Tag: abortion rights

The Central Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main Ave, will be hosting an exclusive-access screening of "The Abortion Talks: A Documentary," followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmakers on Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.

The Sept. 23 abortion memo from the University of Idaho’s general counsel created a firestorm felt from Idaho to the White House and beyond. The unexpected and unsigned memo is viewed as strident by faculty, staff and students.

While some are taking a victory lap after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, others in the region are determined to fight back.

Abortion is not an easy choice, and many people have been traumatized by it, Williamson said, but autonomy is what's most important — for both men and women.

Four decades after Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, many opponents of the decision are in a celebratory mood while those backing abortion rights are glum, feeling that momentum is turning decisively against them.

Yet in reality, little has changed in the fiercest and most protracted battle of the nation’s bitter culture war.