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…
I Have Some Questions for Greg Abbott
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Dear Gov. Greg Abbott, Was it already a year ago that you declared Texas’ “Goal Number One” was to “eliminate rape,” after a reporter asked how you could justify signing a 6-week abortion ban without rape exceptions? How’s…
VA Will Provide Abortions to Eligible Vets—Even in States That Forbid It
Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The US Department of Veterans Affairs will begin offering abortion services for the first time, opening up new options for veterans and other VA beneficiaries whose pregnancies resulted from rape or incest or otherwise pose a threat…
Forced Parenthood and Failing Safety Nets: This Is Life in Post-Roe America
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Melissa Kearse, a 38-year-old single mother of five, has never had an abortion. She never wanted one. “I come from a very religious background,” she explains, “where my-body-my-choice is not necessarily my body and my choice.” But in her…