Justice Samuel Alito Falsely Implies Mifepristone Could Cause “Very Serious Harm”
Mother Jones illustration; Eric Lee/CNP/ZUMA; Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Justice Samuel Alito implied that mifepristone—one of the two drugs used in medication abortion, which the Supreme Court will decide whether or not to restrict in what has been billed as “the…
Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Roll Back Access to Medication Abortion
Abortion rights activists rally outside the court on March 26.Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard its most consequential abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago. This time, the question facing the justices…
Repro-Rights Advocates Focused on Abortion and Not Pregnancy. That Was a Mistake.
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the Supreme Court prepares for arguments in a wide-ranging case over the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone, it’s hard to fathom what might happen if the abortion pill, which now accounts for 63 percent of abortions…
Legislature sends proposed law to governor’s desk to assure Georgia renters livable homes
Dalton Republican Rep. Kasey Carpenter sponsored a bill that create new protections for Georgia renters. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (file photo) A proposal to increase protections for Georgia renters is now in the governor’s hands after receiving a final vote in the House Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Dalton Republican Rep. Kasey Carpenter, sailed through the…
Anglers and paddlers closely watch bill intended to make some streambeds off limits in Georgia
A bill’s sponsor says that standing on a streambed would be trespassing under his proposal if the landowner has a land grant predating 1863. Photo contributed by Flint Riverkeeper Conservationists and environmental groups are sounding the alarm over a measure that they say will unravel the protections for fishing and hunting in Georgia that were…
Georgia House panel set to vote whether to create a path for legalized online sports betting
House Higher Education Committee Chairman Chuck Martin said on Monday that he plans to have the committee take a vote on sports betting legislation prior to Sine Die on Thursday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A Georgia House committee is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to advance online sports betting legislation to the House Rules Committee,…