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Conservative Appeals Court Tees Up Supreme Court to Gut ‘Roe’

A decision from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday shows the conservative appeals court is looking to undermine Roe v. Wade any chance it gets.

[Photo: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his confirmation hearing.]

Did Kavanaugh Commit Perjury? Senate Democrats Have Until Noon to Call for an Investigation.

Jodi Jacobson & Did Kavanaugh Commit Perjury? Senate Democrats Have Until Noon to Call for an Investigation.

Senate Dems have until noon today to call for a perjury investigation into U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

CHOICE/LESS 401: How Did You Keep That a Secret?

Jenn Stanley

Season 4 of CHOICE/LESS is all about teens, sex, abortion, and the law. In episode 1, Jenn takes you back to her own adolescence and talks with a former classmate about their experiences attending a small, all-girls Catholic high school.

[Photo: Bob Bland holding baby at Women's March podium.]

Bob Bland: Two Generations Resisting for Our Daughters

Bob Bland & Jon Kyl, McCain’s Replacement, Notorious For Lying About Planned Parenthood

A “yes” vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court does not represent us—in fact, it puts us, our families, and our communities in jeopardy.

[PHOTO: A Black man wearing a suit and a necklace with a cross holds a microphone before a podium reading

Aretha’s Funeral and the White Supremacist Imagination

Toni M. Bond

Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. spewed pompous, bombastic white supremacy rhetoric about Black women’s supposed failures at raising their children, especially Black boys—though Aretha herself was a single mother.

[Photo: A sign in front of the Supreme Court reading

We Should Be Celebrating an Abortion Rights Anniversary. Instead, We Fear for Our Future.

Amy Hagstrom Miller

If Kavanaugh is confirmed as our next Supreme Court justice, the crisis won’t just be in some states. It will become a nationwide problem.

[Photo: Close-up of Kavanaugh sitting at confirmation hearing.]

Kavanaugh Himself Confirms: His Nomination Puts Abortion Rights in Jeopardy

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Senate confirmation hearings reveal just how dangerous Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation would be to reproductive autonomy.

[photo: Senator Ben Sasse listens during the confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh in Washington, D.C.]

Ben Sasse, Women Aren’t Being Hysterical. They’re Begging the Government Not to Kill Them.

Lauren Rankin

Senator Sasse: There is nothing “hysterical” about women's reaction to Kavanaugh or the Trump administration.

[Photo: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House after meeting US President Donald Trump on March 24, 2017.]

Judge: Texas Can’t Force People to Bury Fetal Remains

Dennis Carter

The "fetal burial" law, passed in 2017 by the Texas legislature, was part of expansive anti-choice restrictions signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Jon Kyl, McCain’s Replacement, Notorious For Lying About Planned Parenthood

Ally Boguhn

Jon Kyl's false claim about Planned Parenthood's abortion services was later stricken from the congressional record.

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