Congress Gets a Lesson in How to Self-Manage an Abortion
Renee Bracey Sherman testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.YouTube Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Today, likely for the first time in history, an abortion rights activist explained, step-by-step, how to self-manage an abortion before Congress in an official…
Jim Bopp Wants to Force Pregnant 10-Year-Olds to Give Birth. He’s Also Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Lawyer.
Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Far-right provocateur Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) managed to survive a legal challenge to her re-election bid earlier this year, but the cost was high—literally. According to the Greene campaign’s…
The Extreme Agenda of Anti-Abortion Politicians Is Already Coming True
The Bans Off Our Bodies pro abortion rally at the US Federal Court House on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMediaPunch/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It was less than a month ago that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.…
Jim Bopp Wants to Force Pregnant 10-Year-Olds to Give Birth. He’s Also Marjory Taylor Greene’s Lawyer.
Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Far-right provocateur Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) managed to survive a legal challenge to her re-election bid earlier this year, but the cost was high—literally. According to the Greene campaign’s…
The House Just Passed Two Bills to Protect Access to Abortion
Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the Washington Monument during a nationwide rally in support of abortion rights in Washington, D.C., on May 14, 2022. Yasin Ozturk/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Exactly three weeks after the Supreme Court voted to overturn…
How Close to Death Does a Person Have to Be to Qualify for an Abortion Ban Exemption?
Sam Edwards/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It’s a foregone conclusion that the Democrats’ bill to restore abortion rights will fail in the Senate in the coming days, just as it failed in May and in February before that. The Women’s…