by Caitlin Millat I am 19 weeks pregnant, a legal scholar and a resident of Arizona, whose highest court last Tuesday upheld a 160-year-old law banning nearly […]
Tag: Dobbs abortion case
Guest essay: Achieving abortion justice, trans liberation in W.Va.
by Ash Orr On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization upheld a Mississippi law imposing […]
Leaving abortion to states not working
“It is time to heed the Constitution, and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his ruling last June […]
Justice John Roberts faces his legacy
by Lawrence Goldstone It is unlikely that the phrase “be careful what you wish for” is often applied to those very few Americans who are chosen to […]
Trump’s extremism on abortion cannot be hidden
Ron DeSantis had it coming, but Donald Trump’s attempts to paint the Florida governor as a scarier right-winger than he is deserve to fail. What DeSantis has […]
Guest essay: If abortion rights are expendable, your rights are, too
by Sarah Barnes If you supported the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and are elated that abortion is illegal in much of the United States, we […]
Every vote in America is now about abortion
by Mary Sanchez The pro-choice jubilation that overtook the state of Kansas is beginning to subside, as all victorious celebrations eventually do. What’s less clear is if […]
The Supreme Court is unscientific
by Robert Pearl A pair of Supreme Court rulings in June — one on gun rights, the other on abortion — have elicited strong, partisan reactions. In […]
Legislature dragging us back to the 1800s
On the off chance one needed further confirmation the current Legislature is dragging West Virginia backwards, one need to look no further than the attempts to “clarify” […]
Dobbs isn’t the first time SCOTUS took away rights
by Christopher M. Richardson After the Dobbs decision ended federal protections for abortion, some high-profile responses suggested the ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court rescinded […]
