On Repro Rights, Tim Walz Is the Polar Opposite of JD Vance
Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) has spoken about the importance of IVF for his family while Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) voted against a bill that would protect access.Mother Jones; Getty; Jim Watson/AFP/Getty; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One way to…
Here’s How the GOP Platform Could Lead to a Nationwide Abortion Ban
Anti-abortion activist Kristan Hawkins is one of the latest people to clarify that the new GOP platform could, indeed, pave the way for a nationwide abortion ban.Julia Rendleman/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If you listen to leading anti-abortion activists, you…
More Than 260 Ohio Doctors Join the List of People Who Denounce JD Vance
Mother Jones; Stephen Maturen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Lots of people seem to dislike the views of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) these days: Jennifer Aniston, Congressional Republicans, and…maybe even Donald Trump? Now hundreds of medical professionals from Vance’s home state of Ohio…
Abortion Rights Advocates See Harris as an Ideal Messenger
Vice President Harris has been a more direct and consistent messenger on abortion rights than President Biden.Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, abortion rights advocates got some rare good news. After President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection…
J.D. Vance Supported Using the Comstock Act to Criminalize “Mail-Order Abortions”
Sen. J.D. Vance has recently claimed he believes mifepristone should be accessible—but new reporting shows that just a year ago, he was one of more than 40 Republican lawmakers who thought the opposite.Maxppp/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When former President Trump announced…
Anti-Abortion Firebrands Are Celebrating the Trump-Vance Ticket
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has railed against abortion, divorce, and people who don’t want to have children. Now, he’s Trump’s running mate.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. After former President Trump announced on Monday that he had picked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)…