Tag: abortion
Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the...
Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.
Media shocked by the leak, not the opinion
The essential story journalists need to be telling now is the story of the further concrete consequences the decision would have on millions of people’s lives throughout the country.
Draft overturning Roe v. Wade quotes infamous witch trial judge with...
Justice Alito’s leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist whose writings and reasonings have caused enduring damage to women for hundreds of years.
Who is more advanced? 29 Muslim-majority states will have more liberal...
Only 18 of 47 Muslim-majority countries have abortion laws today as restrictive as that in Texas...which is the model for a raft of laws to be enacted as soon as Roe is struck down.
‘This was not a surprise:’ How the pro-choice movement lost the...
Joshua Prager, author of “The Family Roe,” discusses the 50-year battle over abortion rights and the strategic decisions that led us here.
Anti-abortionists played the long game, and they are winning
The U.S. is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color.
Reproductive rights advocates brace for Oklahoma’s near-total abortion ban
"These extremist politicians are willing to turn their own constituents into medical refugees."
‘Worse than Texas’: Extreme anti-choice bills advance in multiple states
Republican lawmakers in at least four states this week advanced bills banning or limiting abortion access.
New Hampshire abortion ban to go into effect January 1st
“To be clear, an abortion ban is dangerous. It’s the first abortion ban in modern New Hampshire history.”
Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t just about abortion
It’s also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else—all of which have also been under threat in recent years.
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.