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Demonstrators protest outside the Wisconsin Capitol, May 3, 2022, in Madison, Wis.
SUPPORT for legal abortion in the United States has risen since the Supreme Court eliminated protections, according to a poll published today.
The survey by the Associated Press news agency and the NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research shows that around six in 10 US citizens believe that their state should generally allow a person to obtain a legal abortion if they don’t want to be pregnant for any reason.
The vast majority — more than eight in 10 — say abortion should be legal in extreme circumstances, such as when a patient’s life would be endangered by continuing the pregnancy.
The Trump government is seizing overseas students from their homes and campuses and even off the streets, with no legal grounds and no due process, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
