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United States: lawmakers arrested for demonstrating for right to abortion

United States: lawmakers arrested for demonstrating for right to abortion

Seventeen US lawmakers, including rising left-wing star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, were arrested in Washington on Tuesday following a demonstration to defend the right to abortion, police said. “We have arrested a total of 35 people” including “17 members of Congress” because after three summons, “some of the demonstrators (refused) to leave …

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USA: lab offers the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill

USA: lab offers the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill

Perrigo laboratory announced on Monday that it asked authorities to approve the first contraceptive pill available without a prescription in the United States, few weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke the right to abortion in the country. The launch of the regulatory process shortly after the Supreme Court’s …

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