The Future of Abortion Rights Is the Future of Other Fundamental Rights
The Supreme Court appears poised to overturn a half-century of reproductive rights in a decision that could put other legal protections in jeopardy.
The fight over reproductive freedom enters a grim new chapter.
The Supreme Court appears poised to overturn a half-century of reproductive rights in a decision that could put other legal protections in jeopardy.
Several justices wanted to know: If Texas could craft a law to insulate its attack on abortion, what would stop other states from using the same method to target rights they disfavor?
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The judicial back-and-forth on the abortion law shows why the Justice Department's lawsuit against Texas won't be enough.
There are two pathways to Medicaid expansion on the table — but both need the reconciliation package to make it through.
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With Texas all but banning abortion and endorsing a repugnant vigilantism, we need to look for other ways to protect access to abortion.
Senate Bill 8, Texas’s six-week ban, “places a bounty on people who provide or aid abortions,” the lawsuit argues.
“You’re going to have a division in the country, you’re literally going to have pro-life and pro-death states,” Johnson told a group of GOP activists.
The Mississippi law is the first outright ban the Supreme Court has considered since the landmark case that legalized abortion.
State legislators are crafting ever more extreme abortion restrictions designed to reach the Supreme Court. 2021 has already seen more than 500 bills filed across the country.
The president signaled that Trump’s domestic gag rule should be lifted, but changes to Title X won’t be immediate.
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