The death of U.S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has re-ignited debates on the protection of reproductive rights. This might be the time to examine an overlooked inconsistency in the pro-life argument.
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Who are Donald Trump’s hard-core supporters and why do they pose an increasing threat of violence in the coming U.S. elections — and after?
People who object to the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion have fought it for years. A recent Supreme Court decision makes the fight much easier.
Sanctuaries that protect everything from gun rights to the unborn are popping up across the country. They challenge federal law and the shared understanding of its power and role in the US.
Abortion has been a huge political issue in the US for the last 50 years. But the abortion debate is not new. It began at least a century before landmark abortions rights decision Roe v. Wade.
Approximately 25% of women – representing all races and backgrounds – will undergo an abortion before the age of 45.
An expert explains that many of the foundational Jewish texts assert that a fetus does not attain the status of personhood until birth.
At best, this ‘debate’ is a distraction from political action that could truly make a difference. At worst, it actively reproduces some of the conditions it seeks to disrupt.
Many states are also eroding a woman’s right to access abortions.
A law professor writes “the future of Roe v. Wade looks tenuous.” That gives more power to the states – including four that have passed “trigger laws” to outlaw abortion if Roe is overturned.
One in 4 US women receives an abortion sometime in her life. Who are the women who choose to end their pregnancies?
Over the past 45 years, women have married later, attained higher education and joined the workforce in record numbers. Could it all be turned back?
What will happen to the landmark abortion rights ruling with Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court?
As conservatives cheer and liberals fret, a law professor considers Gorsuch’s judicial record and the politics behind his selection.
President-elect Trump has said the issue of gay marriage is settled, yet he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, which upheld a woman’s right to abortion. What will he do once he becomes president?
Recent Supreme Court rulings played a crucial role in the cultural politics that got Donald Trump elected.
One in five vice presidents becomes president. So we had scholars watching Tuesday night. Here’s what they heard.
Public opinion may play a role in the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on gay marriage but it will likely be in an unexpected way.
Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)), which found that Texas State law prohibiting abortion was unconstitutional. The landmark decision…
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