Conversion Therapy Gets Speech Protections — But Trans Kids’ Existence Gets No Protection at All
The Supreme Court ruling has far-reaching, terrifying potential consequences — and not just for trans youth.
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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.
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.
Trump’s Holy War Abroad and at Home
Journalist Sarah Posner on how the Christian right’s end times views are shaping U.S. foreign and domestic policies.
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.
The Law School Dean Who Quietly Worked to Overturn the Election
Lawyers who worked to keep Trump in power in 2020 have risked being disbarred. But not Mark Martin.
Supreme Court Places Abortion Drug Restrictions on Hold — For Now
Mifepristone will remain available until further review by the conservative 5th Circuit, which plans to hear oral arguments on May 17.
The Shadow Medical Community Behind the Attempt to Ban Medication Abortion
Anti-abortion groups orchestrated their legal challenge to wind up before far-right Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
Dissent Episode Four: The Right to Discriminate
Host Jordan Smith and law professor Hila Keren discuss a Colorado case that could expand the right to discriminate under the guise of free speech.
The First “Wrongful Death” Case for Helping a Friend Get an Abortion
The lawsuit’s long game — beyond instilling fear — is establishing fetal personhood, the holy grail of the anti-abortion movement.