By Bill Chappell and Nell Clark
Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan wrote a searing dissent to the court’s decision to end Roe v. Wade and overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.
By the New York Times
The Supreme Court on Friday overruled Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion after almost 50 years in a 6-to-3 ruling. New York Times reporters are reading the majority opinion and continually providing analysis.
By Rani Molla
Roe vs. Wade is all but certain to be overturned, which could effectively make abortion illegal in about half of US states. If that happens, historical data tells us that not only will this affect women personally, but it will jeopardize their professional lives, too.
Ms Magazine & Center for Reproductive Rights
The Supreme Court will soon issue its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. A decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—which the leaked majority opinion indicates the Court is poised to do—is devastating; for low-income women and disproportionately for women of color, the impact will be catastrophic.
By Gloria Feldt
It’s time we connect the dots between insurrection, the probable demise of Roe v. Wade, and lack of action to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment—all of which fuel the pervasive gender gap in power, pay and leadership roles.
By Amy Merrill
Did you know that a safe at-home abortion is now possible? Five years ago, my colleagues and I realized that, despite these pills being proven safe and effective and used around the world by millions to self-manage abortions every year, most people in the U.S. didn’t really understand abortion pills at all.
By Janelle Griffith
“None of this is different. This has been happening forever,” said Linda Goler Blount, president and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative. “It’s in the news, perhaps in a different way. But there’s nothing new about this.”
Official Trailer | HBO
“We had to go underground.” #TheJanesHBO tells the revelatory story of a group of unlikely outlaws. Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies in the pre-Roe v. Wade era.
By Heidi Przybyla
Video recordings of Republican Party operatives meeting with grassroots activists provide an inside look at a multi-pronged strategy to target and potentially overturn votes in Democratic precincts: Install trained recruits as regular poll workers and put them in direct contact with party attorneys.
By Alyssa Milano
Women helped put Biden in office. It’s time he repaid us by doing everything in his power to protect our reproductive rights.
