Abortion Was Already Inaccessible on Reservation Land. Dobbs Made Things Worse.
An activist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, protests against the Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.Manuela Soldi/Tulsa World/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June, millions of people have faced new barriers to abortion access: increased…
Medical Boards That Can Strip Abortion Providers of Licenses Are Stacked With Republican Donors
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2010, a group of anti-choice activists sent several complaints to Iowa’s medical board, demanding the agency end a popular telemedicine abortion program. Run by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the program helped patients in rural…
Kansas Just Showed Us How to Win the Fight to Protect Abortion Rights
Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the first time since a five-member majority of the US Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion in late June, the future of abortion rights was on the…
Inside a Kansas Clinic Where the Battle Over Abortion Is Still Raging
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.By midmorning on an early October day in 2021, the parking lot is full at the Trust Women clinic in Wichita, Kansas. Cars have been pulling in steadily for hours under a slate sky, droplets from the unpredictable autumn…
Kansas Voters Reject Bid to End Abortion Rights
Calley Malloy, Cassie Woolworth and Dawn Rattan applaud during a primary watch party Tuesday, in Overland Park, Kansas. Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortion outright.Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow…
DOJ Sues Idaho Over Near-Total Abortion Ban
Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court may have upended the right to choose, but the Justice Department is still trying to ensure that women who need abortions in life-threatening emergencies will be able to get them. Today, Attorney General Merrick Garland—who…