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A 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Coward’s Compromise
Letting Mississippi's 15-week ban take effect—and undoing decades of precedent that permits the constitutional right to an abortion—is not a compromise.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor: Defender of the People
Sonia Sotomayor has staked out a position on the Court as defender of the people—people of color, especially—in her fiery dissents.
What’s Next After the Supreme Court Reverses ‘Roe’? Fertilized Eggs as People
Ending abortion won't be enough for the anti-abortion movement. They'll want fertilized eggs, embryos, and blastocysts to have full constitutional rights.
Mississippi Is Gaslighting Us All on Abortion Bans
To defend an indefensible abortion ban, Mississippi’s lawyers presented bizarre and disingenuous arguments to the Supreme Court.
Panty Grab: How Evangelicals Are Rewriting Sexual Privacy Rights
All of the rights we consider normal are based on the 14th Amendment. Conservative Christian evangelicals have their sights on dismantling all of that.
The Forgotten Story of How Voting Rights Drive Abortion Access
The fight for fundamental rights cannot be siloed. Black organizers understood that in 2011 but were ignored—this time, we must listen to them.
Texas Doesn’t Want Attorneys Asking Too Many Questions About Its BS Law
A Dallas attorney is suing Texas Right to Life to stop it from filing future lawsuits against her. It's an unusual move, but SB 8 is an unusual law.
In Texas, Abortion Snitches Don’t Get Stitches—They Get $10,000
Through SB 8, Texas has deputized anyone to be an Abortion Enforcer. And the chilling effect is real.
Justice Stephen Breyer, for the Love of God, Please Retire
The more Justice Stephen Breyer lingers around on the Supreme Court, the more goodwill he'll burn. Why not go out on a high note?
Birth Control Doesn’t Cause Abortions—and Conservatives Know It
Don't mock Marjorie Taylor Greene and others for pretending birth control is an abortifacient. They're just repeating the lie until it becomes the truth.
How Overturning ‘Roe’ Impacts Trans and Nonbinary Communities
Trans and nonbinary folks already have a hard time accessing abortion care. Overturning Roe v. Wade will make it much worse.