In our news wrap Saturday, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision to allow a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to get an abortion, Israel hit targets across Gaza as its war with Hamas entered its third month, nations clashed at COP28 over reducing the use of fossil fuels, and baseball star Shohei Ohtani said he’s signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In our news wrap Saturday, Trump said on social media that he expects to be arrested Tuesday in New York and called on his supporters to protest, Wyoming became the first state to categorically ban abortion pills, protests against raising the country’s retirement age continued in France, the Ukraine grain deal was extended just before it was set to expire, and March Madness is in full swing.
Officials in Republican-controlled Montana want to require authorization before the state's health department pays for abortions for people covered by Medicaid.
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade relied heavily on the argument that, in Justice Samuel Alito’s words, “a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the nation’s history and traditions.” Paul Solman takes a look at that history, as part of our continuing coverage of America after Roe.