This fall, several states will vote to enshrine abortion access, while one asks voters to weigh in on the issue a second time.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Right-Wing Activists Co-opt Environmental Laws to Fight ‘Abortion Pollution’
In their zeal to create a de facto national abortion ban, anti–abortion rights groups are claiming that medications like mifepristone poison the water supply.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Stunning Shift in Public Opinion Post-Dobbs
Political scientists Laurel Elder and Steven Greene explore the dramatic evolution of Americans’ views on abortion.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Mifepristone Wars—and What They Mean for Black Women
Still concentrated in Southern states that ban abortion, Black women disproportionately rely on telehealth, which the Supreme Court has allowed—provisionally—to continue.
Posted inPolitics
Planned Parenthood Puts Its Thumb on the Scale in California
Health care is everything in the race for CA-22, but did Planned Parenthood pick the right candidate?
Posted inLaw and Justice
History Teaches: Reproductive Rights and Equality
A court in Pennsylvania gets it right, and the Fifth Circuit gets it wrong.
Posted inTAP
The Mifepristone Ruling Revives Pro-Choice Politics
A federal court’s ban on the mailing of abortion medication once again demonstrates the unpopularity of anti-abortion zealotry.
Posted inPolitics
From Democracy to ‘My Way or the Highway’ in Missouri
State legislators have embraced norm-shattering techniques to boldly crack one House district. Voters may have the final say about that.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Hegseth May Be Required to Create Public Military Sex Offender Registry
Service members and their families would have to be notified about registered sex offenders on military bases.
Posted inPolitics
Missouri’s Republican Legislators Repeal Paid Sick Leave
State lawmakers used classic anti-democratic tactics to override their constituents’ clear preference.