“From the Very Moment of Fertilization, a Woman Has No Rights to Speak Of”
Mother Jones illustration; Erin 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.On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, wiping out the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The ruling, which…
Justice Clarence Thomas Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Mother Jones illustration; Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP, Jacquelyn Martin/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 issued its opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey—the two decades-old Supreme Court cases that together guaranteed…
SCOTUS Finally Made it Official: Roe Is Dead
Mother Jones illustration; Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Well, folks, the decision is here. As expected, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in favor of bypassing the precedents established in the 1973…
Why Haven’t We Figured Out How to Make IUDs Less Excruciating?
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On a scale of 1 to 10, Sarah Holzer considered the pain of breaking her tailbone a definite 10. That is, until 12 years later, when, at 27, she went in for her IUD insertion. She…
“Superspreaders” Are Dragging Climate Conspiracies Into the Culture Wars
Climate justice activists at the Cop26 Climate conference in Glasgow, November 2021. A recent report notes the increase of climate change disinformation spreading on social media, particularly around the time of Cop26. Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate…
The Texas Abortion Ban Has Turned Clinics Into Travel Agencies
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Patients entering the bright third-floor offices of Houston Women’s Reproductive Services used to follow the familiar steps for a routine medical appointment: check in, get your blood pressure taken, have other vitals examined. But for the…