JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.
JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds.Scott Olson/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One in every 10 pregnancies in the US ends in a miscarriage, a common medical event for which there are safe and…
California Sues Catholic Hospital for Denying Emergency Abortion Care
Across the country, one in every six acute-care hospitals is Catholic-run.Jessie Wardarski/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Many Californians are proud of their state’s strong protections for abortion and reproductive rights—safeguards that have become even more important in the post–Roe v. Wade era.…
GOP Attorneys General Have Launched a New Attack on Gender Care for Kids
More than 300 people gather in front of the Idaho Capitol to oppose anti-transgender legislation.Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last August, the American Academy of Pediatrics renewed its guidance supporting the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other medical…
West Virginians Overwhelmingly Take Advantage of the Affordable Care Act. They Still Support Trump.
Left: West Virginia delegates wear hardhats in Fiserv Forum on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Right: Res-Con in Charleston, West Virginia.Mother Jones; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP; Helena Milburn Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story is a partnership with the…
Big Tech Would Be Key to Delivering Project 2025’s Anti-Abortion Plans
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If Project 2025 becomes a reality under a second Trump term, there are several ways it plans to further restrict and surveil abortion access nationwide, including criminalizing the mailing of abortion pills and forcing states…
Two Dead Women Aren’t Enough for Republicans to Back Lifesaving Abortions
Senate Republicans blocked a resolution to guarantee emergency access to abortion nationwide.John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Two women who died in Georgia as a result of the state’s post-Dobbs abortion ban are, apparently, not enough to make Republicans agree that all…