Anti-Abortion Wisconsin Republicans Have Some Thoughts About Women
Rep. Ron Tusler cited a few biblical figures who he alleged were rightly forced to carry pregnancies despite their advanced—or young—ages.Screenshot/WiseEye.org Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Anti-abortion Wisconsin Republicans say the darndest things. While debating a bill in the state legislature that would allow…
Greg Abbott Said He’d “Eliminate Rape” to Justify an Abortion Ban. He’s Failed Horribly.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pledged to “eliminate rape” after signing a six-week abortion ban in 2021. New research shows he has failed spectacularly.Adam Davis/EFE via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After passing what was, at the time, the strictest abortion ban in the…
SCOTUS Allows One of America’s Strictest Abortion Bans to Take Effect—For Now
Graeme Sloan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Idaho has among the strictest abortion bans in the country. It’s so strict, in fact, that in 2022, the Biden administration sued the state, arguing that it violates a federal law regulating medical emergencies. The legal battle…
The Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Kate Cox Hours After She Announced She Fled the State To Seek an Abortion
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update, December 11, 2o23 at 7:55 p.m.: The Texas Supreme Court overturned the lower court order on Monday, ruling against Kate Cox, her husband, and the medical team, hours after Cox announced she fled the state for…
A Texas Woman Just Had to Ask a Court to Let Her Terminate a Pregnancy That Could Kill Her
/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the first time since Roe was decided in 1973, a pregnant adult is asking a court to step in so she can have an abortion. In late November, Kate Cox received the confirmation she’d been dreading: her…
Why a Case in Texas on Abortion Exceptions Is a Big Deal
SUZANNE CORDEIRO/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Texas heard arguments in a suit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging the state’s abortion ban—the case could have ripple effects across the country as state courts wrestle with…