An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care for would-be parents in the state and raising complex legal questions with implications extending far beyond Alabama. On Tuesday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press […]
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Trump Privately Favors a 16-Week Abortion Ban
Former President Donald J. Trump has told advisers and allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with three exceptions, in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother, according to two people with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s deliberations. Mr. Trump has studiously avoided taking […]
Read MoreTrump Owns Dobbs and Everything That Comes With It
As president, Donald Trump appointed the three justices who proved pivotal to the outcome in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade. Trump has made it very clear that he is proud of this. He said so at the time. Dobbs, Trump pointed out in […]
Read MoreFrench Lawmakers Vote to Enshrine Abortion Rights in Constitution
French lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s Constitution, the first step in a complex legislative process that began in direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The bill, proposed by President Emmanuel Macron and his government, was passed by the National Assembly, […]
Read MoreDobbs Overturned Much More Than Roe v. Wade
Most of my writing this week was on the recent elections in Iowa and New Hampshire, but most of my reading was focused elsewhere. In particular, I want to highlight this report from Jessica Valenti, published in her excellent newsletter, on proposed travel bans for abortion care in Tennessee and Oklahoma. The Tennessee ban, proposed […]
Read MoreBiden Campaign Sharpens Its Post-Roe Message: Abortion Is About Freedom
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will headline events next week centered around protecting abortion rights, throwing more heft behind an issue that has galvanized voters in the 18 months since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. On Monday, Ms. Harris will visit Wisconsin to begin a national tour focused on preserving […]
Read MoreAbortion Opponents Set to March in Washington, With Obstacles Ahead
Last year, anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall in triumph for the annual March for Life, eager to enter a new era for their ambitions to end abortion following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that established federal abortion rights. But this year, the first presidential election year in […]
Read MoreMissouri Voters Could Be Asked to Legalize Abortion
A coalition of reproductive-rights groups in Missouri kicked off a campaign on Thursday to establish a right to abortion in the state constitution, setting up the nation’s next big test of public support for legalized abortion. Missouri was the first state to officially outlaw abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade 18 months […]
Read MoreBans Haven’t Lowered the National Abortion Rate. Pro-Lifers Must Find Another Way.
Most abortion opponents did not expect the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the passage of state abortion bans to lead to the expansion of legal abortion in much of the United States. But this in fact is what happened: While 16 states ban most or virtually all abortions a year and a half after […]
Read MoreWith Roe Gone, Some House Republicans Back Away From National Abortion Ban
In 2021, Representative Michelle Steel, a California Republican whose district President Biden won in 2020, cosponsored the Life at Conception Act, a bill to recognize a fertilized egg as a person with equal protections under the 14th Amendment. It was a year before the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. Ms. Steel was one […]
Read MoreCourt Rules Texas Can Ban Emergency Abortions Despite Federal Guidance
Emergency room doctors in Texas are not required to perform emergency abortions despite federal guidance that requires hospitals to offer stabilizing care, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a ruling that sided with the state of Texas, which had sued the Biden administration, arguing […]
Read MoreCourt Rules Texas Can Ban Emergency Abortions Despite Federal Guidance
Emergency room doctors in Texas are not required to perform emergency abortions despite federal guidance that requires hospitals to offer stabilizing care, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a ruling that sided with the state of Texas, which had sued the Biden administration, arguing […]
Read MoreA Midwestern Republican Stands Up for Trans Rights
As 2023 slouches to an ignominious end, some news came Friday that gave me an unexpected jolt of hope. I have spent much of the year watching with horror and trying to document an unrelenting legal assault on queer and trans people. Around 20 states have passed laws restricting access to gender-affirming care for trans […]
Read MorePlagiarism Allegations Against Claudine Gay
To the Editor: Re “Why Claudine Gay Should Go,” by John McWhorter (column, nytimes.com, Dec. 21): Mr. McWhorter argues that Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard, should be held to the same academic standards as the institution’s undergraduates. If only that were true! When I was a graduate student there in the late 1990s, I […]
Read MoreWhere Will Abortion Rights Land?
