The GOP’s “Softened” Abortion Platform Is A Ruse
Former President Trump has said he’d leave abortion rights “to the states” if re-elected—but the new draft Republican Party platform says the quiet part out loud. Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If you read coverage of the Republican Party platform in…
Abortion Bans Are Also Terrible for Babies
Mother Jones; Getty; Clark Van Der Beken/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In many ways, the end of Roe v Wade didn’t happen when the US Supreme Court issued its decision to overrule Roe in the Dobbs case in June 2022. Rather, it…
Trump’s Lies About Abortion in America Were Particularly Appalling
President Trump spewed anti-abortion lies and talking points at Thursday night’s debate. Let’s review the facts.Mother Jones illustration; Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump did manage to say one accurate thing about abortion at Thursday night’s CNN presidential…
Supreme Court Looks Set to Avoid Deciding Whether Women Can Get Emergency Abortions
Sarah A. Miller/TNS via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Supreme Court is poised to issue a decision punting on one of the term’s most closely watched abortion cases. The decision will leave for another day—one not just months before a presidential…
“The Dire Threat of Trump’s Ongoing Assault on Women’s Fundamental Freedoms”
Harris will host a “reproductive freedom event” in Phoenix to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the eve of the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overruled…
Democrats Are Trying to Repeal a Zombie Law That Could Ban Abortion Nationwide
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), center, is going after the 19th-century Comstock Act before Republicans may try to use it to ban abortion nationwide.Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. You may think medication abortion is safe from anti-abortion crusaders’ wrath after…