Spanish Soccer’s Toxic Chief Is One of Many
Jorge Vilda (left) and Luis Rubiales.Ane Frosaker / SPP / AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Spain’s victory over England in last Sunday’s World Cup final was an exclamation point on the country’s rapid ascent in the hierarchy of women’s soccer. The country only…
Wait, Tampons Weren’t Being Tested With Human Blood?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Until last week, no study had ever been published that tested period products—tampons, pads, discs, cups, and underwear—using human blood. A team of four women just changed that. On August 7, Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow…
The FDA Has Approved the First-Ever Pill for Postpartum Depression
PeopleImages/iStock/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill specifically designed to treat postpartum depression, a common condition affecting mothers that can make it harder to bond with a new baby by causing severe despair, anxiety, shame,…
Missouri Republicans Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Stop Voters from Having Their Say on Abortion
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters in May.Kacen Bayless/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In May 2019, when Missouri banned abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy, abortion-rights advocates decided to put the issue to voters.…
Court Allows Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors to Take Effect Immediately
Teens from various areas of Kentucky gather in front of the Kentucky Capitol Annex building on March 29, 2023, to protest against SB150 which would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender teens. Marcus Dorsey/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news…
Even Trump Judges Are Ruling in Favor of Trans Rights
Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Over the last two years, Republican state politicians have done their best to wipe out access to gender-affirming medical care for trans adolescents. In a flurry of lawmaking—coordinated by conservative Christian legal groups and think…