Supreme Court’s conservative justices sidestep facts in abortion case challenging Roe
Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t seem concerned with the demands and risks of pregnancy.
By Lisa Needham - December 02, 2021Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t seem concerned with the demands and risks of pregnancy.
By Lisa Needham - December 02, 2021The Washington Post-ABC News poll also found that only a small fraction of Americans back the Texas abortion ban currently before the Supreme Court.
By Josh Israel - November 16, 2021The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether inmates have the right to specific religious rites in the death chamber.
By Josh Axelrod - October 25, 2021As of Monday morning, abortions remain nearly totally banned in Texas.
By Lisa Needham - October 18, 2021With an estimated 1,000 women per week in Texas seeking an abortion, clinics in nearby states report being overwhelmed.
By Associated Press - October 17, 2021A Kentucky case that presents a major challenge to abortion access has largely flown under the radar.
By Lisa Needham - October 12, 2021The Republican senator calls herself ‘pro-choice,’ but she continues to back Supreme Court justices who let an extreme Texas abortion ban stand.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2021The GOP governor has referred to the death penalty as ‘Texas justice.’ Catholic activists say that puts him at odds with his own faith.
By Josh Axelrod - September 29, 2021Activists are using amicus briefs to show that people can thrive after they have abortions.
By Lisa Needham - September 23, 2021Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis previously called the Texas law ‘interesting’ and said he would ‘look more significantly at it.’
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2021The vast majority of voters disapprove of Texas’ near-total abortion ban and the state’s decision to let private citizens enforce it, according to a new poll.
By Emily Singer - September 20, 2021Utah state Rep. Merrill Nelson (R) wants birth certificates to retain the gender markers originally assigned.
By Casey Quinlan - September 17, 2021‘It is likely that we’ll see the numbers of maternal death growing as a result of the extremely restrictive abortion climate,’ said the lead author of a recent study.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - September 08, 2021Even conservative Chief Justice John Roberts dissented from the highly ‘unusual’ majority opinion.
By Lisa Needham - September 02, 2021The Supreme Court chose not to block a Texas law that is in violation of Roe v. Wade.
By Emily Singer - September 01, 2021Abortion bans aren’t helping the state’s ‘alarming infant and maternal mortality rates.’
By Lisa Needham - August 31, 2021Republican lawmakers have opposed any legislation to extend the moratorium.
By Josh Israel - August 27, 2021Extreme abortion restrictions in conservative states do not affect all people equally.
By Lisa Needham - August 25, 2021‘The United States has the widest protections for religious freedom and religious expression anywhere in the world,’ as one legal expert said.
By Josh Axelrod - July 23, 2021The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that Washington state’s nondiscrimination protections do not violate religious freedoms.
By Casey Quinlan - July 02, 2021It’s a rare win for voting rights.
By Emily Singer - July 02, 2021‘This ruling is much worse than we had anticipated,’ said an attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice.
By Associated Press - July 02, 2021A policy analyst at the Guttmacher Institute said an upcoming Supreme Court case could ‘basically create two Americas when it comes to abortion.’
By Lisa Needham - July 01, 2021In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote the court was weakening a landmark voting rights law for the second time in eight years.
By Associated Press - July 01, 2021The decision ‘affirms that transgender students are protected by Title IX,’ said HRC president Alphonso David.
By Casey Quinlan - June 29, 2021Earlier this year, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about Mississippi’s previability ban.
By Lisa Needham - June 23, 2021The Supreme Court ruling on Thursday was its third against Republicans’ attempts to overturn Obamacare.
By Emily Singer - June 17, 2021The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic foster care agency that refuses to work with same-sex families on Thursday.
By Casey Quinlan - June 17, 2021The third major attack on the law at the Supreme Court ended the way the first two did.
By Associated Press - June 17, 2021GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell said he would hold open a Supreme Court vacancy in 2024 if he were the Senate majority leader.
By Emily Singer - June 14, 2021