The GOP 2024 Presidential Candidates Just Can’t Stop Talking About Abortion
Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For GOP presidential hopefuls, the weekend that marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court Dobbs…
What Abortion Funds Saw After Dobbs
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It took more than a month to pin down Megan Jeyifo, the executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF), for an interview. She’s been understandably busy, growing CAF from an organization that served roughly…
A Judge Temporarily Blocked South Carolina’s New Abortion Ban
Protesters against a stricter ban on abortion in South Carolina stand in the Statehouse lobby on May, 23, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. (Jeffrey Collins/AP) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A South Carolina judge temporarily blocked the state’s new six-week abortion ban on Friday,…
The Dobbs Leak Didn’t Wreck the Supreme Court—the Justices’ Scandals Did
Mother Jones illustration; Erin Schaff/New York Times/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One year ago, shortly after a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was published, Justice Clarence Thomas bemoaned that the leak had eroded public trust in the body. “I wonder how long…
Health Secretary Says “Everything Is on the Table” to Protect Abortion Pill Access
Mariam Zuhaib/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said the administration is willing to do whatever it takes to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone, after a federal judge in Texas suspended the FDA’s approval of…
The Latest Casualties of Idaho’s Abortion Ban: Babies
Matt York, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An Idaho hospital is ending its labor and delivery services in the wake of a Texas-style, near-total abortion ban signed into state law last year. Citing the state’s “legal and political climate,” Bonner General Health plans to…