Browsing: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that may reinstate restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, the first time abortion rights returned to the justices since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. During the arguments, conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito repeatedly invoked the Comstock Act. What is the…

Abortion procedures rose in the U.S. last year, even with state abortion bans passed following the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. An estimated 1, 026,690 abortions were reported in the formal health care system in 2023, according to research from the Guttmacher Institute published Tuesday. It’s the highest…

First lady Jill Biden is teaming up with singer Christina Aguilera in a social media message urging voters to support abortion rights in elections this fall. “It was shocking and devastating. From state to state, abortion bans went into effect, threatening the health and lives of women across the country,” Biden said, referencing the 2022…

Former Biden White House press secretary and MSNBC host Jen Psaki praised President Biden’s impassioned State of the Union speech the night before and mentioned that his anger towards the Supreme Court justices for overturning the constitutional right to an abortion could be strongly felt by viewers. “I found the moment with…