Ted Cruz Touted the Endorsement of an Activist Who Supported Killing “Abortionists”
Mother Jones illustration; Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2015, as Sen. Ted Cruz mounted a competitive presidential campaign and courted the religious right ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the Texas Republican touted the support of a controversial anti-abortion crusader.…
Harris Laid Out the Devastating Consequences of “Trump Abortion Bans”
Mother Jones illustration; Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris just showed why she is a better candidate on abortion than President Biden ever was. In a blistering response to former President Donald Trump’s rambling about his ever-shifting stance…
DeSantis’ Government Is Doing Everything It Can to Defeat an Abortion Rights Measure
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is trying his darndest to prevent the abortion rights amendment from passing in Florida in November.Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Florida government seems to be doing everything it can—including potentially breaking the law—to prevent voters…
One of This Year’s Biggest Abortion Votes Is at Risk
Abortion rights supporters celebrated turning in more than 380,000 signatures to overturn the state’s ban on the procedure in May.Kacen Bayless/The Kansas City Star/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Friday night, a Missouri judge handed down a ruling that could threaten voters’…
Abortion Is Coming to the DNC and the Right Is Freaking Out
When Planned Parenthood announced it would offer free medication abortions and vasectomies near the DNC this week, the right began freaking out.Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Abortion is coming to the Democratic National Convention this week…and conservatives are not okay. Access…
Study: JD Vance Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong About “Childless Cat Ladies”
Mother Jones illustration; Adam Bettcher/Getty; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. By now, many Americans know what Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), has said about women without kids—or, as he calls them, “childless cat ladies”: He has alleged they are…