The Supreme Court Upholds a Law Disarming Domestic Abusers
Mother Jones; Getty; Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash; Eric Ward/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Every 16 hours in the US, a woman is gunned down in an act of domestic violence. Nearly 1 million American women have been shot or shot at by a current…
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…
Gov. Kristi Noem Says Trump Should Pick A Woman VP to Show That He Supports Women’s Health
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) believes a second Trump presidency could help American women—but history suggests otherwise.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.), has some advice for Donald Trump: He should pick a woman as his running mate. “All the…
Oklahoma Takes a Step to Help Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence
iStock / Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that will allow courts to shorten the prison sentences of people who can prove they committed their crime because they were experiencing domestic violence—a significant reform in…
Texas Is Letting a Maternal-Mortality Skeptic Investigate Maternal Mortality
Mother Jones; Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Just a few years ago, maternal mortality was the rare reproductive justice issue that seemed to transcend partisan politics. In late 2018, Republicans and Democrats in Congress even came together to approve $60…
Dobbs Had the Opposite Effect Conservatives Intended
New data shows that telehealth abortions, and shield laws, have helped drive the post-Dobbs rise in abortions nationwide.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Something curious has happened since the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in June 2022: More people have…