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After almost 50 years, Roe v Wade has been overturned by the US Supreme Court – and already abortion is being banned in parts of the United States.
As Prudence Flowers explains, there is little the Democrats or even the president can do to reverse the decision. But rather than resolving the abortion debate in the US, we will likely see a dramatic escalation of abortion lawsuits and legislation.
So what now for US women and girls? Beyond the US, what are women’s reproductive rights like around the world – and in Australia?
You can read more of The Conversation’s local and global analysis of this landmark ruling here.
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Sunanda Creagh
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Erica Millar, La Trobe University; Barbara Baird, Flinders University
The erasure of the constitutional right to abortion will be felt most acutely in states with already dramatically reduced access to abortion.
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Prudence Flowers, Flinders University
This is more than a huge political and legal decision. Almost half of US women and girls of reproductive age live in states where abortion is – or will become – illegal.
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Linda C. McClain, Boston University; Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University
By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court decided to overrule the landmark Roe decision and end almost 50 years of access to abortion being a constitution right.
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C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney
Monkeypox has spread to more than 50 countries and will continue to be monitored. Here’s what we know about monkeypox so far and what researchers want to find out.
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Jim Stanford, University of Sydney
Dark warnings about rising labour costs ignore the importance of profits in driving higher prices.
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Clare Collins, University of Newcastle; Megan Whatnall, University of Newcastle
Cutting your grocery bill takes planning and flexibility – and knowing your budget. Here’s how to get started.
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Jacob Deem, CQUniversity Australia; Adrian Miller, CQUniversity Australia; A J Brown, Griffith University; Susan Bird, Charles Darwin University
Survey findings bring insight to the general public’s thoughts and concerns of an Indigenous Voice to parliament. What questions still need to be answered to obtain a yes vote in a referendum?
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Amrita Malhi, Australian National University
Universal schemes aimed at classifying populations by ‘race’ or ‘ethnicity’ can force us into a game of competing for better positions within a racial hierarchy.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Most women are not working full-time during most of their working lives, which holds them back from management positions and accentuates the pay gap with men, according to data released on Monday.
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Lindsay Robertson, University of Otago; Janet Hoek, University of Otago
Research suggests that if vapes had never been introduced, many young non-smokers may not have started using any nicotine products.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Chris Wallace, Professor at the University of Canberra.
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Health + Medicine
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Lindsay Robertson, University of Otago; Janet Hoek, University of Otago
Research suggests that if vapes had never been introduced, many young non-smokers may not have started using any nicotine products.
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Erica Millar, La Trobe University; Barbara Baird, Flinders University
The erasure of the constitutional right to abortion will be felt most acutely in states with already dramatically reduced access to abortion.
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Nicholas T. Van Dam, The University of Melbourne
Mindfulness can have benefits, but it shouldn’t replace first-line treatment, and it shouldn’t claim to be able to.
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Environment + Energy
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Sally Thompson, The University of Western Australia; Anneliese Sytsma, Colorado School of Mines; Dana Ariel Lapides, Simon Fraser University; Mary H. Nichols, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
A warmer atmosphere can hold more water – and that makes floods harder to predict. To help, we improved one common tool used to predict floods.
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Education
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Jessica Holloway, Australian Catholic University; Rafaan Daliri-Ngametua, Australian Catholic University; Sarah Langman, Australian Catholic University
Paying good teachers more sounds like a great idea. The problem is the research on performance pay shows it’s counterproductive – and inflicting it on a system in crisis is terrible timing.
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Arts + Culture
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Catherine Speck, University of Adelaide
Pure Form at the Art Gallery of South Australia brings together some of Japan’s most interesting post-war art.
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Books + Ideas
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Timothy Michael Rowse, Western Sydney University
Tim Rowse concludes that Paul Daley’s new novel, inspired by true events in Arnhem Land, is fluent and skilfully paced – but doesn’t risk complicating the critical narrative of our colonial history.
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