This #ProLife Texas Republican Wins With the Worst Coronavirus Take (At Least So Far This Week)
fizkes/Getty After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared abortions as nonessential care during the coronavirus outbreak (and state Attorney General Ken Paxton made an order to clarify and enforce that decision on Monday), a Republican running for Congress in the state posted a hell of a take on the matter. Kathaleen Wall, who is running to replace retiring…
The Coronavirus Is Making the Case for Abortion Via Telemedicine
Telemedicine—in which doctors administer medication via webcam and a remotely-controlled drawer—has become an easy target for anti-abortion legislators who try to claim it is dangerous and limits physician oversight. But the coronavirus pandemic highlights precisely why access to medication abortion through telemedicine is so crucial. And now, abortion providers and advocates are calling for states to…
She Won an Abortion Rights Case in the Supreme Court. Now She’s Watching the Same Damn Fight Again.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Amy Hagstrom Miller is one of the fiercest advocates for reproductive rights in the country. She is the president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, a network of eight abortion clinics that operate in five states, and she’s best known for her role as a plaintiff in a Supreme Court case in 2016,…
Supreme Court Oral Arguments Leave Abortion Precedents in Jeopardy
Anti-abortion marchers and abortion-rights supporters at the U.S. Supreme Court on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January 2005.Pete Souza/TNS via ZUMA Wire On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard is first abortion case since President Trump’s appointments of conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Despite the court’s new conservative majority, the morning’s oral arguments…
Trump Is Coming After California’s Abortion Protections
People rally in support of abortion rights at the California state Capitol.Rich Pedroncelli/AP While Trump addressed crowds of people on the National Mall at the annual anti-abortion March for Life Rally on Friday—a major symbolic gesture—his administration announced a far more tangible attack on abortion rights in America. The Department of Health and Human Services…
Republicans Are Trying, Once Again, to Basically Ban Abortion in Tennessee
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, center, and fellow Republicans in the state General Assembly hold a news conference at the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn., to discuss a new anti-abortion proposal. Jonathan Mattise/AP This morning, Republican Gov. Bill Lee called a press conference to announce that Tennessee would be doubling down…