Anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life exposed the personal information of hundreds of job applicants after a website bug allowed anyone to access their resumes, which were stored in an unprotected directory on its website. A security researcher told TechCrunch that the group’s main website, built largely in WordPress, was not properly protecting the file […]
UN experts condemn Texas abortion law as sex discrimination ‘at its worst’
Exclusive: human rights lawyer criticizes the supreme court and says new law will ‘make abortion unsafe and deadly’United Nations human rights monitors have strongly condemned the state of Texas for its new anti-abortion law, which they say violates in…
Partisan gerrymandering has empowered a hard-right turn in Texas
Republicans are steamrolling a series of extremist laws, undeterred by demographic shifts in the state favoring DemocratsTexas lawmakers have taken the state’s long history of chest-thumping conservatism to new levels over the last few months.Republica…
Texas judge temporarily shields clinics from anti-abortion group lawsuits
Draconian law took effect this week after supreme court nodDistrict judge responds to Planned Parenthood request‘Roe v Wade is a husk’: anguish and anger in Texas A Texas judge temporarily shielded abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion gro…
‘Outraged, sickened, terrified’: Guardian readers on the Texas abortion ban
Nine Guardian readers share their thoughts on the ruling that bans most abortions – and what it means for reproductive rightsThe US supreme court voted 5-4 to allow a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in force. The law prohibits abortions once…
It’s not just Texas – anti-abortion activists are targeting women’s rights in Europe | Mara Clarke
Draconian laws in European countries and the effects of Brexit and Covid-19 are making safe terminations harder to accessMara Clarke is the founder of Abortion Support NetworkThe state of Texas now has the most restrictive abortion law to be passed in …
The Guardian view on the Texas abortion ban: this is not the end | Editorial
The supreme court’s refusal to block the law marks a grave blow to the freedom and safety of womenThe cruel, vindictive and dangerous law that has taken effect in Texas is much more than the most extreme anti-abortion legislation in the United States. …
Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘unprecedented assault’ on abortion rights
President denounces justices for failing to block Texas banVows to ‘ensure woman have access to safe and legal abortions’Joe Biden condemned the US supreme court on Thursday, saying it had delivered “an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional…
After the Texas abortion ban, clinics in nearby states brace for demand
Texas-based patients put pressure on clinics in other states – and demands on abortion fundsOriginally published by the 19th.With the vast majority of abortions now illegal in Texas, clinics in nearby states are already reporting increases in demand as…
Biden condemns Texas abortion law that ‘blatantly violates’ constitution – live
Supreme court fails to act to block restrictive abortion law‘It is unbelievable that Texas politicians have gotten away with this’Capitol attack inquiry to investigate Trump White House’s role 12.21am BST Firefighters battling a ferocious wildfire in t…