The man who essentially ended the federal right to abortion thinks that he can now run for president in 2024 as a “moderate” on the issue. In recent weeks, according to two people familiar with the matter, Donald Trump has privately remarked that several anti-abortion leaders — people who spent …
Read More »Biden Calls on Congress to Codify Roe, Urges Voters to Elect 'Pro-Choice Majority'
President Biden urged Congress to codify into federal law the right to abortion after an alleged draft majority opinion leaked and revealed the Supreme Court may be planning to overturn abortion rights in the U.S. “If the Court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at …
Read More »Why the Latest Supreme Court Ruling Is a Disaster for Abortion Rights
Some people may be describing Friday’s Supreme Court decision as a win for the abortion clinics, but don’t be fooled. The decision is a disaster for abortion patients, abortion rights, and constitutional rights more generally. The Court’s five most conservative Justices have paved the way not only for the end …
Read More »States Are Using the Cover of COVID-19 to Restrict Abortion and Health Care for Women
On March 18th, as the reality of the coronavirus crisis was becoming painfully apparent to Americans, the Idaho Legislature was turning its attention to health care concerns of another kind: making sure that women were denied access to abortion at some nebulous future date. Across the country, state legislatures had …
Read More »Anti-Choice Politicians Are Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Deny Abortion Rights
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, while the rest of the nation is focusing on staying healthy and social distancing, anti-abortion politicians and movement leaders have been doing the only thing they know — pursuing an agenda to shut down abortion clinics. Capitalizing on the mantra to never let a crisis go …
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