abortion

The backlash against Dobbs should restore balance to a constitutional order in need of it

By John Stoehr / March 21, 2024 / Comments Off on The backlash against Dobbs should restore balance to a constitutional order in need of it

It should do more than defeat Trump.

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Trump can’t outrun Roe’s fall

By John Stoehr / February 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Trump can’t outrun Roe’s fall

His idea of a 16-week national abortion ban is no middle ground.

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What do antiabortion groups do about Donald Trump? Nothing

By John Stoehr / September 20, 2023 / Comments Off on What do antiabortion groups do about Donald Trump? Nothing

They’ll accommodate him, like white evangelicals did.

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Abortion, Ohio and the Great Reversal that the GOP can’t see

By John Stoehr / August 9, 2023 /

They still misunderstand the public’s complex view on abortion.

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Using abortion, red states try to expand power over blue states

By Lindsay Beyerstein / July 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Using abortion, red states try to expand power over blue states

What’s stopping them is a Democrat in the White House.

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Post-Roe, Biden deregulates the ‘pregnancy market’

By John Stoehr / July 14, 2023 / Comments Off on Post-Roe, Biden deregulates the ‘pregnancy market’

Yesterday saw the biggest news since the US Supreme Court immiserated the rights and social standing of half the country.

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Facing embarrassingly weak test case, has SCOTUS’ rightwing supermajority lost its nerve?

By Lindsay Beyerstein / April 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Facing embarrassingly weak test case, has SCOTUS’ rightwing supermajority lost its nerve?

The current bid to yank mifepristone off the market is legal hackery whose sponsors deserve points only for shrewd venue-shopping.

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They want to outlaw the abortion pill, but they don’t want liberal states to protect their sovereignty. Guess what?

By John Stoehr / April 12, 2023 /

Rightwing politics presumes there won’t be a reaction.

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Wisconsin, antiabortion politics and the Republican death drive

By John Stoehr / April 10, 2023 /

The problem isn’t messaging.

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Idaho Republicans want to keep doctors from treating ectopic pregnancies 

By Lindsay Beyerstein / March 24, 2023 / Comments Off on Idaho Republicans want to keep doctors from treating ectopic pregnancies 

It’s all about the uncertainty, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

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