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Some states are already enacting and embracing stricter abortion laws in the wake of the Dobbs decision.
More than 80 elected prosecutors have already committed to not enforcing abortion bans.
The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe has made a national ban possible, but Republicans face considerable political obstacles.
The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow and now is one of the chief architects of America’s democratic decline.
The Supreme Court’s decision is already emboldening the anti-abortion movement to think bigger.
How criminalizing abortion affects women at work.
Samuel Alito’s majority opinion striking down Roe v. Wade insists LGBTQ rights are safe. Thomas’s disturbing concurrence exposes the incoherence of that claim.
Roe v. Wade is now overruled. Are access to contraception, same-sex marriage, and even the right to choose your own sex partners next?
The next steps in the fight over abortion rights, explained.
Democrats have been bracing for the Supreme Court’s decision to end Roe, but there’s still more they can do.
The pre-Roe world didn’t have data privacy laws. The post-Roe world needs them.
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Here’s what happens next.
How “pro-life” states are failing new parents and babies.
Americans overwhelmingly support abortion rights, but vary on the specifics.
Since Roe was decided in 1973, the US’s political parties got further apart on abortion.
A landmark study revealed connections between carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term and negative outcomes for children and pregnant people.
Read the decision overturning the landmark 1973 court case that established the constitutional right to an abortion.
With Roe overturned, more experts are talking about advance provision of mifepristone and misoprostol.
Poor health care access and aggressive formula marketing are driving down America’s breastfeeding rates.
America’s failures to respond to Covid-19 and to deliver universal health care are part of the same story.
President Biden is mulling over what he can do in response to a looming Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Experts are worried about the overlapping risks of uncontrolled HIV and monkeypox infection.
A conversation with the filmmakers behind The Janes, a new documentary about a harrowing era of illegal abortions.
Firearm injuries undermine mental, physical, and financial health, even for people who’ve never encountered a bullet.
Hospitals don’t profit off having good nurses. That’s a big problem.
Verizon didn’t keep up with requirements meant to stop the spread of a dangerous bacteria.
The real reasons why America is having so much trouble feeding its babies — and how to make sure it never happens again.
Births went up by 1 percent last year, but don’t think of it as a baby boom.
Students at Robb Elementary followed lockdown drill protocol, but many trainings go too far.
Health experts are optimistic monkeypox can be contained. Here’s why, and where it could go wrong.
US public policy is a disaster on guns — and so much more.
Hundreds of cases of the rare viral disease have been detected in Europe and North America. Experts are cautiously concerned.
What researchers are still learning about in-person instruction during Covid-19.
Covid-19 isn’t going anywhere, yet conflicting public health messaging and a lack of funds may only prolong the crisis.
It’s about to become the first state to ban abortions after fertilization.
The Biden administration is begging Congress to fund its pandemic response.
As the 911 system adapts to the age of cellphones, it’s gaining access to all kinds of new data, too.
Foundations love funding reproductive health care, unless it’s for an abortion.
Meet the person who wants to bring effective altruism to Congress.