Tag: abortion rights
‘We’re still going to be making sure people have access to...
CounterSpin interview with Jill Heaviside and Oriaku Njoku on reproductive rights assaults.
Here are the worst abortion restrictions conservative state lawmakers passed this...
These included everything from bans on the safest, most common form of second-trimester abortion to laws that would outright re-criminalize abortion.
A power more supreme than any judge
What matters most is not who is sitting on the Supreme Court, but who is “sitting in” and who is marching outside the Supreme Court, pushing for change.
Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion
The support for pro-abortion rights legislation won't fade away and activists will continue to push for the passing of such a bill to happen one day soon.
Senate rejects a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks
The vote played out much like 2015 "signaling that neither Republicans or Democrats are ready to change their minds on the issue."
The U.S. Supreme Court Makes Herstory
This significant legal victory was obtained not only in the chambers Supreme Court but through years of organizing at the grass-roots, in the media and in the halls of the Texas Legislature.
Texas Abortion Law Just Ruled Unconstitutional
SCOTUS rules 5-3 that Texas’s abortion law is unconstitutional.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
In five years, Chicago has barely made progress on its court-ordered police reforms. Here’s...
Now many of the city’s reform advocates have lost faith in the process and are increasingly concerned that the opportunity for lasting reform is slipping away.