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Texas Bill Takes Aim at Online Speech About Abortion Pills
Abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.18.2024 12:45 PM
Are American Women Really Going on a Sex Strike?
Don't let the internet fool you.
Emma Camp | 11.15.2024 1:40 PM
Pro-Choice Abortion Initiatives Pass in Seven Out of Ten States
Most of these weren't close calls at all.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.6.2024 9:15 AM
States Are Banning This DIY Rape Kit
This company made a product to serve victims who don't want to go to police right after a sexual assault. Some politicians want to ban it.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.17.2024 6:00 AM
On Abortion, Harris and Trump Were Both Right and Both Infuriatingly Wrong
Each candidate made some good points about reproductive freedom and each told some major whoppers.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.11.2024 12:03 PM
A Fetus Doesn't Need Its Own Medical Marijuana License, Oklahoma Court Says
The ruling means it's not child neglect for a pregnant woman prescribed medical marijuana to use it. But some judges say it should be.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.30.2024 12:10 PM
Review: The Women Entrepreneurs of Impoverished Countries
She Rises Up manages to be inspirational without being sappy, like so many documentaries are.
Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.19.2024 6:00 AM
Biden Fumbled the Ball on Abortion
Abortion should have been an easy win for Biden, but his incoherent answer during Thursday's debate allowed Trump to come out on top.
Emma Camp | 6.28.2024 3:47 PM
SCOTUS Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho
The decision reverses the Court's previous stay of a lower court decision blocking part of the law.
Emma Camp | 6.27.2024 11:56 AM
Dobbs Recentered Women in the Abortion Debate
Two years after the Dobbs decision, Americans are increasingly concerned with how abortion bans affect women with wanted pregnancies.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.24.2024 11:46 AM
Why Some Arizona Republicans Are Defending Abortion Rights
A handful of Republican lawmakers worked with Democrats to repeal an 1864 law banning most abortions.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.20.2024 6:00 AM
Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service.
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 6.17.2024 5:20 PM
Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge
A "desire to make a drug less available for others does not establish standing to sue," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the Court's opinion.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.13.2024 12:03 PM
Louisiana Moves To Make Abortion Pills a Controlled Substance
The war on drugs meets abortion...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.22.2024 11:30 AM
New Survey Finds Abortions Increased Slightly in 2023, Despite Widespread Bans
The same survey found that thousands of women are still getting telemedicine abortions, even if they live in states where the procedure is illegal.
Emma Camp | 5.15.2024 4:43 PM
A Cruel and Risky Abortion Ban Versus an Overreaching Interpretation of Federal Law
There are no good sides in today's Supreme Court case concerning the EMTALA and abortion.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.24.2024 11:34 AM
After Iowa Police Ignored Her Pleas for Help, Her Estranged Husband Killed Her
Angela Prichard was murdered after Bellevue police officers repeatedly refused to enforce a restraining order against her abusive husband.
Emma Camp | 4.22.2024 4:39 PM
What Leaving Abortion Up to the States Really Means
Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.15.2024 11:30 AM
Defending Pornography in the Age of Safe Spaces: A Q&A With Nadine Strossen
The civil liberties lawyer talks to Reason about the misguided impulse to attack free speech in the name of protecting women.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.3.2024 11:30 AM
Defending Pornography on Feminist Grounds: A Q&A With Nadine Strossen
"There were many of us who opposed censoring pornography...precisely because of our commitment to feminist goals and principles," says the former ACLU chief.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.1.2024 11:45 AM
Alabama Governor Signs Bill Protecting IVF Treatments
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos were children, legislators scrambled to protect in vitro fertilization clinics.
Emma Camp | 3.7.2024 2:47 PM
Virginia Surrogacy Bill Doesn't Go Far Enough
Allowing surrogacy brokers to be paid is good. Allowing surrogates themselves to be paid would be better.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.4.2024 11:30 AM
Maine's Bad Prostitution Law Could Be Coming Soon to Your State
Beware the “Equality Model” of sex work law reform in 2024.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.3.2024 2:05 PM
Judge Blocks Attempt To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Ban
A state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking clarification on Idaho's vague abortion ban can move forward, despite dismissing some of the suit's claims.
Emma Camp | 1.2.2024 1:52 PM
Fresno Police Ignored Claims of Domestic Violence. Now, the City Will Pay $500,000.
Two women reported attacks and threats from abusive ex-partners to the police. A lawsuit claimed they were ignored.
