59 Years Ago SCOTUS Guaranteed Access to Birth Control. Now, That and Much More Is Under Threat.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), far left, and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), center, during a news conference on the Right to Contraception Act in DC on Wednesday.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Friday…
Louisiana Classifies Two Abortion Drugs as Controlled Dangerous Substances
Abortion rights activists hold signs at a protest outside of the Supreme Court in March.Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Louisiana enacted a first-of-its-kind law on Friday, classifying the two drugs used in medication abortions as controlled and dangerous substances. The…
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Republicans to Get Away With Racial Gerrymandering
Mother Jones; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court had previously found diluted the power of Black voters. In a 6-3 decision…
How Trump Judges Are Helping Him Escape Accountability and Return to Power
Mother Jones; Patrick Semansky; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One reason Donald Trump’s trial this month is so notable is that it is actually happening. As recently as last summer, it appeared that Trump would face four criminal trials ahead of the 2024…
SCOTUS v. Pregnant Patients: Idaho’s Abortion Fight Could Blow Up a “Revolutionary” Health Care Law
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what could end up being its most consequential abortion decision since Dobbs. In a case pitting Idaho’s extreme abortion ban against a federal law known as EMTALA—that…
These Conservative Christian Lawyers Are Helping States Defend Their Abortion Bans
ADF attorney Erin Hawley outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, following oral arguments in a case involving the abortion drug mifepristone.Francis Chung/Politico via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider its third major abortion case in…