They’re about expanding religious-freedom rights for corporations.
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux is a freelance writer and a former writing fellow at the Prospect.
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Razing Arizona Women’s Health Care
The state attorney general wants to enact a law that would strip Medicaid funding for preventative health services from any clinic that provides abortions.
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No, Ladies—Birth Control Pills Won’t Make You Go Blind
Despite the recent hype, pregnancy itself is more dangerous than any side effect that may accompany oral contraceptives.
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20-Week Abortion Bans: Coming to a City Near You?
On Tuesday, Albuquerque residents will vote on the first local ban on abortion after 20 weeks.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Changing Primary Care’s Colors
There’s a cheap, easy solution to the shortage of doctors in the field—nurse practitioners. But two-thirds of the states are standing in the way.
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The Supply-Side Economics of Abortion
Hundreds of restrictions couldn’t reduce women’s demand for the procedure—so now anti-choice laws are cutting them off at the source.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
A Church Basement Revival without the God Part
Even if you can start a religion that prominently features Bon Jovi songs, should you?
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Just Like a Prayer?
A new Supreme Court case could throw out a decades-old protection against government-sponsored religious speech.
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Oklahoma’s Abortion Battle Goes National
The Supreme Court will decide whether a law that bans the abortion pill is constitutional.