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From inflation to abortion, foreign policy and democracy, the two presidential candidates went at it fiercely during their prime-time debate. Two scholars – of race and of journalism – weigh in.
Iowa and Idaho have passed abortion trafficking laws that stop people from helping minors get abortions. These laws open the door for questions about the right to travel to get an abortion.
Silent prayer may seem benign, even peaceful, but when anti-abortion protestors pray silently outside abortion clinics, it can be experienced as intimidation and coercion by service users.
The abortion drug they’re talking about is mifepristone, otherwise known as RU486. It has been used in Australia since 2012, opening access to women who couldn’t previously access abortions.
Harris is assertive and confident on the issue, while Trump and his running mate seem to be at odds over strategy.
Personal activism has achieved major legislative change, such as no-fault divorce and the decriminalisation of homosexuality and abortion. But it’s also used by groups who want to reverse that change.
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be able to get an emergency abortion, for example.
The uptick in anxiety, depression and other mental health issues happened after states enacted bans or restrictions on abortion.
On issues and policies in which government has a serious role – taxes, immigration, the state of the economy and even abortion – a 2023 survey found a great deal of agreement among Americans.
Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
The Supreme Court conceded that it should not have taken up the case to begin with.
A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the same.
The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college, to work and to live, as well as the way they vote.
Lawyers, advocacy groups and think tanks are soliciting historians’ expertise on the history underlying certain Supreme Court cases. Yet this history-for-hire approach raises questions.
The opinion did not take on the substance of the plaintiffs’ claims against mifepristone, and the abortion pill is already facing other challenges.
A historian of gender and women’s rights explains how women’s protests focused on their rights evolved from the 1960s through the present.
While anti-abortion rights activists have lobbied politicians to enforce trigger laws in some states, these advocates have not faced opposition in other places.
The new law makes it illegal to possess 2 types of abortion pills without a prescription.
Many Poles were outraged by abortion restrictions put in place during the previous government. That doesn’t mean they agree on the path forward.
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University
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