the nation, but the court's conservative majority wasn't unanimous. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal explains how Chief Justice Roberts responded to the decision and how the liberal dissent argues against creating a patchwork of laws across the nation. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

New Supreme Court ethics code 'does very little' to hold justices accountable, expert says

PBS News Hour - Supreme Court

11/13/23 • 6 min

The nine Supreme Court justices handed down a surprise unanimous decision binding themselves to a new code of ethics. It comes after criticism over undisclosed perks for some of the justices. Amna Nawaz unpacked the court's new rules with Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis specializing in legal and government ethics. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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