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How activists are preparing for a post–Roe v. Wade America

How activists are preparing for a post–Roe v. Wade America

Apple News Today
Dec 1, 2021 8 min
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<p>As the Supreme Court hears a major abortion case, <a href="https://apple.news/AYniEDGAYSYC4rNyrnucMUg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> looks at how activists on both sides of the issue are already planning for a world where <em>Roe v. Wade</em> is overturned.</p> <p>New York City has introduced America&rsquo;s first government-run drug-injection sites, in a new effort to reduce opioid-overdose deaths. <a href="https://apple.news/AWpBvIaoHRkKlcPFY4Sjgbw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A-SgHuyYPQN6bx7xADqCDMg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> reports on American librarians who say there&rsquo;s a major rise in organized efforts to ban books in schools. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVPkM7EH-QaqG59uP_UsgTw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> explains why the battle over what kids read in class may not end anytime soon.</p> <p>Hiring a Santa Claus is a tough task this year, after COVID hit the Santa community hard. The <a href="https://apple.news/A9S1h57mxSFGRNAfq5bzyCg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> uncovers the lengths people are going to in order to find one.</p>

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