Latest news with #LucyCampbell
The Guardian
7 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
US politics live updates: Most adults support legal abortion three years after Roe overturn, new poll finds
Update: Date: 2025-07-24T12:06:10.000Z Title: Last night Columbia University announced a deal to pay the Trump administration more than $220m Content: About two-thirds of US adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, new AP polls finds Lucy Campbell (now); Shannon Ho (earlier) Thu 24 Jul 2025 13.53 CEST First published on Thu 24 Jul 2025 13.45 CEST From 1.45pm CEST 13:45 Good morning, and welcome to the US politics blog. Today we're kicking off with the findings of a new poll: three years after the US supreme court opened the door to state abortion bans, most adults continue to say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling. The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that about two-thirds of US adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. About half believe abortion should be available in their state if someone does not want to be pregnant for any reason. That level of support for abortion is down slightly from what an AP-NORC poll showed last year, when it seemed that support for legal abortion might be rising. Other things to note in US politics today: , an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school. Donald Trump's effort to repeal birthright citizenship has hit another a stumbling block, with a federal appeals court in San Francisco declaring the president's attempt unconstitutional. South Park kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Trump. Trump is expected to heap further pressure on Jerome Powell later today when he makes a visit to the Federal Reserve's Washington offices. Trump is also expected to sign more executive orders this afternoon. It's unclear the subject matter, though yesterday he went after 'woke' AI models. Stick with us today as we bring you all the US politics news to come. 1.53pm CEST 13:53 The Guardian has been keeping up with the changing abortion laws across the US since Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022. You can see the latest state-by-state breakdown here: Updated at 1.53pm CEST 1.48pm CEST 13:48 Here's more context from the Associated Press on its new poll about abortion: The June 2022 supreme court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade and opened the door to state bans on abortion led to major policy changes. Most states have either moved to protect abortion access or restrict it. Twelve are now enforcing bans on abortion at every stage of pregnancy, and four more do so after about six weeks' gestation, which is often before women realize they're pregnant. In the aftermath of the ruling, AP-NORC polling suggested that support for legal abortion access might be increasing. Last year, an AP-NORC poll conducted in June found that 7 in 10 US adults said it should be available in all or most cases, up slightly from 65% in May 2022, just before the decision that overruled the constitutional right to abortion, and 57% in June 2021. The new poll is closer to Americans' views before the supreme court ruled. Now, 64% of adults support legal abortion in most or all cases. More than half the adults in states with the most stringent bans are in that group. Similarly, about half now say abortion should be available in their state when someone doesn't want to continue their pregnancy for any reason — about the same as in June 2021 but down from about 6 in 10 who said that in 2024. Adults in the strictest states are just as likely as others to say abortion should be available in their state to women who want to end pregnancies for any reason. Democrats support abortion access far more than Republicans do. Support for legal abortion has dropped slightly among members of both parties since June 2024, but nearly 9 in 10 Democrats and roughly 4 in 10 Republicans say abortion should be legal in at least most instances. 1.45pm CEST 13:45 Good morning, and welcome to the US politics blog. Today we're kicking off with the findings of a new poll: three years after the US supreme court opened the door to state abortion bans, most adults continue to say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling. The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that about two-thirds of US adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. About half believe abortion should be available in their state if someone does not want to be pregnant for any reason. That level of support for abortion is down slightly from what an AP-NORC poll showed last year, when it seemed that support for legal abortion might be rising. Other things to note in US politics today: , an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school. Donald Trump's effort to repeal birthright citizenship has hit another a stumbling block, with a federal appeals court in San Francisco declaring the president's attempt unconstitutional. South Park kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Trump. Trump is expected to heap further pressure on Jerome Powell later today when he makes a visit to the Federal Reserve's Washington offices. Trump is also expected to sign more executive orders this afternoon. It's unclear the subject matter, though yesterday he went after 'woke' AI models. Stick with us today as we bring you all the US politics news to come.
