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The Supreme Court has become illegitimate, but fixing it requires telling Americans what’s happened

Jim Carroll — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 22:57:49 +0000

With the Supreme Court’s recent one-two-three punches striking down affirmative action, debt relief for college students, and legalizing religious-based discrimination against LGBTQ Americans, only the most Pollyannaish of observers would deny that we’re deep into a rollback of fundamental rights and democratic governance at the hands of a reactionary court. The overwhelming question for an […]

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One year later, the Dobbs decision has put Republican radicalism into the national spotlight

Matthew Sheffield — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:44:04 +0000

One year ago, the Republican-dominated Supreme Court rolled back 50 years of settled precedent with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But the decision didn’t just upend abortion access, it also appears to have accelerated some demographic trends which had already been breaking toward Democrats by letting voters know what the Republican […]

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The good, the bad, and the ugly: Where abortion laws stand at the moment

Rebekah Sager — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:54:10 +0000

From temporary stays on rulings that limit access to an abortion medication to bills that protect abortion procedures, lawmakers across the nation are grappling with a legal landscape that is changing at lightning speed. As quickly as Democratic lawmakers can pass bills that enshrine in law the right to safe and legal abortions, Republican lawmakers […]

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How Democratic men are centering abortion access on the campaign trail

Shefali Luthra — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:00:47 +0000

When Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addressed the crowd in Chicago last month, his message was clear: A vote for his reelection was a vote to protect democracy — and, critically, to protect abortion rights. A vote for his opponent was a vote for the opposite. “To all the right-wing officeholders who have been cheering on […]

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Kentucky is latest to test whether red states will keep voting for abortion rights

Shefali Luthra — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:03:44 +0000

When Kansas voted two-to-one against a proposal that would have said there was no right to an abortion in the state, the resounding victory suggested that abortion bans are a losing issue. But it wasn’t clear whether that argument could apply to red states beyond Kansas. Now comes the next test: Kentucky, which is already […]

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Why Kansas’ Democratic governor isn’t talking about abortion on the campaign trail

Shefali Luthra — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:00:45 +0000

After Kansas voters resoundingly rejected an anti-abortion ballot initiative, the state’s Democratic candidate for governor — incumbent Laura Kelly — is steadily avoiding mentioning the issue, despite the election’s massive implications for abortion access, and Kelly’s yearslong role as a stopgap against statewide abortion restrictions. The August vote suggested to some nationwide analysts that the […]

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Thanks, Lindsey: Republicans in disarray after Graham introduces national abortion ban

David Nir — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:00:26 +0000

Lindsey Graham was convinced he was doing his party a favor. Unnamed sources who spoke with NBC News said the proposed nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks that the South Carolina Republican unveiled on Tuesday would “give candidates a more popular position to point to when they are pressed about the issue.” One anonymous strategist called […]

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Democrats urge Biden administration to use HIPAA to protect abortion rights and privacy

Shefali Luthra — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:21 +0000

Thirty Democratic senators led by Washington’s Patty Murray are calling on the Biden administration to use health care privacy laws to protect patients’ reproductive health information, specifically when it comes to abortion. In the letter sent Tuesday, first shared with The 19th, the senators ask the Biden administration to use the Health Insurance Portability and […]

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Local judges now have more power to decide who gets an abortion

Shefali Luthra — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:50 +0000

As abortion bans with narrow restrictions go into effect across the country, local and state judges — who typically lack medical training and are predominantly White men — are playing an increasingly significant role in determining whether someone is able to access an abortion. Judges have long been influential in deciding whether minors are able to get […]

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Republicans are getting what they asked for on abortion, and regretting it

Joan McCarter — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:00:01 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end federal abortion protections secured half a century ago under Roe v. Wade continues to flummox Republicans who finally got what they wished for. After decades of running for elections promising precisely this—an end to legal abortion—Republicans are desperately trying to rewrite that history, pretend like the Supreme Court didn’t […]

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