Why we need to learn that when we defend abortion rights, we’re defending democracy.
A really important piece of the abortion rights story has gotten little attention the past few weeks: even if mifepristone is severely restricted, we have another option.
By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state.
"Today's ruling from a MAGA judge—who was hand-selected to hear this case by the anti-abortion activists who brought it—is an audacious act of judicial meddling in our personal healthcare decisions," said one reproductive rights campaigner.
By forum-shopping their way to a hearing before a zealot judge, conservatives hope to win an unwinnable case—and not for the first time.
Ten thousand Americans turn 60 every day, and on average we’ll live another 23 years. We’ll vote in huge numbers, as we always do. One possibility is that we’ll help turn back the clock a little, toward the world we actually built in our youth.
Parties and movements in transition
Post-Roe, providers and patients are working across state lines and new legal barriers to provide and access abortion care.
Across the South, eight states — Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia — have near-total bans on abortion.
The year has been characterized by incredible solidarity, as Starbucks and Amazon workers challenged our conceptions of political possibility and galvanized a resurgent labor movement. It was a year of taking power to task, from the fearless Warrior Met strike to the militance of worker-led, independent union drives at Amazon, Trader Joe's and Chipotle.
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