President Biden plans to visit Nevada and Arizona this week to champion his economic policies and attack Republicans on immigration and abortion as he seeks to shore up a crucial but wavering Latino electorate in the two battleground states. Mr. Biden will begin his trip on Tuesday in Reno, Nev., where he plans to promote […]
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The Terrifying Global Reach of the American Anti-Abortion Movement
With the House controlled by Republicans, the Senate by Democrats, and an election looming, there is virtually no chance either bill will become law. Editar Ochieng didn’t tell her parents about her rape and pregnancy and didn’t go to a hospital. The stigma of abortion was too great, she told me, noting that even songs […]
Read MoreJustice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court’s Direction
Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s Supreme Court chambers are not quite as grand as those he occupied before he retired in 2022, but they are still pretty nice. As before, they include a working fireplace, which was crackling when I went to visit him on a temperate afternoon in late February to talk about his new […]
Read MoreKellyanne Conway Has Some Weak Advice for Her Party
It is beyond obvious at this point that abortion is the Achilles’ heel of the Republican Party. The prospect of a national abortion ban almost certainly helped Democrats stave off a red wave in the 2022 midterm elections, and assisted them the following year in both statewide and state legislative races in Virginia and Kentucky. […]
Read MoreA Historic Visit to an Abortion Clinic, and What Could Happen to TikTok
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Read MoreWhat Abortion Rights Have to Do With Voting Rights
But as grim as the Bright Line report’s forecast may be, it’s also limited: You could be forgiven for thinking democracy is endangered primarily by things that Donald Trump says. They asked experts about the likelihood of Trump firing Jack Smith and they asked those members of the public about their support for his firing; […]
Read MoreThe Right-Wing Attack on Democracy Is Not Limited to Donald Trump
But as grim as the Bright Line report’s forecast may be, it’s also limited: You could be forgiven for thinking democracy is endangered primarily by things that Donald Trump says. They asked experts about the likelihood of Trump firing Jack Smith and they asked those members of the public about their support for his firing; […]
Read MoreKamala Harris Will Visit Abortion Clinic, in Historic First
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet with abortion providers and staff members on Thursday in the Twin Cities, a visit that is believed to be the first stop by a president or vice president to an abortion clinic. The appearance at a health center will be the latest leg in a nationwide tour by […]
Read MoreNew Federal Judiciary Rule Will Limit ‘Forum Shopping’ by Plaintiffs
When anti-abortion activists sued the Food and Drug Administration in 2022 seeking to overturn the approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, they filed their suit in the federal court in Amarillo, Texas, where it was all but assured that the case would be heard by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, an outspoken opponent of abortion. Judge […]
Read MoreA new generation of abortion voters
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it created shock waves that reverberated through American politics, helping Democrats stave off a Republican rout in the midterm elections. But there were always questions over whether the issue would endure with the same intensity. Would abortion rights continue to motivate Democrats in the […]
Read MoreWill Biden’s Pledge to Restore Roe Go Far Enough?
Roe established the right to an abortion up to the point when a fetus can survive outside of the uterus, commonly referred to as “viability.” At the time Roe was decided, fetal viability was considered to occur at 28 weeks of pregnancy. A subsequent Supreme Court decision in 1992, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, determined that […]
Read MoreBiden Has Pledged to “Restore Roe.” That Won’t Cut It.
Roe established the right to an abortion up to the point when a fetus can survive outside of the uterus, commonly referred to as “viability.” At the time Roe was decided, fetal viability was considered to occur at 28 weeks of pregnancy. A subsequent Supreme Court decision in 1992, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, determined that […]
Read MoreBiden Has Pledged to Restore Roe. Some Say That Won’t Cut It.
Roe established the right to an abortion up to the point when a fetus can survive outside of the uterus, commonly referred to as “viability.” At the time Roe was decided, fetal viability was considered to occur at 28 weeks of pregnancy. A subsequent Supreme Court decision in 1992, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, determined that […]
Read MoreMike Johnson Hits All-Time Low in Stupidity With Latest IVF Comments
The Life at Conception Act was introduced first in 2021 with 166 co-sponsors (all Republicans) and then again in 2023 with 124 (again all Republicans). Many opponents of the bill, which has not advanced since, have warned that, if it became law, the legislation would heavily restrict access to in vitro fertilization. The bill and […]
Read MoreAbortion Is A Top Issue For Black Women Voters In 2024 Presidential Election, Poll Finds
NewsOne Featured Video Source: KENA BETANCUR / Getty Black women are concerned about the future of abortion rights as the 2024 presidential election approaches, according to a new poll published by KFF March. 7. Inside the new study, 28% of Black women said that abortion rights and access were the most important issues when deciding […]
Read MoreHow a Sudden Halt to In Vitro Fertilization Shook Alabama Couples
Leelee Ray and her husband, Austin, have been trying to have a baby for six years, through insemination procedures, two egg retrievals, four embryo transfers, an ectopic pregnancy that could have been deadly and eight miscarriages. With four frozen embryos remaining in storage at a fertility clinic, the Rays, who live in Huntsville, Ala., decided […]
Read MoreGOP Congresswoman: That Anti-Abortion Bill I Sponsored? Never Mind!
