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The Supreme Court mifepristone case forecasts decisions worse than Dobbs

Hiroshima, Nagasaki and “Oppenheimer”

If we want to build a strong, safe world for pregnant people and our families, let’s start with a floor we can all stand on. Policies that claim to keep the government out of abortion are being written to criminalize abortion later in pregnancy.

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.

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson on abortion rights, building union density, and the sham of “corporate benevolence”.

Movement judges as not interchangeable with partisan judges. Unlike a partisan judge, the movement judge will be tempted to advance a movement’s goals even when doing so may harm their political party’s electoral prospects.

Why we need to learn that when we defend abortion rights, we’re defending democracy.

Post-Roe, providers and patients are working across state lines and new legal barriers to provide and access abortion care.