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![Lori Lamprich, volunteer driver with Midwest Access Coalition, drives her car from St. Louis, Missouri, over the state border to Illinois, on June 25, 2022. Lamprich drives abortion seekers across the Mississippi River to Illinois, where abortion remains legal.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1241616876-400x300.jpg)
Red States Plot Use of Vigilantes to Restrict Abortion Seekers’ Travel
Biden's Friday executive order can't guarantee courts will side with abortion providers against cross-state prosecution.
![Graffiti written on a red zone which reads "Abortion Is A Human Right" is seen as abortion rights activists march in protest from the Federal Courthouse to City Hall in Los Angeles, California, on July 6, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0710-Abortion-400x300.jpg)
Experts Fear That Backsliding on Abortion Rights Will Go Beyond US Borders
The overturning of “Roe v. Wade” will embolden fringe anti-abortion groups across Europe, activists and academics warn.
![Cars drive past a sign featuring Mickey Mouse at the entrance to Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on July 11, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0709-disney-400x300.jpg)
Companies Offering Abortion Travel Benefits Donate to Anti-Abortion Politicians
Advocates cite privacy concerns and ask whether companies can truly be trusted to support people seeking abortion care.
![A group of abortion rights activists march from the U.S. Supreme Court to the House of Representatives office buildings on Capitol Hill on July 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0708-abortion-pr-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Introduce Bills to Protect Abortion Travelers, Contraception Access
The right is seeking to limit abortion travel and bar contraception access in the wake of “Dobbs v. Jackson.”
![President Joe Biden speaks at Max S. Hayes High School in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 6, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0708-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden to Sign Executive Order on Abortions — But Does It Do Enough?
Many lauded the order as a positive development, but said that more action from the administration was needed.
![Jen Deerinwater stands in front of the National Native American Veterans Memorial at the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., in 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/DJI_20201124_145459_664-400x300.jpg)
Native Sovereignty Over Abortion Was Already Under Attack Before Roe’s Overturn
Sterilization and abortion restrictions made clear we can’t gain full reproductive justice without tribal sovereignty.
![House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy leaves following a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0707-kevin-mccarthy-400x300.jpg)
GOP Lawmakers Consider Next Moves on Abortion, Including Nationwide Bans
One proposal, which already has 163 Republican co-sponsors, would ban "abortion" at the moment of fertilization.
![A resident gives a woman medication to terminate her pregnancy the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Center for Reproductive Health clinic on June 23, 2022, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0707-medication-abortion-400x300.jpg)
Montana Abortion Clinics Restrict Pill Access for Out-of-State Patients
States bordering Montana have “trigger laws” in effect or pending, but will the state provide care to outside patients?
![Voters cast their midterm ballots on November 6, 2018, at Briles Schoolhouse in Peoria Township, Kansas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0706-kansas-voters-400x300.jpg)
Critics Decry Kansas Holding Referendum on Abortion During Primary Election Date
Turnout for Democrats will be lower in the primary, and unaffiliated Kansans may be less inclined to take part at all.
![Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on the Women's Health Protection Act, outside the U.S. Capitol on September 24, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0705-womens-health-400x300.jpg)
Largest US Nursing Union Calls for Ending Filibuster to Codify Abortion Rights
"Nurses understand that abortion is an essential part of health care," officials from National Nurses United said.