How Abortion Foes Are Using Transphobia to Derail New York’s Equal Rights Amendment
Mother Jones illustration; Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In late August, on the fringes of a press conference outside New York City Hall, a man wearing a “Kill your local pedophile” T-shirt and a “Babies Lives Matter” pin screamed at…
Melania Says She Supports Abortion. I Really Don’t Care, Do U?
Laurence Kesterson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Less than a week before Melania Trump is set to release her memoir, the former first lady appeared to break ranks. “Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir,” read the headline. The Guardian, which…
When Vance Said Abortion Rights Should Be “Left to the States,” He Ignored an Inconvenient Fact
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim WalzJulia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance has a refrain he loves to repeat when he’s questioned about his draconian…
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…
A Court Just Threw Out Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
Nearly 75 percent of Georgians—including 62 percent of Republicans—don’t want to see abortion criminalized before viability.Krisztian Elek/SOPA/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Two weeks after the deaths of two Georgia women highlighted the very real risks to maternal health posed by the state’s…
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.…