Abortion

The Forced-Birthers Finally Went Too Far Even for This Supreme Court

A majority of the justices seemed highly skeptical of the ridiculous legal case against mifepristone.

Elie Mystal

Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up

A bad candidate and a bumbling GOP hand the Democrats another House seat. The biggest loser? House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Joan Walsh

Biden’s Abortion Ambivalence Is Self-Defeating

The pro-choice majority will be mobilized by clarity, not equivocation.

Jeet Heer

Roe v. Wade

Protesters line the corner of Commerce and North Prince Street during a pro-choice rally held by Eastern New Mexico Rising in Clovis, N.M., on January 22, 2022.

The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, Plus RFK Jr.

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Amy Littlefield reports on abortion access a year after the repeal of Roe, and Joan Walsh talks about her experience with the anti-vax candidate.

Jon Wiener
A sign reading

We Need a New Body Politics

Our new special issue is about one thing: defending the right of everyone to be able to do what he or she or they want with their own body, free from political constraint.

Emily Douglas, Regina Mahone for The Nation
A demonstration at Rockefeller Center, New York city, 1968

What Are the Lessons of “Roe”?

A new book chronicles the decades-long fight to legalize abortion in the United States.

Moira Donegan

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