PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublicans Quietly Move to Use the Budget to Ban Mailing Abortion PillsThe long-shot attack would dramatically upend telemedicine prescriptions for mifepristone.BySusan RinkunasPublishedJune 15, 2023Comments (7)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionNorth Carolina's Party-Switching Abortion Traitor Now Says She Didn't Have an AbortionState Rep. Tricia Cotham (R) is trying to rewrite history after leaving the Democratic Party to give the GOP a…BySusan RinkunasPublishedJune 15, 2023Comments (47)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionActive-Duty U.S. Marine Is One of Two Men Arrested for Planned Parenthood ArsonThe 21- and 23-year-old men were arrested for firebombing a clinic in Costa Mesa, Calif., last March, forcing it to…ByKylie CheungPublishedJune 15, 2023Comments (13)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionWeeks After Man Plowed Into Illinois Abortion Clinic, a Vandal Tears Down RepairsClinics across Illinois are seeing a surge in anti-abortion violence as the state becomes a rare abortion haven in…ByKylie CheungPublishedJune 6, 2023Comments (6)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionWisconsin Republicans Try to Justify 1849 Abortion Ban With $1,000 Tax Credit for FetusesSure, you may be forced by the state to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term or potentially die in childbirth, but…ByKylie CheungPublishedJune 5, 2023Comments (11)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionNikki Haley Generously Proposes Not Executing Women Who Have AbortionsThe 2024 candidate's attempt to appear compassionate instead highlighted how extreme her party has become.BySusan RinkunasPublishedJune 5, 2023Comments (31)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionWisconsin Activist Group Used 'Geofencing' Around Abortion Clinics to Dissuade PatientsThe group used location targeting to text Planned Parenthood patients, “Took the first pill at the clinic? It may…ByKylie CheungPublishedMay 18, 2023Comments (5)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionThe Latest Abortion Pill Hearing Went Fully off the RailsTrump-appointed federal judge James Ho asked, “Is pregnancy a serious illness? When we celebrated Mother’s Day, were…BySusan RinkunasPublishedMay 17, 2023Comments (46)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionNorth Carolina Republicans Override Governor's Veto to Ban Abortion at 12 WeeksState Rep. Tricia Cotham, who recently switched parties after vocally supporting abortion, delivered the GOP the…ByLaura BassettPublishedMay 16, 2023Comments (28)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionLouisiana Opts Not to Clarify That Miscarriages, Ectopic Pregnancies Are Exempt from Abortion Ban“There is nothing natural about leaving a doctor's office or a hospital with a dead or dying baby inside of you,"…ByLorena O’NeilPublishedMay 16, 2023Comments (6)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublican Presidential Candidates Are Floundering on How Early to Ban AbortionNikki Haley says a national ban isn't "realistic." Donald Trump won't comment. Ron DeSantis is weirdly quiet about…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedMay 15, 2023Comments (14)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionNorth Carolina Lawmaker Who Gave Pro-Abortion Speeches Just Voted for Abortion BanState Rep. Tricia Cotham switched parties last month, but that doesn't explain her about-face on abortion after…BySusan RinkunasPublishedMay 4, 2023Comments (25)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRight-Wing Doctors' Org Accidentally Leaks Massive Trove of Sensitive DocumentsThe anti-LGBTQ American College of Pediatricians published an unsecured Google Drive link containing 10,000 files…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedMay 3, 2023Comments (9)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionNorth Carolina Lawmakers Introduce Abortion Ban They Debated in SecretRepublicans plopped the legislation, which they claim represents the views of most state residents, into an…BySusan RinkunasPublishedMay 3, 2023Comments (13)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionTexas Prison Guards Put Woman in Isolation for Talking About AbortionKwaneta Harris, a nurse, says she's being punished for (correctly) telling other incarcerated women that there's no…ByKylie CheungUpdatedMay 2, 2023Comments (19)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionA Man Sued His Ex's Friends for Helping Her Get Abortion Pills. They're Countersuing."Silva did not file this lawsuit because he is interested in 'protecting life.' Instead, he wanted to control a…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedMay 2, 2023Comments (4)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionAnti-Abortion Activist on 10-Year-Old Rape Victim: ‘A Woman’s Body Is Designed to Carry Life’Laura Strietmann, head of Cincinnati Right to Life, referred to the child as a "woman" in arguing that she should've…ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 19, 2023Comments (77)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionSupreme Court Punts Abortion Pill Case to Friday, Which Is Not a Good SignIt should be the world’s easiest call to smack down the disingenuous lawsuit against mifepristone. SCOTUS needing a…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 19, 2023Comments (33)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionAbortion Isn't Even a Top 5 Issue for Republican Primary Voters, Per Internal PollingThis might explain why Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) didn't even mention in his speech Friday that he'd just signed a…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 14, 2023Comments (16)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionCongress Needs to Repeal This Zombie 1873 Abortion Ban Before It Blows Up in Our Faces"If it were to become the law, it would be absolutely catastrophic," an ACLU lawyer said of the Comstock Act, which…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 13, 2023Comments (56)