Now Republicans Are Trying To Redefine Abortion Itself

Jessica Valenti New York Times
In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out constantly changing talking points and messages on abortion in an attempt to make its anti-abortion policies sound less extreme.

Green Tide Rising in Latin America

Laura Carlsen The Indypendent
U.S. has much to learn from new feminist movements that spurred Argentina, Colombia and Mexico to dump traditional abortion laws. Now powerful women’s movements in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have won access to the right to choose

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Antiabortion Democrat Henry Cuellar Is Anti-Labor

Liza Featherstone Jacobin
Henry Cuellar, the conservative, antiabortion Democratic congressman — who Nancy Pelosi called a “fighter for hardworking families” — has shocked the labor movement with a radical bill seeking to eviscerate workers’ rights.

It’s the Christian Right’s Court. They Want More.

Katherine Stewart The Guardian
Understood in the context of the movement that created the Supreme Court in its current incarnation, there is nothing surprising about their overturning Roe. In fact, it marks the beginning rather than the endpoint of their agenda.

13 Companies Spent $15 Mill. On Anti-Abortion Pols

Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby Popular Information
From the moment Roe was decided anti-abortion forces have been pushing for this outcome. But the effort has gained significant momentum since 2016. It required accumulating and exercising power at the federal and state levels.
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