Even Anti-Abortion Gov. Kasich Couldn’t Sign This Extreme Abortion Measure
Protesters march to the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this month to protest the controversial “fetal heartbeat ban,” which would have prohibited abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite efforts of conservative lawmakers and activists, the Ohio…
Vaccine Studies Still Exclude Pregnant Women. That’s a Big Mistake.
Pregnant women stand in line to receive birth kits at a camp for Internally Displaced People in Kibati, Democratic Republic of Congo.Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On August 1, the governor of North Kivu, a province in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, sent out a frenzied…
The Trump Official Who Failed to Reunify Dozens of Separated Children Is Getting a New Role
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Chris BuzelliEvery Sunday, Scott Lloyd attends St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Front Royal, Virginia. Founded in honor of a fallen Confederate soldier, the red-brick building sits on Main Street in this picturesque town of 15,000 at the base of the Blue Ridge…
Donald Trump Has a Sneaky New Way To Help Religious Employers Deny Women Birth Control
areeya_ann/iStock/Getty Images Plus Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past two years, the Trump administration has been trying to gut access to birth control coverage for women: It proposed rules that would allow almost any employer to claim moral or religious exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s mandate of…
This New Yorker Cover Shows Why the Midterms Were so Huge for Women and People of Color
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’re still wondering whether the midterms were a win for women and people of color, The New Yorker just previewed its upcoming cover—which aptly illustrates why the results were a cause for celebration. An early look at next week’s cover, “Welcome to Congress,” by Barry…
Alabama Voters Just Approved a Sweeping Anti-Abortion Amendment
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Abortion rights were on the ballot in three states today: Alabama, West Virginia, and Oregon. In a blow to pro-choice advocates, Alabamans and West Virginians each voted in favor of stricter anti-abortion policies. In Oregon, widely considered the country’s most pro-choice…