Abortion
This Supreme Court Case Could Worsen Maternal Health Nationwide
The state of Idaho wants the court to ban abortions permitted under the Civil Rights–era Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
Karen Thompson
The state of Idaho wants the court to ban abortions permitted under the Civil Rights–era Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
Fearing Legal Threats, Doctors Are Performing C-Sections in Lieu of Abortions
Some physicians are doing unnecessary and invasive surgery on pregnant patients “to preserve the appearance of not doing an abortion.”
Mary Tuma Some physicians are doing unnecessary and invasive surgery on pregnant patients “to preserve the appearance of not doing an abortion.”
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.
Joan WalshRoe 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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February 9, 2024
Biden’s Abortion Ambivalence Is Self-Defeating
Jeet HeerThe pro-choice majority will be mobilized by clarity, not equivocation.
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August 1, 2023
Sinéad O’Connor (1966–2023): Premature Anti-Fascist
For years, O’Connor had been raising an alarm about pedophile priests exploiting children with impunity while an enabling Vatican hierarchy looked the other way.
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May 29, 2023
The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize
Calling out corrupt judges and reactionary courts is good policy—and good politics.
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May 16, 2023
Time Is Running Out for Texas Republicans to Clarify Exceptions in Their New Abortion Law
With just a few weeks remaining in Texas’s legislative session, the GOP has yet to clarify what constitutes a medical emergency in its extreme abortion ban.
Mary Tuma
Abortion
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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.
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February 14, 2024
Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up
A bad candidate and a bumbling GOP hand the Democrats another House seat. The biggest loser? House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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January 30, 2024
Making Abortion Safe Outside of the Legal System: A Q&A on Self-Managed Abortion
Sociologist Naomi Braine’s new book on the global feminist movement for self-managed abortion took her to Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe to study activists’ work there.
Felicia Kornbluh