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Abortion Rights

  1. feminism
    The Misogyny PlotA new report on the Kavanaugh hearings reveals a deeper conspiracy.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. 2024 election
    Planned Parenthood Rally To End 6-Week Abortion Ban Held In Orlando
    Abortion Wins Elections? I’m Not Sure After Visiting Florida.What I saw spending a weekend following “Yes on 4” canvassers in a bellwether county.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  3. 2024 election
    The Bro CandidateTrump wants to sound reasonable on women’s rights, but look who he courts.
    By Sarah Jones
  4. encounter
    Cecile Richards Is Living With Brain CancerThe former president of Planned Parenthood is still fighting for abortion access — even while living with brain cancer.
    By Irin Carmon
  5. life after roe
    When a Rapist’s Logic Is the LawNew research offers further proof that abortion bans are a tool of abuse.
    By Sarah Jones
  6. the body politic
    Abortion Wins Again. Now What?Democrats can’t coast on the issue’s popularity.
    By Rebecca Traister
  7. life after roe
    One Year Without RoeAll the ways abortion bans have affected pregnant people, providers, and clinics, by the numbers and in their own words.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  8. the body politic
    Abortion Wins ElectionsThe fight to make reproductive rights the centerpiece of the Democratic Party’s 2024 agenda.
    By Rebecca Traister
  9. life after roe
    Walgreens Won’t Sell Abortion Pills in Red States Even Where It’s LegalThe second-largest retail pharmacy chain won’t buck Republican attorneys general. Will others follow?
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. life after roe
    What the Supreme Court Left Out of Its Dobbs-Leak ReportThe investigation failed to identify the leaker of the draft opinion — and the justices got light treatment.
    By Irin Carmon
  11. just asking questions
    Why Tom Bonier Knew There Would Be No Red WaveMonths ago, the Democratic strategist said this time the midterms would be different because of the backlash to Dobbs. Here’s what he’s learned since.
    By Nia Prater
  12. life after roe
    HR Departments Are Scrambling Over Abortion Travel PoliciesThe space in which a constitutional right once was is being filled by focus-grouped messaging and calculated estimates of abortion’s ROI.
    By Molly Osberg
  13. life after roe
    Overturning Roe Is Just the BeginningConservatives are already floating a national abortion ban and the overthrow of other privacy-based rights.
    By Claire Lampen
  14. the national interest
    Now We See What Happens When Social Conservatives Take the WheelThe Christian right’s power finally becomes real.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    Republicans Smearing Chuck Schumer With Kavanaugh Assassination AttemptThe context of the Democrat’s “threatening” speech is clearly nonviolent.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. life after roe
    Clarence Thomas Decries ‘Irreparable Damage’ of Roe Opinion LeakThe Supreme Court’s loudest proponent of eliminating the right to an abortion is worried about institutional legitimacy and civility.
    By Chas Danner
  17. life after roe
    Trump Barely Mentions Abortion Ruling at Pennsylvania RallyHe talked about Alec Baldwin more than he did about what is likely his presidency’s biggest achievement.
    By Chas Danner
  18. the national interest
    An End to the Liberal Romance With CourtsThe right to abortion will not be delivered from a marble building.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. supreme court
    Why Is John Roberts So Popular Among Democrats?The chief justice’s enduring appeal suggests the Supreme Court may be able to gut Roe without great cost to its reputation.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. politics
    The Supreme Court’s Stealth Attack on AbortionAt best, the justices feel no urgency to stop Texas from violating people’s dominion over their own bodies.
    By Irin Carmon
  21. politics
    Supreme Court to Hear Case That Threatens Roe v. WadeThe Court will review Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, giving the new 6-3 conservative majority its first chance to gut abortion rights.
