Today’s Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Is Good. It’s Not Great.
The Supreme Court decision today to protect abortion rights is undoubtedly a win for reproductive rights advocates. But by no means should it be a signal for them to rest easy; Chief Justice John...
View ArticleRemember When People Thought the June Medical SCOTUS Ruling Was a Win for...
A court ruled on Friday that a strict abortion ban in Arkansas can move forward—and it used the recent Supreme Court decision regarding abortion rights, the one so many celebrated as a victory, to do...
View ArticleHow Anti-Abortion Advocates Are Co-opting and Twisting Calls for Racial Justice
The argument seemed reasonable in theory: “We are pleased that our state values life no matter an individual’s potential disability, gender, or race.” In reality, it wasn’t. Back in March 2016, Mike...
View ArticleWe Need to Save Abortion Rights. But Roe Isn’t Enough—and RBG Knew It.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wanted more for women. While everyone has been screaming about Roe v. Wade since her death Friday night, it’s worth remembering that the beloved justice was...
View ArticleWhat Ginsburg’s Death Means for Upcoming Fights Against Sex Discrimination
Just a few months ago, 86-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was deftly smacking down oral arguments by supporters of a Louisiana abortion restriction, demonstrating the meticulous...
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Women in Kenya Are Using Knitting Needles to End Their Pregnancies. Blame...
This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations. On a rainy morning in May 2019, Dr. John Nyamu was attending to patients on the cluttered first floor of an office building in downtown...
View ArticleConservatives Say They Want to “Protect” Women. Amy Coney Barrett Is their...
For conservatives eager to eliminate the right to abortion in this country, there is truly no one better suited to potentially trip the kill switch than Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleAt the Height of the Pandemic, the Supreme Court Is Making Abortion Even...
The Supreme Court issued its first abortion-related ruling since Justice Amy Coney Barrett took the bench in the fall, and it’s a win for abortion foes. The justices ruled to reinstate a federal...
View ArticleLong Before the Capitol Riot, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us the Dangers...
A week after the violent insurrection at the Capitol, we’re learning more and more about the people who charged the building. And recent reporting from Vice, Jezebel, and others reveal there were quite...
View ArticleBiden Ends Gag Rule on Abortion, Reopens Health Insurance Marketplace
Another day, another spate of executive orders from President Biden aimed at undoing conservative Trump-era policies. Today, Biden signed two orders expanding access to the Affordable Care Act and...
View ArticleThe Best Way to Protect Abortion Rights Right Now Is to End a Racist,...
Abortion advocates are finally on the offensive. Having barely made it through the last four years with Roe intact, the groups battling to protect the right to abortion can now, in theory, help set the...
View ArticleWatch the New Season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” if Only for This One Flashback
June is screwed. If you’re reading this and you’ve watched even a fraction of an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, you know that this cannot possibly be counted as a spoiler. June is always screwed, in...
View ArticleThe Stigma of “Late-Term Abortions” Is the Point
When the Supreme Court decided recently to consider Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, Marjorie Dannenfelser from Susan B. Anthony List said: “This is a landmark opportunity for the Supreme Court to...
View ArticleHow the Pandemic Prepared Texas Abortion Networks for the Worst
Anna Rupani woke up last Wednesday to grim news: Texas, her home state, now banned abortion after six weeks of pregancy—effectively barring 95 percent of procedures. The night before, she’d waited...
View ArticleAmy Coney Barrett and Mitch McConnell Want You to Believe the Unbelievable
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Sunday responded to critics blasting the high court as hyperpartisan in the wake of its refusal to stop Texas’ near-total abortion ban earlier this month. And...
View ArticleIn an Emotional Hearing, Lawmakers Share Their Own Abortion Stories
During a Thursday House Oversight Committee hearing about state laws blocking abortion access, representatives shared personal stories about their abortions in condemnation of SB 8, the Texas law that...
View ArticleI Drove More Than 1,000 Miles to Help a Texan Get an Abortion
Last month, Texas legislators passed Senate Bill 8, banning abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. For the Austin-based Bridge Collective, which provides transportation and accommodations to...
View ArticleComing to a City Near You: Students for Life’s Bus Tour Featuring Live...
The entire pro-life movement is eagerly awaiting the upcoming December 1 Supreme Court arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that would provide the high court its next...
View ArticleWe Always Knew Conservative Justices Would Tear Roe Down. The Latest SCOTUS...
There has long been an expectation that the Supreme Court may try to be a bit subtle as it works to unravel abortion rights—that Chief Justice John Roberts’ concern for his legacy, or the other...
View ArticleWith the Supreme Court Ready to Gut Roe, Amy Klobuchar Says Congress Needs to...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act, a controversial state law banning almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy....
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