Tag: Roe V. Wade

Trump Has Decided on a Crazy New Abortion Stance

The solution? Reverse course on a party maxim to oust Trump from the public consciousness, according to Democratic leadership, who no longer feel that ignoring the real estate mogul is an effective tactic and instead are quietly hoping for live broadcasting of his notorious campaign rallies, reported The New York Times. “Not having the day-to-day […]

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Here Are All The Times Clarence Thomas Proved That He Ain’t Sh*t

Demonstrators with a sign of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during an abortion-rights protest in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg (Getty Images) In his June 2022 opinion concurring with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Thomas wrote that the Supreme Court should revisit all cases that […]

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The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.

For Tyler, the final straw was a dustup over a video he showed his class a few months after he collected his prize. The video was about the seventeenth-century English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. It was hosted by John Green, author of the 2012 young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars. Green has engaged […]

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It’s Hard to Get Abortion Reporting Right in the Post-Roe Era

On its heels but seemingly unrelatedly, the week after Martinez filed his motion in the kidnapping case, there was a development in the state-level challenge to the abortion travel ban, the so-called “abortion trafficking” law: A judge blocked all enforcement of it by a temporary restraining order while the state-level challenge regarding the constitutionality of […]

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The Pitfalls of Outrage-Fueled Abortion Reporting

On its heels but seemingly unrelatedly, the week after Martinez filed his motion in the kidnapping case, there was a development in the state-level challenge to the abortion travel ban, the so-called “abortion trafficking” law: A judge blocked all enforcement of it by a temporary restraining order while the state-level challenge regarding the constitutionality of […]

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100-plus Black Pastors in Ohio Said Abortions Hurt Black people, but Here’s What They Forgot to Mention

If you are wondering where the Black clergy stands on a pivotal election issue—look no further than Ohio. Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Anti-Abortion “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” Off English According to a recent Fox News story, more than 100 Black pastors have signed a declaration opposing a measure that would enshrine abortion access in the […]

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100 Black Pastors in Ohio said Abortions Hurt Black People, but Here’s What They Didn’t Mention

If you are wondering where the Black clergy stands on a pivotal election issue—look no further than Ohio. Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Anti-Abortion “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” Off English According to a recent Fox News story, more than 100 Black pastors have signed a declaration opposing a measure that would enshrine abortion access in the […]

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100 Black Pastors in Ohio said Abortions Hurt Black People, but Man Were They Uninformed

If you are wondering where the Black clergy stands on a pivotal election issue—look no further than Ohio. Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Anti-Abortion “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” Off English According to a recent Fox News story, more than 100 Black pastors have signed a declaration opposing a measure that would enshrine abortion access in the […]

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The Language of Abortion Is Going Through a Seismic Overhaul

Although the abortion rights movement is often conflated with the Democratic Party, and abortion opponents are considered synonymous with Republicans, the reality is not so neat. For decades, it has been enough for Republican candidates to simply say they support conservative justices and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. With the federal right to an […]

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The 113-Year-Old Law Behind Anti-Abortion Activists’ Latest Scheme

This is not the first time anti-abortion activists have repurposed Victorian-era law post-Dobbs as part of their effort to further criminalize abortion. Reviving old laws is all the rage for the post-Roe anti-abortion movement in their efforts to squash further access. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Nationalist law project, have turned to the […]

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The 113-Year-Old Law Behind Anti-Abortion Activists’ Latest Scheme

This is not the first time anti-abortion activists have repurposed Victorian-era law post-Dobbs as part of their effort to further criminalize abortion. Reviving old laws is all the rage for the post-Roe anti-abortion movement in their efforts to squash further access. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Nationalist law project, have turned to the […]

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Ohio’s Republican Leaders Are Trying to Trick Voters on Abortion

The amendment also protects multiple categories of reproductive decisions, including contraception, fertility treatment, continuing a pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion, but the altered ballot language only lists abortion. While the amendment uses the medical term “fetus,” the new ballot language has substituted “unborn child,” phrasing that inserts personal views regarding the beginning of life. It’s […]

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