Monday evening an unknown individual inside the United States Supreme Court leaked a draft decision written by Justice Samuel Alito which would explicitly overturn the landmark decisions Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Tag: Roe v. Wade
Pro-Choice Advocates May Benefit from Timing of Supreme Court Decision on Mississippi Law
If the Court overrules Roe, it could be a case where pro-life proponents may want to be careful about that for which they wish. The reason is because the decision would likely be handed down in late June or early July of 2022, and mid-term elections would be just a few months later in November.
Limiting guns vs. limiting abortions: The right wing wins again
Yes, the absurdity is very clear to progressives; not at all to conservatives. This is why conservatives are winning so many of the battles these days. They get to use firearms as their weapon of choice; progressives use a basic right on human reproduction. If you can’t see a power imbalance in this conundrum, look again.
As much as ever, in 2014 women deserve the right to choose
Questions related to reproductive health, and most specifically abortion, are not easy to answer. Choice is the kind of issue that should humble us
The “admitting privileges” fraud
To be an abortion provider in Texas, you have to have “admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles of the facility. That restriction,
The war on reproductive rights: A roundup of political cartoons
More than 40 years after Roe v. Wade, the war on reproductive rights continues–in fact, it has escalated. State legislators, as well as Congressional
Social issues trump social media
It hasn’t been a banner century for progressives. Not too long I re-read a book that my grandmother, Lucille Milner, wrote in 1954, The Education
Protecting women’s rights in healthcare reform
Roe v. Wade became the law of the land in 1973. For many, it is alarming that the Supreme Court had to enforce the