The Mifepristone Case Isn’t the Endgame for Abortion Opponents

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of arguments in favor of limiting access to mifepristone, a medication approved long ago by the Food and Drug Administration for abortions—at least on the grounds that the plaintiffs, a group of anti-abortion Continue reading The Mifepristone Case Isn’t the Endgame for Abortion Opponents

Alabama Democrat Proves You Can Flip GOP Seats by Running on Abortion

A special election in Alabama on Tuesday proved one thing for Democrats: Abortion is a winning issue. Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands defeated her Republican opponent, Madison City Council member Teddy Powell, for a state House seat in a deep-red district Continue reading Alabama Democrat Proves You Can Flip GOP Seats by Running on Abortion

Supreme Court Considers Wrecking Abortion Access Nationwide

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday on whether the abortion pill mifepristone was improperly approved, in a case that could decimate access to abortion nationwide. The case arrived at the Supreme Court after a lengthy legal roller-coaster. Mifepristone’s status Continue reading Supreme Court Considers Wrecking Abortion Access Nationwide

Anti-Choice Lawyer Makes Huge Slip-Up in SCOTUS Abortion Pill Case

The lawyer arguing the case against the abortion pill mifepristone in the Supreme Court made a major mistake Tuesday, when she let slip that the drug has only caused complications “dozens of times.” Erin Hawley, who is married to Republican Continue reading Anti-Choice Lawyer Makes Huge Slip-Up in SCOTUS Abortion Pill Case

Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion

The Comstock Act gets shorthanded as an anti-obscenity law—which it is—but it’s also an anti-abortion law, making it a crime to use the mail to send or receive any device or object that could cause an abortion. Legal scholars have Continue reading Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion

Meet the Woman Running on Her Agonizing Abortion Story—in Alabama

Donald Trump just announced that he’s likely to campaign for the presidency on a promise of a 15-week abortion ban, even as political commentators are wondering whether reproductive rights will be as salient this fall as they were in 2022 Continue reading Meet the Woman Running on Her Agonizing Abortion Story—in Alabama

House Republicans Proudly Endorse National Abortion Ban, Limits to IVF

House Republicans have released their proposed budget for 2025, and it includes giving rights to embryos—despite the GOP’s big statements about how much they support in vitro fertilization. The budget, released Wednesday by the Republican Study Committee, or RSC, states Continue reading House Republicans Proudly Endorse National Abortion Ban, Limits to IVF

No, Trump Isn’t Pivoting to the Center on Abortion

Trump’s chaotic public statements—flip flops, in the parlance of politics—can also yield the false impression of moderation. Eight years ago, as he fought to secure the Republican nomination, he appeared to moderate his positions on abortion and terrorism, endorsing “highly Continue reading No, Trump Isn’t Pivoting to the Center on Abortion

GOP Candidate: Women Don’t Need Abortion, They Need Help With Strollers

“Namely, that Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be ‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government,” he said. “The opinion of the Court in that case made it Continue reading GOP Candidate: Women Don’t Need Abortion, They Need Help With Strollers