In the United Kingdom, the results of the local elections to renew over 100 municipal councils and choose some mayors of important metropolitan cities, including London, are arriving right now. The local vote could also have national repercussions, especially on the role and future of Prime Minister and Conservative leader Rishi Sunak. A general defeat for the Conservatives, who have led the national government for 14 years, seems certain: for over 18 months, national polls have indicated a Labor lead of over 20 percentage points and the first results seem to confirm this. A particularly bad outcome could call Sunak’s leadership into question and lead to his replacement before the national election, due in the autumn. Meanwhile, ministers have been accused of trying to “bribe” voters after releasing images of the first asylum seekers being rounded up to be deported to Rwanda – and announcing that another had agreed to move voluntarily for £3,000 – one day before the local elections: we talk about it with Nicol Degli Innocenti, London correspondent for Il Sole24Ore. | Florida lawmakers on Wednesday approved a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a major policy change that will limit access to the procedure for all women in Florida and neighboring states. After the overturning of Roe v Wade, Florida had become a major access point for abortion care within the formal health care system in the South, so much so that last year more than 84,000 abortions were performed in Florida. abortions, up 12% from 2020. Arizona lawmakers instead voted to overturn the near-total abortion ban of 1864, thus repealing a Civil War-era abortion ban that the state Supreme Court had recently authorized to come into force. It included a ban on all abortions, without considering exceptions for women who survived rape or incest: we talked about it with Anna Lombardi, correspondent for La Repubblica. We will also listen to the short interview with Dr. Amy Maragareth Autry, who since 2022 has been carrying out a project to create a clinic that provides free and safe abortions, as well as protection of reproductive health and rights, on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, created by Giulia DeLuca. At the microphones, Luigi Spinola.
03 May 2024
