@chloe_aatkins The current landscape of abortion access in the US came into focus in May after the Supreme Court decided to consider the legality of Mississippi’s ban on nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. (2/8)
@chloe_aatkins This restriction was the first to reach the US Supreme Court from a wave of state laws intended to strike down Roe v. Wade, the decision that established the constitutional right to an abortion nationwide. (3/8)
@chloe_aatkins The first major abortion case since the US Supreme Court’s conservative majority comes as state legislatures around the country have brought a historic number of laws seeking to tighten abortion access. (4/8) nbcnews.to/3eWFuOe
@chloe_aatkins As of now, nearly 600 anti-abortion laws have been introduced in 47 states this year. Three states and Washington, D.C., have not introduced any restrictions in 2021. (5/8)
@chloe_aatkins Texas’ law is one of the most extreme passed; it outlaws abortion after cardiac activity is detected, making it the largest state to ban the procedure before many people even know they are pregnant. (6/8)
@chloe_aatkins Currently, 43 states cut off access to abortion at a certain point, unless the pregnant person’s life is in danger. However, 7 states and Washington, D.C., have no gestational age ban on the procedure. (7/8)
@chloe_aatkins In the absence of Roe v. Wade, dozens of states, particularly in the South and Midwest, would likely enact severe restrictions or outright bans on the procedure, & 10 states already have “trigger” bans in place to outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. (8/8)
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BREAKING: Simone Biles is out of the U.S. gymnastics team final in Tokyo. nbcnews.to/2UTtdTN
UPDATE: Simone Biles out of team gymnastics final in Tokyo "due to medical issue," officials say. nbcnews.com/news/olympics/…
UPDATE: U.S. women win silver in team gymnastics final after Simone Biles withdraws "due to medical issue"; Russian Olympic Committee wins gold, Great Britain wins bronze. nbcnews.com/news/olympics/…
"There's a real-time genocide that's happening just 90 miles from the coast of our great country...I just do not understand how the international community stays quiet, they stay mute," Enrique Santos says of Cuban protests.
WATCH: Younger generation leads the charge for freedom in Cuba. - @MorganRadford
When England's Bukayo Saka took his penalty in the Euro 2020 final, what followed wasn't just another chapter of the country's tale of soccer heartbreak, but also a grim echo of what its Black stars have endured for decades. (1/4) #NBCNewsThreadsnbcnews.to/2W5qyXz
After he missed the decisive kick, 19-year-old Saka's social media timeline was flooded racial abuse.
"I knew instantly the kind of hate I was about to receive," he said, adding, "There is no place for racism or hate of any kind in football or any area of society." (2/4)
Saka's defiant response is firmly rooted in soccer's past.
Emerging as society's leading voices demanding change, experts say that Saka and his England teammates continue another storied soccer tradition: using the game's unique position as a conduit for racial discussion. (3/4)
@BridgeDet313 Built in 1941, the Birwood Wall, a 6-foot-high, 4-inch-thick divider that sits just below Detroit’s storied Eight Mile Road, separated a Black neighborhood to the east from a community on the west that was developed for whites only. (2/11)
@BridgeDet313 In a 6-month investigation, @NBCNews and @BridgeDet313 discovered that one of Detroit’s most prominent families built the wall.
The side of the wall residents called home would later affect the sale price of their houses and the wealth they would inherit. (3/11)
Businesses owners have noticed a change in Surfside since the condo collapsed nearby. A typically bustling area, downtown has become quiet and business has slowed.
@PhilMcCausland The slowdown comes after one of the most economically devastating periods for small businesses in the nation’s history. The pandemic brought many locally owned shops and restaurants to their knees or forced entrepreneurs to take on long-term loans to keep afloat. (2/9)
@PhilMcCausland After the Champlain Towers South collapse, authorities had to lock down a large perimeter to ensure that people didn’t get too close to the site. They also needed room to store emergency vehicles and construction equipment for the digging work that continues there. (3/9)
DEVELOPING: At least 19 people have died and dozens are missing in Germany after heavy flooding swept away cars and caused some buildings to collapse. nbcnews.to/3if90zh
UPDATE: More than 20 people have died following heavy flooding in Western Europe, with dozens more missing and many stranded on rooftops. nbcnews.com/news/world/5-d…
Devastation caused by the flooding of the Ahr River in the Eifel village of Schuld, western Germany on Thursday.
At least 33 are dead and dozens are missing missing as floods sweep Germany, western Europe.