The supreme court’s refusal to block the law marks a grave blow to the freedom and safety of womenThe cruel, vindictive and dangerous law that has taken effect in Texas is much more than the most extreme anti-abortion legislation in the United States. …
Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘unprecedented assault’ on abortion rights
President denounces justices for failing to block Texas banVows to ‘ensure woman have access to safe and legal abortions’Joe Biden condemned the US supreme court on Thursday, saying it had delivered “an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional…
After the Texas abortion ban, clinics in nearby states brace for demand
Texas-based patients put pressure on clinics in other states – and demands on abortion fundsOriginally published by the 19th.With the vast majority of abortions now illegal in Texas, clinics in nearby states are already reporting increases in demand as…
Texas now has abortion ‘bounty hunters’: Sonia Sotomayor’s scathing legal dissent
Justice Sotomayor wrote a blistering dissent on the US supreme court failing to block an extreme Texas abortion law. We are republishing it hereThe court’s order is stunning. Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law eng…
A brief refresher on legal abortion in the USA
Roe vs. Wade (1973): The Supreme Court case that held that the Constitution protected a woman’s right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus. (Link also covers Abortion in the Supreme Court Post-Roe) previously
Presently: In the US and ne…
Virtual clinic Hey Jane raises $2.2M to solve for state anti-abortion legislation
The idea for the company was driven by Missouri almost closing its one abortion clinic.
Anti-vaxxers using pro-choice slogans make me so angry | Eva Wiseman
Slinging around phrases about body autonomy belittles the pro-choice debate and overlooks issues surrounding pregnancy and fertilityI am not an angry person, I get headaches instead. Rage is swallowed like a meatball and spreads fattily around my body,…
Letter to a future Republican strategist regarding white people
The Following post in italics is from Eric Garland (here): To whom it may concern regarding the United States federal elections of 2014, 2016 and beyond: Allow me to introduce myself to you, the existing (or aspiring!) strategist for the Republican Pa…