Judge Blocks State Abortion Ban As Attempt “To Completely Eliminate The Rights of Ohio Women”
Abortion rights advocates gather and march outside the Hamilton County Courthouse after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on July 2, 2022, in Cincinnati, Ohio.Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ohio’s near-total abortion ban will remain on hold as a…
Republican Senate Candidate Says Abortion Decisions Belong to “Gentlemen” State Lawmakers
Mary Schwalm/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc told supporters last week that abortion decisions “belong” to “gentlemen” in the state legislature. At a Wednesday night town hall in Auburn, Bolduc said, “It belongs to the state. It…
“No One Needs to Be Reminded of the Sanctity of Life”
People protest the fall of Roe in Tucson, Arizona.Christopher Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thursday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on abortion bans was a predictable, three-hour medley of left- and right-wing talking points. Republicans accused Democrats of wanting abortion policies in line with…
An Arizona Judge Just Reinstated a 150-Year-Old Total Abortion Ban
Pro-choice supporters demonstrate at the Federal Courthouse in Tucson, AZ after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade in June 2022.Christopher Brown/ZUMA Press Wire/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before Arizona was even a state, its first territorial legislature enacted a total…
Abortion Is Galvanizing Voters. Michigan’s Ballot Measure Will Show Us How Much.
Pro-choice supporters gather outside the Michigan State Capitol during a “Restore Roe” rally in Lansing. Michigan’s elections board rejected a voter initiative due to formatting of the petition text for the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and…
Republicans Are Desperately Trying to Change Their Tune on Abortion
Flip-flop: the sound or motion of something flapping loosely; or a backward handspring; or a a sudden reversal (as of policy or strategy).Christoph Soeder/DPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, popular support for abortion has…