I've become cynical in the last decade, but I am holding out hope that Vice President Kamala Harris can lead the country into a new chapter. The post As a College Student, I Hope the Presidential Election Is a Wake-Up Call for Our Country appeared first on Rewire News Group ..read more

The founder of Abortion Access Front joins Jess and Imani in the first of four summer episodes. The post How to Have More Fun in Repro Politics With Special Guest Lizz Winstead appeared first on Rewire News Group ..read more

Social media creators and reproductive rights organizations are having their content about abortion censored—including us. The post Abortion Misinformation Is All Over the Internet. You Can Blame Big Tech Censorship. appeared first on Rewire News Group ..read more

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, people have been reaching out to abortion funds for help in historic numbers. In the first year after the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the National Network of Abortion Funds, a nationwide network of 100 abortion funds, financially supported more than 100,000 people seeking abortion care. NNAF disbursed over $36 million to people seeking abortions, and an additional $10 million in practical support funding, which includes transportation, lodging, and child care. The decision also resulted in abortion funds rece ..read more

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article, “Wisconsin is a key swing state this year – and has a history of being unpredictable.” By Jonathan J. Kasparek Voters in Wisconsin—now considered a critical swing state ahead of the 2024 presidential election—may be among the most unpredictable in the nation. Although former President Barack Obama carried the state in the 2008 election and again in 2012, Wisconsin voters stunned pollsters by voting for Donald Trump in 2016, marking the first time since 1984 that the state’s electora ..read more

UPDATE, July 9, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect developments in Arizona, Arkansas, and Nebraska. Abortion wins elections. We saw it last year when Ohio voters enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution, and in 2022 when Kansas, Kentucky, and Michigan voters rejected abortion restrictions and affirmed expanded protections. Now, advocates and opponents alike are pushing more abortion-related measures onto upcoming ballots. Rewire News Group will be tracking abortion ballot initiatives and updating this list as groups gather signatures for ..read more

Perhaps prior to conservatives putting the Supreme Court in a headlock, hearing that the Court is taking up United States v. Skrmetti, the case challenging Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban for minors, might be welcome news. With the Roberts Court, though, it doesn’t bode well. Certainly the law in this arena could use clarification, as federal appeals courts have come to different conclusions—one of the usual reasons the Supreme Court takes a case. The 11th Circuit, in ruling on Alabama’s ban, ruled as the Sixth Circuit did in Skrmetti, upholding a ban on gender-affirming care. The Sevent ..read more

“One side or the other is going to win.” That’s what Justice Samuel Alito told journalist Lauren Windsor last month at a black-tie event at the Supreme Court Historical Society in Washington, D.C. “It’s difficult for the two sides to live peacefully together since there are differences about fundamental things that really can’t be compromised,” Alito continued. We all know the issues that matter to Alito—the issues that can’t be compromised on. Hell, his wife Martha-Ann made it clear to us what they despise: having to stare at a Pride flag that sits across the lagoon from their summer home whe ..read more

In June, a New York appeals court unanimously ruled to keep the Equal Rights Amendment on the November ballot after a state Supreme Court judge had tossed it in May. If voters pass the ERA, the amendment will be added to the state constitution and will offer expansive protections against discrimination based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, and sex—inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression—and, notably, pregnancy outcomes and reproductive autonomy, among others. Codifying the ERA to the New York Bill of Rights would be the first time a state constit ..read more

The Supreme Court released its decision regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act—not once but twice thanks to another opinion leak!—and, well, the justices punted. In this reaction episode, Jess and Imani get into the coward decision in Idaho v. United States— that dismissing the case as “improvidently granted” is simply a cop-out, and the ripple effects that will emerge. And stay tuned for a short summer season coming up! Transcript Mentioned in this episode: By the Way, Fetuses Can’t Consent to Health Care Rewire News Group is a nonprofit media organization, whi ..read more