Crucial Supreme Court Race in Wisconsin Shatters Spending Record
Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The race to fill an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court—and determine ideological control of the highest court in one of the country’s most important swing states—has more than doubled the national record for judicial election…
Anti-Abortion Republicans Are Pushing State Legislation to Undermine Election Results
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Republican Party has a problem: Individual freedom for women to choose how they handle their reproductive health is wildly popular with voters. In last November’s midterms—the first general election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.…
The Latest Casualties of Idaho’s Abortion Ban: Babies
Matt York, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An Idaho hospital is ending its labor and delivery services in the wake of a Texas-style, near-total abortion ban signed into state law last year. Citing the state’s “legal and political climate,” Bonner General Health plans to…
Will One Controversial Texas Judge Outlaw the Most Popular Form of Abortion for the Whole Country?
Mother Jones/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For weeks, abortion rights advocates have been waiting for a potential bombshell: A conservative federal judge in Texas is expected to effectively outlaw the most popular method of abortion nationwide. Now, the day may finally be here. Judge…
Meet the Religious Crusaders Fighting for Abortion Rights
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Torah tells its followers to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,” so that’s what Lisa Sobel, a devout Jewish woman from Louisville, Kentucky, set out to do. It wasn’t easy. First, she endured three years of…
Minnesota Becomes First State to Pass Bill Enshrining Abortion Rights Post-Dobbs
Steve Karnowski/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After more than 14 hours of debate, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill on Saturday that would establish a “fundamental right” to abortion in the state. Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, has said he will sign the Protect…