Nikki Haley Joins GOP Colleagues in Suddenly Pivoting on IVF
Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Just a week after saying that “embryos, to me, are babies,” Nikki Haley is now joining other Republicans in suddenly claiming to support IVF access in the wake of rising abortion restrictions and the Alabama Supreme…
How Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Debacle Previewed the Abortion Agenda of Today’s GOP
Mother Jones; Charlie Riedel/AP; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A few months before the 2012 elections, Todd Akin, the Republicans’ Senate candidate in Missouri, sent his party scrambling when he explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape with a now…
Telehealth Abortions Continue to Rise—Even in Banned States, A New Study Shows
A new study shows that telehealth provision of abortion pills continues to rise, even as anti-abortion lawmakers try to ban them. Olga Fedorova/SOPA/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Telehealth abortions continue to grow in popularity, even in states where anti-abortion activists try to ban…
“What Can I Even Say Without Having to Go to Jail?”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Heather Williams, an advocate with the Tulsa-based nonprofit Domestic Violence Intervention Services, gets a call from the local hospital, she has to drop whatever she’s doing and go. The call normally comes in when a survivor of sexual assault…
Report: Trump “Favors” a 16-Week National Abortion Ban
According to the New York Times, “one thing Mr. Trump likes about a 16-week federal ban on abortions is that it’s a round number.” Yes, really.Hunter Cone/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the past, former President Donald Trump has promised a consensus on…
The American Adoption System Isn’t What You Think It Is
Mother Jones illustration; Macmillan; Liz Corman Photography Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Cassie was a 22-year-old college student working a part-time job when she found out she was pregnant. It was too late for an abortion, and parenting seemed off the table: She felt…