GOP States Double Down on Fighting Medication Abortion After Supreme Court Keeps It Legal
From the jump, the lawsuit challenging the legality of mifepristone was a cynical, propagandistic endeavor. In a 9-0 opinion, the Supreme Court threw it out.
The End of Roe
The fight over reproductive freedom enters a grim new chapter.
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Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives
Is this what the “pro-life” movement wanted?
Republicans Can’t Decide: Do They Hate Prosecutors Because of Bail Reform or Abortion?
Since Dobbs, state-level Republicans have sought to strip power from DAs elected in Democratic cities who won’t prosecute abortion care.
Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens
The state says EMTALA, a law barring discrimination in emergency medical care, interferes with its abortion ban.
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Pro-Lifers Are Up Against a Real-Life Crisis
The IVF vs. embryonic personhood fracas forces Republicans to face the living people harmed by their defense of cellular rights.
Anti-Abortion Doctors Struggle to Explain Mifepristone Harms Before Supreme Court
The justices didn’t seem to buy the tenuous theory that would allow the doctors to sue the FDA over medication abortion.
Roe Was Never Enough to Ensure Reproductive Freedom
Biden vowed to codify Roe. But the ruling was never about whether the government had a right to your body, only when it had a right to your body.
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An Abortion-Seeker Is Not a Victim
“Abortion trafficking” bills and a new study of rape-related pregnancy contribute to the “awfulization” of abortion.
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Alabama Court Rules Frozen Embryos Made by IVF Are “Children”
With Roe v. Wade dismantled, far-right courts are coming for all aspects of reproductive health care.
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Republicans Claim to Love Both Mothers and Children. Their Policies Prove They Love Neither.
Republicans reject not just abortion, but also health programs and — this month — money for hungry families.