35 posts tagged ‘wade’
Kate Cox Forced to Leave Texas After the State Blocked Her From Getting an Emergency Abortion
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UPDATE, 12/11/23 at 2:15 p.m.: A week after Texas resident Kate Cox filed a petition seeking an emergency abortion due to a severe fetal condition, the Center for Reproductive Rights confirmed on Monday afternoon that the mother of two is now being forced to travel out-of-state for care. A lower court judge initially… Read more...
Hey. We're Back.
When Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022, I was on a bus traveling to Massachusetts for a wedding. It’d been almost two months since I was hired at Jezebel and, despite the fact that we’d been preparing for this possibility for weeks, I went on autopilot. I was scared, sad, and (most of all) really fucking… Read more...
If Nikki Haley Was Really 'Honest With the American People,' She'd Say Abortion Wins
The third GOP presidential debate was on Wednesday night in Miami, just one day after elections yielded pro-choice victories in multiple swing states. Ohio became the first Republican state to codify abortion rights since the fall of Roe v. Wade while Virginia flipped a chamber in an embarrassing defeat to their… Read more...
Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Protect Abortion Rights
Ohio voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that will codify abortion rights in the state constitution, according to the New York Times. Issue 1—which will also enshrine the right to make decisions about birth control, miscarriage care, and fertility treatment—passed by a vote of 58% to 42%, with… Read more...
Kentucky Democrat Defeats Anti-Abortion Challenger in Governor's Race
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has won re-election against challenger Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R), per NBC News, in a race where abortion was surprisingly prominent. This victory won’t restore abortion rights in the state, but it’s a win not to have someone who is so vehemently opposed to abortion in the… Read more...
Justices Alito and Thomas Unsurprisingly Argue That Domestic Abusers Have the Right to Own Guns
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether a Texas man under a domestic violence restraining order has a Second Amendment right to own guns. We’re in this hell because the court decided in June 2022 that modern gun laws are unconstitutional unless there’s a historical basis for them—meaning, would a… Read more...
Virginia Governor Tells Voters to Just Trust Him That GOP Won’t Pass a Total Abortion Ban
While Abortion isn’t officially on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, it’s a proxy vote on reproductive rights. (The issue is literally on the ballot in Ohio, however.) Every seat in the state legislature is up and if Republicans flip the Senate and hold the House of Delegates, they will pass an abortion… Read more...
Idaho’s Republican AG Says Professors Can’t Be Criminalized for Mentioning Abortion—in Some Contexts
In a lengthy opinion filed on Thursday, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador (R) wrote that the state’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA), a statute that was first adopted in 2021, doesn’t prohibit professors from speaking about abortion in certain contexts. The opinion comes about three months after six Idaho… Read more...