Emma Camp | 12.27.2023 3:08 PM
What's at Stake in the Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Case
The Court announced today that it would take up a case involving access to the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.13.2023 4:15 PM
Texas' Abortion Law Test
Plus: BTS gets conscripted, Harvard gets down with plagiarism, cruise ships ban weed, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 12.12.2023 9:30 AM
Abortion 'Sanctuary Cities' Under Scrutiny in New Mexico Supreme Court
Abortion issues come before two other state Supreme Courts—in Arizona and Wyoming—this week as well.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.11.2023 3:05 PM
Will Abortion Issues Return to the Supreme Court?
The Court has been asked to intervene in cases involving abortion pills and criminal prosecution of abortion doctors.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.7.2023 12:16 PM
Over a Year After Dobbs, Abortions Have Increased Nationwide
Despite state-level bans, new data show around 46,000 more abortions were performed during the first six months of 2023 than during the same period in 2020.
Emma Camp | 9.7.2023 3:19 PM
Appeals Court Rules in Much-Anticipated Abortion Pills Case
Plus: Court urged to stop Arkansas' social media age verification law from taking effect in September, legalizing medical marijuana linked to lower insurance premiums, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.17.2023 9:39 AM
Texas Attorney General Blocks Injunction, Will Keep Enforcing Anti-Abortion Law
For now, doctors who end pregnancies when a woman’s life is at risk can still be prosecuted.
Emma Camp | 8.8.2023 10:46 AM
Alabama Woman Jailed for 2 Months for Using CBD Oil While Pregnant
Etowah County, Alabama, has charged hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers with "chemical endangerment" over minor drug offenses.
Emma Camp | 8.4.2023 3:26 PM
'Bidenomics,' Like All Industrial Policy, Sucks
Plus: Does Tom Cruise really do all of his own stunts?
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 7.17.2023 4:41 PM
All Birth Control Pills, Not Just One, Should Be Over the Counter
The FDA decision is only a mini step toward freeing the pill.
Jeffrey A. Singer | 7.14.2023 11:35 AM
Study Finds Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban Resulted in 10,000 Additional Babies
A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins is the first to look at the effects of Texas' 2021 "Heartbeat Act" on live births.
Christian Britschgi | 6.30.2023 1:45 PM
A Year Post-Dobbs, Major Shifts in Abortion Access and Politics
Plus: Court rules against judge who threw child stars in jail during parents' custody dispute, inside the FTC's attempt to stop Microsoft from acquiring Call of Duty, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.23.2023 9:42 AM
The Naked Feminist
Victoria Bateman thinks "my body, my choice" should include how much clothing you wear.
Jessica Stoya | 5.16.2023 8:00 AM
FDA Might Approve Over-the-Counter Sales of One Birth Control Pill. Now It's Time To Approve All the Rest.
Why won’t the FDA allow women to buy a safer product without requiring a doctor’s visit that medical experts think is unnecessary?
Josh Bloom and Jeffrey A. Singer | 5.10.2023 5:05 PM
Feds Investigating Hospitals in 2 States That Refused To Perform Life-Saving Abortion
Plus: The "Kids Online Safety Act" is back and as bad as ever, expect another interest rate hike today, and more…
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.3.2023 9:40 AM
Pro-Lifers Pushed Too Far and Doomed 2 Abortion Bans
Americans’ opinions are more nuanced than headlines suggest, leaving little room for total bans.
J.D. Tuccille | 5.1.2023 7:00 AM
Anti-Abortion Bills Narrowly Fail in South Carolina and Nebraska
"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become property of the state of South Carolina," said one state senator.
Emma Camp | 4.28.2023 2:27 PM
Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Ruling That Limited Access to Abortion Pill
Mifepristone will remain on the market for now with no changes to how it can be prescribed.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2023 7:03 PM
The Biden Administration Releases Proposed Title IX Regulations for Transgender Athletes
Schools are allowed to preserve sex-based restrictions for athletes provided they are "substantially related to the achievement of an important educational objective."
Emma Camp | 4.11.2023 12:30 PM
Abortion, Guns, Trump, and the New Era of Shout-Down Politics
Plus: The editors respond to a listener question concerning corporate personhood.
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 4.10.2023 5:30 PM
Dueling Decisions Leave Abortion Pill's Fate Uncertain
The divergent orders from judges in Washington state and Texas may bring the battle over mifepristone to the Supreme Court.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.10.2023 10:37 AM
The Club of Rome's New Malthusianism-Lite Report
No overpopulation doom but humanity is still at risk by overstepping planetary boundaries.
Ronald Bailey | 4.6.2023 5:15 PM
Idaho Takes Aim at Interstate Travel for Abortion. Health Care Providers Are Suing.
Plus: Australia's failed news media bargaining code, two ways government created an Adderall shortage, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.6.2023 9:34 AM