Abortion clinics in Oregon and Washington are gearing up for a post-Roe surge
This article was originally published at PrismSoon after Texas’ SB 8 went into effect in September 2021, banning abortions as early as six weeks, thousands of people crossed state lines for abortion...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Republicans finally get their Jan. 6 subpoenas; Grassroots...
Welcome to Thursday. The GOP continues moving forward with its only policy platform: taking away Americans’ rights. In the case of LGBTQ+ Americans, they are doing this by way of attacking children....
View ArticleYouth shouldn't have to miss class to protest for basic rights, but thanks to...
As Daily Kos has covered extensively, conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court (and, frankly, Republicans in general) are doing their absolute best to dismantle reproductive health and basic rights for...
View ArticleAbortion bans will harm people who miscarry, too
by Allison Torres BurtkaThis article was originally published at PrismThe Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer, as revealed by a leaked draft opinion released early last week by...
View ArticlePA-Gov: Surprising Absolutely No One, TFG Officially Endorses Insurrectionist...
Well, it’s official:Former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday endorsed Doug Mastriano, a retired colonel and state senator who has propagated myriad false claims about the 2020 election and attended...
View ArticleHandmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood says SCOTUS is bringing her nightmare...
This has to be read to be believed.On Friday, writing for The Atlantic, Canadian author Margaret Atwood — author of the patriarchal dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale"— said that the Supreme Court's...
View ArticleThe danger to Democracy - No checks and balances-A Long But Necessary Post
The US Constitution was written so that each branch of the federal government would be a check on the other branches. The president can be impeached by the US House of Representatives and convicted by...
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The Sedona Women's March for Choice.
Last week my daughter sent me this- Screenshot of the message Paula found on her phone.It was followed by a messaged conversation in which it became clear that she wanted to go. She was nervous about...
View ArticleOklahoma's Kevin Stitt first (alleged) Indigenous governor to oppress Tribes'...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt certainly has an interesting connection to his Indigenous constituents. The Republican is a member of the Cherokee Nation, though his enrollment is mired in controversy and...
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Election Protection, Reproductive Rights and North Carolina Canvassing, A...
Today is primary election day in North Carolina. As such, our Saturday canvass was a little different. In addition to our efforts in the silver “Toss Up” Congressional District (NC-13; Open (R+3))...
View ArticleFlorida’s newest law bans protesting outside of homes
As protests in favor of reproductive rights and constitutionalizing the right to abortion continue, some states are doing all they can to bar Americans from voicing their opinion. Florida Gov. Ron...
View ArticleHonoring Those Who Fought for Abortion Rights Before the Fall of Roe.
“After decades defending abortion rights, Patty Murray readies for offense,” This headline for an article in the Washington Post says it all. And Murray is not the only Democrat who has been fighting...
View ArticleChip Roy's rude questioning of abortion provider shows just how useless he is...
Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who fell out of Donald Trump's favor for voting against overturning the 2020 election, can't seem to do anything right for anybody. No longer aboard the Trump train, it seems Roy...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
I was one of hundreds of thousands at pro-choice demonstrations in more than 400 cities last week. Here’s a photo gallery from across the country. Republicans keep demanding that all pregnancies be...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Herschel Walker (R), "There’s no exception in my mind when it comes...
Here’s the latest news out of Georgia:Herschel Walker, the former football star leading the race for the Republican nomination for a Georgia Senate seat, said that a ban on abortion should have no...
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Texas Freedom Caucus wants you to have none, because the forced-birth irony,...
Ride an Uber, go to jail in Texas. Forced birthers in the Texas legislature could control your out-of-state business and put you in prison, because regulating is freedom… only for your “liberty-minded”...
View ArticleDemocratic groups drop $6 million on GOP anti-abortion radical in...
Assuming the Supreme Court guts Roe v. Wade this summer as expected, the only thing standing between Pennsylvania's GOP-led legislature and an all-out ban on abortions will be the state's...
View ArticleMan, I can't wait to be denied medical care for having a uterus
It’s become more abundant than ever that those hellbent on protecting life truly do not care for the health of birthing people. A recent viral Twitter thread detailed a woman’s struggles to receive...
View ArticleRepublican prioritizes signing anti-choice and anti-trans bills into law...
As the nation mourns 21 lives lost to senseless gun violence, the Republican governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, made sure to sign the latest anti-trans bill into law. On Wednesday, Stitt signed a bill...
View ArticleMore than 40 Democrats call on Google to stop collecting and retaining...
Amid news of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the possible overturn of Roe v. Wade, Republican officials nationwide have threatened to end abortion access in their respective states....
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