Mississippi Asks Federal Court to Replace Fetal Viability With Junk Science
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Viability has been a legal bright line in judging abortion restrictions. Will it stay that way?
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News
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Washington State Democrats Are Watering Down Pro-Choice Legislation
In a letter sent to the Washington state Democratic house leadership, a pro-choice coalition withdrew its support for a new version of a reproductive rights bill.
Abortion Rights Foes Have Weaponized Zoning Regulations. Here’s How.
Using zoning rules to hinder access to abortion services has picked up momentum as an anti-choice strategy on the local level. Reproductive rights advocates have a plan to fight back.
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Republicans’ Near Total Abortion Ban Is Dead in South Carolina—for Now
Fourteen states have introduced, moved, or enacted so-called fetal heartbeat bans in 2019.
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These Democrats Want to Force a House Vote on an Anti-Choice Bill
Three House Democrats joined Republicans in pushing for a vote on anti-choice legislation, including Rep. Ben McAdams, who said he wanted to see the issue come up for debate.
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Commentary
Lucy Flores Raised Questions About Women Working in Politics That We Still Need to Answer
Lucy Flores could be a spark for us to finally change the way campaigns and political organizations handle inappropriate behavior and harassment.
Two States, Two Stark Realities for Abortion Care Patients
I see health-care inequalities every day as a general OB-GYN in Missouri and an abortion care provider in Illinois.
Analysis
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Advocates Ask Court to Block Trump’s Title X ‘Gag Rule’
The Trump administration is trying to cut abortion providers out of Title X family planning programs. Will the federal courts let them?
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Multimedia
Boom! Lawyered: If You’re a Rapper, Your Lyrics Can Send You to Jail
In the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo discuss the case of Jamal Knox, a young rapper who was convicted for terroristic threats and witness intimidation based on the lyrics of his music. When are words “true threats,” and when are they protected free speech? And why do most court cases on speech seem to be decided in whichever direction benefits white Christian patriarchy?
Investigations
Exclusive: Immigration Agencies Communicated Prior to Arrest of Sanctuary Leader
Documents obtained by Rewire.News through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that immigration enforcement officials reached out to the federal agency tasked with naturalizations and immigration services to confirm an appointment with a sanctuary leader prior to taking him into custody at the agency's field office.
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In This Small Georgia City, an Unpaid Court Fine Can Get Your Utilities Cut Off
“The fear and the panic is palpable for people who are in danger of losing their power, losing their water, losing other utilities” due to unpaid fines tacked onto their bills by the city, said one attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights.
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In Search of Justice: How DHS PREA Standards Don’t Necessarily Protect Immigrants From Assault
In part two of an investigation of abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto detention center, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to examine the nuts and bolts of a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit and how the process can fail survivors of sexual assault.
The Burning Houses of Worship We Missed
Unless you actively follow the issues facing minority religions you probably heard little or nothing about the destruction and desecration of mosques that's part of a larger Chinese governmental effort to expunge Islam from China.
Justice Thomas Fails on Religious Test Answer
Thomas's opinion on religious tests wasn't about right or wrong, or even of the Constitution, it's a political argument designed to muzzle such questions in hopes of easing and paving a path for conservative justices who would place faith above the Constitution.
God Need Not Be Real, But the Black Hole Photo Is
There are certain theological implications to the black hole. Not that it confirms any literal or conventional belief in a deity. God need not be real for divinity to be an applicable concept, for it’s good enough that the black hole is real.
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The Supreme Court Considers Giving Conservative Christians a License to Discriminate…Again
Evangelicals are back before the Roberts Court fighting for the ability to flout anti-discrimination laws—and any others they disagree with.
Culture & Conversation
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Meet Three Innovators Shifting the Maternal Health Narrative
Each experiments with telling maternal health stories in her own way, and at least two want to shift the Black maternal health crisis narrative to emphasize Black life, community self-help, and #BlackJoy.
Mothers Who Make Liberation: New Book Explores Black Parenting as Political Practice
Dani McClain's We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood is both memoir and a collective parenting primer based on Black women's stories and experiences.
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Shock, Gore, and More: ‘Unplanned’ Recycles Timeworn Tropes of Anti-Choice Films
Anti-abortion films spread misinformation and build a world that is distinctly white, Christian, and conservative.
Supreme Court Rejects David Daleiden’s Plea for Help in Litigation With Planned Parenthood
David Daleiden still exists, and he is still pretending that his attempts to smear Planned Parenthood were acts of investigative journalism.
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Editorial
Are Northam’s Supporters Engaging In a Whisper Campaign to Undermine Fairfax? (Updated)
Ralph Northam has refused to resign despite growing calls for him to step down. Now, some say, his aides are engaged in a whisper campaign against Justin Fairfax, his Black successor.
Legislative Lowlights: Tennessee GOP Clears the Way to Outlaw Abortion If ‘Roe’ Falls
Tennessee Republicans are pushing for the end of legal abortion in the state of 6.7 million people if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes a blow to Roe vs. Wade.
RH Wire
- The Abortion Wars, Part 1: The Last Clinic in Missouri New York Times
- Baltimore sues Trump administration to block abortion referral rules it says would cost city $1.4 million Baltimore Sun
- Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable The Nation
- White People Don’t Live in Flint or Puerto Rico, So President Sends Aid to France The Root
- Texas House approves “born alive” abortion bill Texas Tribune
- Activist behind anti-abortion heartbeat bill not at signing Washington Post
- Trump Thinks Migrants Are a Political Weapon Slate
- Women in Media Are Reportedly Getting Blacklisted for Filing Sexual Harassment Suits Jezebel
