Abortion Has Always Been a Part of America—Even if Alito Won’t Admit It
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This article is adapted from the forthcoming book No Choice: The Past, Present, and Perilous Future of Abortion in America, published by Hachette Book Group. In Justice Alito’s leaked draft opinion that, if made official as…
Report: A Leaked Supreme Court Opinion Signals the Justices Are About to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Pro-choice activists participate in a demonstration outside of the US Supreme Court on January 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.For years, abortion rights advocates have been warning about the fall of Roe v. Wade, and abortion…
She Accused Her Ex-Husband of Abuse. She’s Still Stuck With His Student Loans.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When Michelle and her husband divorced, a judge separated their assets. She got the televisions. He got the gas grill and the freezer. Most of their debts were divided and, in many cases,…
The Man Behind the Texas Abortion Ban Now Has an Even More Radical Plan to Reshape American Law
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This story was produced by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Get their investigations emailed to you directly here. When conservative legal provocateur Jonathan Mitchell published his 2018 law review article laying the groundwork for…
Texas’ Anti-Trans Crusade Is Spreading
A rally at the Alabama state House to draw attention to anti-transgender legislation last year Julie Bennett/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Alabama lawmakers are on the cusp of passing a bill that would stop transgender teens from receiving life-saving medical care…
Texas Has Been Investigating the Briggle Family Because of Their Trans Son. Here’s Their Story.
Adam Briggle and his sonCourtesy of the Briggles Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In September 2016, Adam and Amber Briggle nervously prepared their Dallas-area home for a special dinner guest: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Briggles were nervous because Paxton, a…