The Supreme Court Is Waging a Full-Scale War on Modern Life
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is waging a full-scale war on modernity. On Friday, the court’s six conservative justices ended the constitutional right to abortion that had allowed American women to enjoy…
Is Roe Really on The Ballot?
A pro-choice protester’s sign at the Supreme Court after it issued its opinion on Dobbs. Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In the aftermath of the fall of Roe, Democrats dispensed a familiar rejoinder. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that…
Oklahoma Providers Have Already Been Living in a Post-Roe World. Here’s What We Can Learn From Them.
The Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City. Sue Ogrocki/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Roe is dead. In the coming weeks, abortion will be banned in 13 states with trigger laws, and 13 more are likely to severely restrict or end…
It Was Always Going to Be Alito
Justice AlitoErin Schaff/The New York Times/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Since early May, when Politico published the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that today overturned Roe v. Wade and rolled back a half-century…
“Roe Is on the Ballot,” Biden Says
President Joe Biden addresses the nation Friday after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Andrew Harnik/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On Friday Morning, the Supreme Court dropped the bomb we all knew was coming, voting 5-4 to overturn the…
Mike Pence Calls for Abortion Bans Across the Country
Robin Rayne/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Former Vice President Mike Pence, who appears to be laying the groundwork for a presidential run, called on Friday for “every state in the land” to enact an abortion ban. Pence, who has called…