US Supreme Court report fails to identify abortion ruling leak culprit
Updated: 12pm (AEST)Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court after an eight-month investigation failed on Thursday to identify who leaked a draft of its blockbuster ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade decision that had legalised abortion nationwide though the probe revealed multiple holes in security measures at America’s top judicial body. The leak […]
Russia to rescue ISS crew on backup rocket after capsule leak
Reuters Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz spacecraft next month to bring home two cosmonauts and a US astronaut from the International Space Station after their original capsule was struck by a micrometeoroid and started leaking last month. The leak came from a tiny puncture – less than one millimetre wide – […]
Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official
Reuters A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a tiny meteoroid strike, a senior Russian space official said Thursday. NASA and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said no astronauts were endangered by the leak, which […]
In the US, Dobbs decision and fall of Roe met with rejoicing, dismay from faith groups
RNS After nearly 50 years, Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, is no more. In a six-to-three decision on Friday, the Supreme Court over-ruled both Roe, decided in 1973, and a 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v Casey, which reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion. The ruling came in […]
Essay: Overturning Roe v Wade inches us back toward the arc of justice
In the wake of this week’s unprecedented US Supreme Court leak, KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR – in an article first published on Religion News Service, says overturning Roe v Wade will put abortion laws back at the state level, which only means that pro-life work is far from over…