Sky News
06-07-2025
- General
- Sky News
Nine out of 10 homeless women missing from official government figures, charities warn
Nine out of 10 homeless women are missing from official government figures, charities have said. Solace Women's Aid and Single Homeless Project have said their research shows that the current rough sleeping snapshot, carried out by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, is inadequate. The charities blame gender-biased collection methods and say 54% of homeless women are missed out of the official government counts because they spend the night in places not classed as rough sleeping - such A&E departments, bank foyers, or on public transport. According to the charities, women are less likely to visibly "bed down" on the street for the night due to the threat of gender-based violence. Instead, they choose to shelter in places such as buses and trains or 24-hour cafes, meaning they are overwhelmingly missed off traditional homelessness counts. Lucy Campbell, head of multiple disadvantage at Single Homeless Project has called it a "systemic failure", calling for the government to change how it carries its count of homeless women. The new figures have been outlined in a census report for England, which has assessed the gap between government counts and data gathered by 88 Local Authorities. The charities say that the government counted 680 women across 296 local authorities who were rough sleeping in 2024, but that Census Local Insights meetings identified 1,777 women across 37 local authorities that year. Sky News followed outreach workers at Single Homeless Project for the day as they searched for women with nowhere to sleep. Finding evidence of rough sleeping in the corner of a London park, Elise Godsal, specialist women's navigator at Single Homeless Project, said: "This is typically where you would find women, maybe more in the day, maybe in the night as well. It's somewhere quite secluded, still tucked away in the corner. But also, you're still in public. So if something happened and you felt like your safety was at risk, you could still make some noise." Visiting a busy train station, Eabha O'Farrell, also a specialist women's navigator at Single Homeless Project, said train stations are attractive places to rest because food and toilets are easily accessible and the women feel safe being "around a lot of other people". Sky News also spoke to Nadia, who grew up in care and became homeless at 21. She recounted how she went to sleep outside a Santander bank, but woke up being "kicked in the head". She told Sky News: "I've got kicked, I've got pissed on. I'd sleep in car parks, in blocks of flats, in bin sheds. Yeah, I can make home a cardboard box if I need to". A third of women (37%) reported they had been in some form of homelessness accommodation before sleeping rough, according to the 2024 Women's Rough Sleeping Census report. It concludes that current services are not meeting women's needs and aren't enough to prevent them from sleeping rough. A woman who completed the survey said: "I feel vulnerable. You have to rely on people who you can't trust and don't feel safe with. I don't have the money to go into restaurants for shelter and have to put myself at risk and do things I don't want to so I can get shelter for the night." Another said: "To keep safe for a woman is more difficult. I have been raped by people while sleeping rough in a bank doorway. I now ensure I am with a male rough sleeper at all times. I believe this is the safest option, but it doesn't mean I am safe." A Ministry of Housing spokesperson said: "We inherited devastating levels of homelessness and rough sleeping and know women can be particularly affected, including those hiding from harm.
7NEWS
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Two Aussie mums launch ‘genius' game to tackle the nation's $40 billion reading crisis
Australia is in the midst of a dire reading crisis. Aussie mums, Anna O'Connor and Lucy Campbell have just created a genius solution to address the nation's challenge. Sound Slam is a phonics-based card game designed to help reverse Australia's worsening reading crisis — valued at a staggering $40 billion in long-term economic impact. In just a few short months, thousands of Australian households have already purchased the game, signalling both a strong demand and a deep concern among parents. Lucy, primary school teacher, and Anna, a management consultant, were driven by both personal experience and national urgency. The duo created Sound Slam to be more than just a game — it's a whole-family learning tool engineered to build phonological awareness in children before they start school. The game is also super affordable at just $35 and requires just a quick setup, you can play anywhere between 5 and 45 minutes. For decades, Australia's approach to teaching reading has been divided by what's often called the 'reading wars' — a long-standing debate between phonics-based instruction and the now-discredited whole-language method. This skill, now recognised as the strongest predictor of future reading success, is often lacking in early learners, especially in regional and remote areas. The consequences have been dire, according to recent findings from the Grattan Institute. In an average classroom of 24 students, eight struggle to read effectively. In rural and regional areas, up to half of all students are not reading proficiently. The lifetime cost of poor literacy in Australia is estimated at $40 billion The tide is finally turning. Earlier this year, the Victorian government announced mandatory explicit phonics teaching in every state classroom, signalling a broader national shift in reading education. State Education Minister Ben Carroll acknowledged the change: 'The reading wars are not quite over, but they should be.' Recognising the urgency — and the opportunity to intervene before kids fall behind—Lucy and Anna developed Sound Slam as a fun, fast-paced card game that helps young children master key phonological skills like rhyming, sound isolation, and syllable segmentation. 'Sound Slam is like hiding veggies in spaghetti bolognese,' said Co-Founder Lucy Campbell. part of every Australian child's learning journey.' Sound Slam is the perfect way to make learning easy, and affordable for your kids.
