Mexico’s Underground Abortion Networks Prepare for Pregnant People Fleeing From Texas
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Twenty years ago, when MC was a teenager growing up in Tamaulipas, Mexico, she helped her friend get an illegal abortion. The two girls had heard about a local man who sold medications…
The Texas Abortion Ban Was Just Reinstated. What Happens Next?
Crowds protesting Texas’s abortion ban walk towards Houston’s City Hall earlier this month during the nationwide Women’s March event.Melissa Phillip/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Earlier this week, when a federal district court judge paused enforcement of Texas’ new law banning nearly…
Jill Sobule: “You Better Not F*ck in Texas”
Courtesy of Jill Sobule Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Jill Sobule is an acclaimed singer-songwriter who had a few cool hits in the 1990s, including, “I Kissed a Girl.” Her songs are witty, sassy, and, occasionally, heart-breaking. (Check out “Mexican Wrestler.”) From time…
I Drove More Than 1,000 Miles to Help a Texan Get an Abortion
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last month, Texas legislators passed Senate Bill 8, banning abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. For the Austin-based Bridge Collective, which provides transportation and accommodations to people in central Texas seeking abortions,…
In an Emotional Hearing, Lawmakers Share Their Own Abortion Stories
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) talks to members of the press after a House Democrats closed-door meeting at the U.S. Capitol September 27, 2021 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.During a Thursday House Oversight Committee hearing about state…
How the Pandemic Prepared Texas Abortion Networks for the Worst
Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Anna Rupani woke up last Wednesday to grim news: Texas, her home state, now banned abortion after six weeks of pregancy—effectively barring 95 percent of procedures. The night before, she’d waited anxiously for a last-minute…