The Life at Conception Act was introduced first in 2021 with 166 co-sponsors (all Republicans) and then again in 2023 with 124 (again all Republicans). Many opponents of the bill, which has not advanced since, have warned that, if it became law, the legislation would heavily restrict access to in vitro fertilization. The bill and […]
Read MoreBullying Republicans on IVF Hypocrisy Works. Look at Michelle Steel.
The Life at Conception Act was introduced first in 2021 with 166 co-sponsors (all Republicans) and then again in 2023 with 124 (again all Republicans). Many opponents of the bill, which has not advanced since, have warned that, if it became law, the legislation would heavily restrict access to in vitro fertilization. The bill and […]
Read MoreHere’s What’s in the Bipartisan Spending Bill to Prevent a Partial Shutdown
Congress is expected later this week to take up and approve a package of six spending bills to fund half the government through the fall, after months of bitter negotiations as Republicans pressed for cuts and conservative policies. The $460 billion legislation would fund a slew of government agencies and programs, including the Environmental Protection […]
Read MoreFrance Enshrines Access to Abortion in Constitution, a Global First
French legislators on Monday voted to explicitly enshrine access to abortion in the Constitution, making their country the first in the world to do so. Acutely aware that they were breaking historical ground from the grand assembly room inside Versailles Palace, the politicians delivered impassioned speeches about women’s rights around the world, paid homage to […]
Read MoreAcross the Board, Voters Give Better Marks to Trump’s Policies Than Biden’s
Not since Theodore Roosevelt ran against William Howard Taft in 1912 have voters gotten the opportunity to weigh the records of two men who have done the job of president. And despite holding intensely and similarly critical opinions both of President Biden and of his predecessor, Americans have much more positive views of Donald J. […]
Read MoreThe Right-Wing War on Abortion Has Nothing to Do With Babies
This is the crux of the whole damn thing: It doesn’t matter what a person wants the autonomy for! She can want to use her bodily autonomy to conceive through in vitro fertilization with her husband of 15 years, or she can want to use it to take Plan B after a one-night stand, or […]
Read MoreWhy ‘Fetal Personhood’ Is Roiling the Right
In vitro fertilization creates life, in the most literal sense. The procedure offers a chance to make a baby, with eggs that are fertilized and develop into embryos in a lab. I.V.F. has helped countless people have children, including couples struggling with infertility and an increasing number of L.G.B.T.Q. parents. In a sense, it’s the […]
Read MoreA Year of Republicans Lying About Abortion
As Brian Beutler pointed out in his Off Message newsletter, this was worthy of alarm bells: “The question of whether elites, particularly center-right elites, choose to abide fascism is central to the survival of democracy.” In a later post, Beutler dove deeper into Dimon’s rhetoric, and found evidence that whatever ties that might have bound […]
Read MoreThe Two Biggest Pharmacies in the Country Will Sell the Abortion Pill
Lauren Boebert, for her part, said in a statement that her son “will take responsibility for his actions and should be held accountable for poor decisions just like any other citizen.” “I love my son Tyler, who has been through some very difficult, public challenges for a young man, and the subject of attention that […]
Read MoreIt’s About To Become a Whole Lot Easier to Get the Abortion Pill
Lauren Boebert, for her part, said in a statement that her son “will take responsibility for his actions and should be held accountable for poor decisions just like any other citizen.” “I love my son Tyler, who has been through some very difficult, public challenges for a young man, and the subject of attention that […]
Read MoreHouse Republican Introduces Stupidest Bill on IVF You’ll Ever Read
Lauren Boebert, for her part, said in a statement that her son “will take responsibility for his actions and should be held accountable for poor decisions just like any other citizen.” “I love my son Tyler, who has been through some very difficult, public challenges for a young man, and the subject of attention that […]
Read MoreDonald Trump Is Now Pitching an Even More Extreme Abortion Ban
Lauren Boebert, for her part, said in a statement that her son “will take responsibility for his actions and should be held accountable for poor decisions just like any other citizen.” “I love my son Tyler, who has been through some very difficult, public challenges for a young man, and the subject of attention that […]
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