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Workers demand Google expand abortion protections post-Roe

Workers demand Google expand abortion protections post-Roe

Comment on this story Comment Happy Thursday! As always, send news tips and predictions for who won’t survive the “House of the Dragon” premiere to cristiano.lima@washpost.com. Below: The FTC threatens to sue an adtech firm, and Australia’s top court sides with Google in a defamation case. First: Workers demand Google expand abortion protections post-Roe Google staffers are calling on the tech giant to take greater steps to protect workers’ reproductive health, including by expanding… Source link

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Economists look to the early ’70s for hints of a post-Roe America

Economists look to the early ’70s for hints of a post-Roe America

In 1970, five states — Alaska, California, Hawaii, New York, and Washington — stepped to the front of that era’s abortion debate and legalized the elective version of the procedure. The Supreme Court extended those rights across the country just three years later with the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which found the Constitution’s guarantee of privacy protects the right to an abortion. Today, economists are keenly focused on that three-year window for hints as to what might happen if… Source link

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