As long as the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade was the law of the land, conservatives complained that it had squelched the democratic process — that unelected men in black robes had handed down a national edict rather than letting the American people sort out a consensus. Celebrating Roe’s reversal in Dobbs v. […]
Read MoreInside the Supreme Court’s Dismantling of Roe
At the Jan. 8 conference, the three liberals — Justices Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — and the chief justice opposed hearing the case. The five other conservatives voted in favor, according to a written tally and several people familiar with the discussions. They couldn’t avoid a case like this, Justice Kavanaugh told the […]
Read MoreBehind the Scenes of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court deliberates in secret. Insiders who speak can be cast out of the fold. Learning about the justices’ internal debates over cases can require decades-long waits for their papers to become public. But today we’re publishing an inside account, by Adam Liptak and me, of how the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The […]
Read MoreBehind the Scenes of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court deliberates in secret. Insiders who speak can be cast out of the fold. Learning about the justices’ internal debates over cases can require decades-long waits for their papers to become public. But today we’re publishing an inside account, by Adam Liptak and me, of how the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The […]
Read More5 Takeaways From Inside the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
By the time the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, a draft of the ruling had been leaked to the press and the outcome was anticipated. The story behind the decision seemed obvious: The constitutional right to abortion effectively had died with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose replacement, Amy Coney Barrett, was a […]
Read MoreA Texas Case Shows That Abortion Ban Exemptions Are a Sham
This case is unusual for Cox’s willingness to wage a legal fight while suffering a medical catastrophe, but not for the cruel bind the state has placed her in. The day Cox received the terrible news about her fetus, the Texas Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments in Zurawski v. Texas, a suit brought by […]
Read MoreTexas A.G. Ken Paxton Tries to Block Court-Approved Abortion
Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas asked the Texas Supreme Court to reverse a lower court order allowing an abortion to proceed in spite of the state’s strict bans, in the case of a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal condition. In overnight filings on Thursday, Mr. Paxton argued that the court must act […]
Read MoreTexas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion
A Texas judge on Thursday granted a request to allow an abortion despite the state’s strict bans, in the case of a pregnant woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. The judge, Maya Guerra Gamble of Travis County district court, sided with the woman, Kate Cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant, issuing a […]
Read MoreTexas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion
A Texas judge on Thursday granted a request to allow an abortion despite the state’s strict bans, in the case of a pregnant woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. The judge, Maya Guerra Gamble of Travis County district court, sided with the woman, Kate Cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant, issuing a […]
Read MoreTexas Woman Sues State for an Abortion
A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition sued the state on Tuesday seeking an emergency court order to allow her doctor to perform an abortion, despite the state’s strict bans on the procedure. The lawsuit is believed to be one of the first attempts in the nation to seek a court-ordered abortion […]
Read MoreTo Win on Abortion, Republicans Must Reckon With What ‘Pro-Life’ Means Today
Electoral results since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision should tell a lot of people in the Republican Party something they absolutely do not want to hear: Even rank-and-file G.O.P. voters are not as pro-life as we might have thought when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. That trend was […]
Read MoreSandra Day O’Connor’s Legacy Was Undermined by Court’s Rightward Shift
WASHINGTON — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Friday at 93, was the sort of figure once familiar in American political and judicial life: a moderate Republican ready to look for compromise and common ground. That led her to vote to uphold abortion rights, affirmative action and campaign finance regulations. Since she retired in 2006, […]
Read MoreSandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 93
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the United States Supreme Court, a rancher’s daughter who wielded great power over American law from her seat at the center of the court’s ideological spectrum, died on Friday in Phoenix. She was 93. The Supreme Court announced her death in a statement, saying the cause was complications […]
Read MoreHow Many Abortions Did the Post-Roe Bans Prevent?
The first data on births since Roe v. Wade was overturned shows how much abortion bans have had their intended effect: Births increased in every state with a ban, an analysis of the data shows. By comparing birth statistics in states before and after the bans passed, researchers estimated that the laws caused around 32,000 […]
Read MoreGoodbye, Jezebel. Hello, Feminist Content Creators?
It’s also galling to some to hear that websites like that can’t make money, even as they see constant reminders of how much certain forms of feminism sell. “Barbie,” which pulled in more than $1 billion at the box office, featured patriarchy as its villain. “The ‘Barbie’ movie wouldn’t exist without feminist blogs,” said Anna […]
Read MoreWhy Trump Seems Less Vulnerable on Abortion Than Other Republicans
Donald J. Trump is showing surprising resilience on the abortion issue, appearing less vulnerable than fellow Republicans despite his key role in shaping the Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade. An Ohio referendum last Tuesday guaranteeing abortion access and similar election results have bolstered Democrats’ hopes that they could repeat those successes in 2024. […]
Read MoreWhy Trump Seems Less Vulnerable on Abortion Than Other Republicans
Donald J. Trump is showing surprising resilience on the abortion issue, appearing less vulnerable than fellow Republicans despite his key role in shaping the Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade. An Ohio referendum last Tuesday guaranteeing abortion access and similar election results have bolstered Democrats’ hopes that they could repeat those successes in 2024. […]
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