Abortion
Will Arizona Be MAGA’s Last Stand?
Trump needs the state’s votes to win. But after its highest court revived an 1864 law that bans abortions, all bets are off.
Sasha Abramsky
Trump needs the state’s votes to win. But after its highest court revived an 1864 law that bans abortions, all bets are off.
Reporting the Horrors of Post-“Roe” America: An Interview With Shefali Luthra
In her new book, Luthra chronicles heartbreaking stories of people affected by abortion bans while dispelling the myth that any of us are truly safe from the impact of Dobbs
Amy LittlefieldThe Supreme Court Sides With the FDA on the Abortion Pill—for Now
The outcome is a win for abortion rights, but the court left open the possibility of future challenges to the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone.
Aziza Ahmed The outcome is a win for abortion rights, but the court left open the possibility of future challenges to the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone.
Roe v. Wade
Trump’s Only Position on Abortion Is to Say Whatever It Takes to Get Reelected
The mainstream media is once again covering Donald Trump like he’s a normal presidential candidate, rather than someone who represents the “abortion is murder” party.
Andrea Grimes The mainstream media is once again covering Donald Trump like he’s a normal presidential candidate, rather than someone who represents the “abortion is murder” party.
The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, Plus RFK Jr.
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Amy Littlefield reports on abortion access a year after the repeal of Roe, and Joan Walsh talks about her experience with the anti-vax candidate.
Jon Wiener
We Need a New Body Politics
Our new special issue is about one thing: defending the right of everyone to be able to do what he or she or they want with their own body, free from political constraint.
Emily Douglas, Regina Mahone for The NationNewsletter
Reproductive Rights
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April 26, 2024
The Reactionary Justices Won’t Stop Until Abortions Are Illegal Everywhere
Jeet HeerOral arguments in Idaho case make clear that further, even more radical attacks on reproductive freedom are coming.
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April 22, 2024
This Supreme Court Case Could Worsen Maternal Health Nationwide
Karen ThompsonThe state of Idaho wants the court to ban abortions permitted under the Civil Rights–era Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
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April 17, 2024
Fearing Legal Threats, Doctors Are Performing C-Sections in Lieu of Abortions
Mary TumaSome physicians are doing unnecessary and invasive surgery on pregnant patients “to preserve the appearance of not doing an abortion.”
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February 9, 2024
Biden’s Abortion Ambivalence Is Self-Defeating
Jeet HeerThe pro-choice majority will be mobilized by clarity, not equivocation.
Abortion
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May 2, 2024
Donald Trump Is Scared of Women Voters on Abortion
He evaded Time magazine’s abortion questions repeatedly. What can we learn? He will do anything that benefits him.
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April 10, 2024
Arizona’s Abortion Ban Is Exactly What Donald Trump Wants
If you leave it up to the states, bad things will happen to women. That’s why rising numbers of voters are embracing broad abortion protections.
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April 1, 2024
Abortion Will Be on the Ballot in Florida—but Before Then, a 6-Week Ban Will Be in Effect
The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion restrictions can proceed to the November ballot. But it also greenlighted a six-week abortion ban.
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March 27, 2024
The Forced-Birthers Finally Went Too Far Even for This Supreme Court
Elie MystalA majority of the justices seemed highly skeptical of the ridiculous legal case against mifepristone.