    By Nia Prater
  22. 2020 elections
    Collins Officially Running in 2020, in Race That Could Decide Senate ControlShe angered a lot of constituents with her pivotal support for Brett Kavanaugh, and will have a strong opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. abortion rights
    Trump’s Newest Abortion Restriction Won’t Take Effect Just YetClinics have been given a few months to comply with the onerous “domestic gag rule.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  24. supreme court
    John Paul Stevens and the Legacy of Liberal Republican JudgesStevens’s long career on the Court as the Republican-appointed leader of its liberal wing remains a cautionary tale for conservatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. abortion
    Republicans Are Trying to Change the Subject From Abortion BansDemocrats running for president should beware right-wing talking points.
    By Irin Carmon
  26. abortion rights
    Alabama’s Extreme Abortion Ban Has Been Signed into LawBut it will face legal challenges before it can take effect.
    By Amanda Arnold
  27. abortion rights
    Democrats, Activists Respond to Bill That Effectively Bans Abortion in AlabamaDemocrats and abortion rights groups vowed to fight the bill, which criminalizes the procedure for doctors and has no exceptions for rape or incest.
    By Matt Stieb
  28. abortion rights
    We Have No Idea How Scary Our Abortion Future Will GetSo-called heartbeat bills should be swatted away by the Supreme Court. But will they?
    By Irin Carmon
  29. vision 2020
    Gillibrand Offers Explicit Abortion Rights Litmus Test for Judicial NomineesIn hoping to stand out, Gillibrand will probably just set a pro-choice standard other candidates will soon emulate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. abortion rights
    Maybe the Only Way to Know What’s Wrong With Abortion in America Is to Have OneExperience showed me how much I didn’t know.
    By Nona Willis Aronowitz
  31. supreme court
    Kavanaugh Thinks Roe v. Wade Is ‘Settled Law.’ That Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe.Kavanaugh echoes John Roberts’s assurance that he acknowledges precedents protecting abortion rights. But precedents have been and will be overturned.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Last Resort: How Maine Democrats Can Save Roe v. WadeBeating on Senate Democrats to oppose Brett Kavanaugh would be divisive and wouldn’t matter anyway. Giving Susan Collins a free ride in 2020 would.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Voters Don’t Want Roe v. Wade OverturnedAs Republicans prepare to replace Kennedy with a more anti-abortion justice, a new poll shows overwhelming support for maintaining abortion rights.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. The First Big SCOTUS Rumor Sends Senator Mike Lee to the BenchThis may be the first of many SCOTUS trial balloons for Trump. But it’s amusing to watch Lee try to walk back his earlier attacks on Roe v. Wade.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. Bracing for a Supreme Court Retirement BombshellAt the end of the term, the focus is on Kennedy, whose retirement could ignite the Senate races. But Thomas’s exit might spark a battle in the GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. women’s rights
    Ireland Votes Overwhelmingly to Legalize AbortionOne of the world’s most restrictive abortion bans is no more, following a landslide vote for repeal in Ireland.
    By Chas Danner
  37. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has No Plans to Go Anywhere Anytime SoonConservatives pining for a fifth SCOTUS vote to overturn Roe v. Wade may have to win the 2020 election to outlast Ginsburg.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Democrats Don’t Need a Litmus Test on Abortion, But Do Need to Respect WomenThe problem with arguments against a Democratic litmus test on abortion is the habit of disrespectfully treating reproductive rights as disposable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. House Republicans Vote to Make Abortion Unaffordable for Millions of WomenIn a defiant gesture toward the women who thronged cities just this past weekend, the House votes to permanently ban any public funding for abortion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Looking Ahead (With Dread) to Trump’s Supreme CourtWith a GOP Senate ready to confirm his choices, Trump’s power to reshape SCOTUS may depend on the health of the current justices.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. early and often
    Cruz Won’t Say Whether He Supports Fetal ‘Personhood’ Laws“Different people mean different things about labels.”
    By Jonah Shepp
  42. love and war
    Restrictive Texas Abortion Law Reinstated After Just Three DaysThat was quick.
    By Adam Martin