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Catholic Hospitals Offer a Preview of Life Without ‘Roe.’ And Bishops Just Tightened the Rules.

Reproductive health advocates worry changes approved this month will inspire a crackdown by Catholic bishops charged with interpreting rules on abortion, sterilization, and contraception.

[photo: the Iowa judicial branch building in Des Moines.]

Iowa Supreme Court Blocks GOP’s Forced 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The decision holds that the anti-choice GOP law violates the equal protection and due process guarantees of the state's constitution.

[Picture: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy]

Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Leave Abortion Rights Up to State Lawmakers

Lauren Holter & Progressives Scored Major Victories in Tuesday’s New York Primaries

Just eight states have laws that explicitly protect the right to legal abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, and states such as New York have stalled on similar laws.

[photo: protesters hold defund planned parenthood protest signs in Colorado Springs.]

Anti-Choice Democrats’ Conference Sponsored by Group Waging Smear Campaign Against Planned Parenthood

Teddy Wilson

Live Action, which has allied with congressional Republicans to block federal funding to reproductive health-care organizations is a sponsor of the anti-choice conference in Denver next month.

[Photo: Joan Larsen speaks at Justice Antonin Scalia's memorial service.]

Why I Believe President Donald Trump Will Choose a Woman to Kill ‘Roe v. Wade’ (Updated)

Jessica Mason Pieklo & Progressives Scored Major Victories in Tuesday’s New York Primaries

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh has emerged as an early frontrunner to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Anthony Kennedy. But I have a different theory.

CHOICE/LESS: On Kennedy, ‘Roe,’ and Season 4

Jenn Stanley

With the news of Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring, CHOICE/LESS creator and host Jenn Stanley shares a few thoughts about what it means, where we're headed, and how the upcoming season fits into the picture.

[Picture: Senate Democrats speaking outside of the U.S. Capitol building]

With Kennedy Retiring, Senate Democrats Need to Fight for Our Lives. Do They Have the Guts?

Jodi Jacobson & Progressives Scored Major Victories in Tuesday’s New York Primaries

Kennedy is retiring and a SCOTUS fight is upon us. This is not politics as usual. This is survival. The Democrats must treat it as such or be forever infamous for preemptive surrender.

Thanks a Lot, Justice Kennedy. How Screwed Are We Now?

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Justice Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, because he apparently doesn't care about his legacy.

[Photo: Neil Gorsuch and Anthony Kennedy stand next to each other.]

Some Plaintiffs Are More Equal Than Others: The Supreme Court’s Redefinition of ‘Discrimination’

Elizabeth Reiner Platt

The cases decided this week highlight a disturbing trend of labeling nearly any legal restrictions on religious conservatives (predominantly white Christians) as impermissible discrimination, while ignoring even the most blatant evidence of discrimination against Muslims and people of color.

[Photo: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiles widely as she realizes she won.]

Progressives Scored Major Victories in Tuesday’s New York Primaries

Ally Boguhn

Progressive organizations cheered on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Dana Balter, suggesting that voters across the United States are embracing progressive values and the candidates that espouse them.

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