Telehealth Abortions Continue to Rise—Even in Banned States, A New Study Shows
A new study shows that telehealth provision of abortion pills continues to rise, even as anti-abortion lawmakers try to ban them. Olga Fedorova/SOPA/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Telehealth abortions continue to grow in popularity, even in states where anti-abortion activists try to ban…
What Happens If We Actually Treat Fetuses Like People?
San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In ruling that frozen embryos should be legally considered the same as children under a wrongful death law, the Alabama Supreme Court furthered a growing movement hoping to enshrine “fetal personhood”—the idea…
“What Can I Even Say Without Having to Go to Jail?”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Heather Williams, an advocate with the Tulsa-based nonprofit Domestic Violence Intervention Services, gets a call from the local hospital, she has to drop whatever she’s doing and go. The call normally comes in when a survivor of sexual assault…
Report: Trump “Favors” a 16-Week National Abortion Ban
According to the New York Times, “one thing Mr. Trump likes about a 16-week federal ban on abortions is that it’s a round number.” Yes, really.Hunter Cone/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the past, former President Donald Trump has promised a consensus on…
The American Adoption System Isn’t What You Think It Is
Mother Jones illustration; Macmillan; Liz Corman Photography Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Cassie was a 22-year-old college student working a part-time job when she found out she was pregnant. It was too late for an abortion, and parenting seemed off the table: She felt…
A Nurse Called Police After a Black Woman Miscarried—There’s a History to That
Brittany Watts celebrated with supporters earlier this month after a grand jury declined to indict her on a felony charge for how she handled an at-home miscarriage. Sue Ogrocki/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Brittany Watts, a 34-year-old Black medical receptionist from…