Biden Vows To Fight Unprecedented Abortion Pill Ban
Carolyn Kaster/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Biden slammed the unprecedented Friday-night ruling by a Texas judge that suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone—a drug that has been used in medical abortions for over two decades. As my colleague Madison Pauly explained…
A Federal Judge Just Blocked the Most Common Form of Abortion Nationwide
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions, in a closely watched case with potentially explosive implications for the availability of abortion nationwide, regardless…
Abortion Rights Win Elections. Again.
Mother Jones; Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If history were any indicator, yesterday’s Supreme Court election in Wisconsin should have been a dud. Voters notoriously stay at home when there isn’t a presidential race and when the election isn’t in…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Overturns 1931 Abortion Ban
Carlos Osorio/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Michigan enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution last November, but a 1931 abortion ban remained on the books. On Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a law repealing that abortion ban, ensuring that Michigan’s laws align with its constitution…
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.…