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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Even the Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ceded Ground in the Fight for Trans Existence
This was always the plan for the anti-trans zealots who saw girls’ sports as an easy entry point from which to decimate trans people’s civil rights protections.
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 Right Seeks to Capitalize on Berlin Pride Attack — Even as It Poses Its Own Existential Threat to Queer Lives
Day in and day out, it is the likes of Germany’s conservative parties, and the Republicans at home, who are assaulting LGBTQ+ rights.
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.