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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushing for his own version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill

Emily Hernandez, Brian Lopez
Patrick said the bill would be a "top priority" and told supporters he is "DONE WITH DISNEY" over its opposition
Anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators wave their signs outside the United States Supreme Court Building during the former group's annual March for Life, Washington DC, January 22, 1989. Among the visible signs are 'Equal Rights Begin in the Womb,' 'Life Begins at Conception,' and, on the other side of the issue, 'Keep Abortion Legal.' (Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

When does “life” begin? When it comes to abortion, it depends on what you mean by “life”

Nathan Nobis
Perhaps surprisingly, the word “alive” has a lot of nuance. A philosopher explains why
Pro-life demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. The Supreme Court is set to hear challenges to Texas' restrictive abortion laws. - The conservative-majority US Supreme Court hears challenges on Monday to the most restrictive law passed since abortion was made a constitutional right nearly 50 years ago -- a Texas bill that bans a woman from terminating a pregnancy after six weeks. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

As red states push strident abortion bans, other restrictions suddenly look less extreme

Julie Rovner
519 abortion restriction bills were introduced in 41 states in just three months
Lauren Handy, third from right, of Anti-Choice Project DC, and other pro-life demonstrators participate in a "pray-in" outside the Longworth office of Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to protest a canceled House vote that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, March 25, 2015. (Getty Images/Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The bizarre politics of radical anti-abortion activists

Jon Skolnik
One of the anti-abortion activists recently indicted and found with fetuses is a self-described "leftist"
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives for a senate vote in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, October 28, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Democrat calls out Kyrsten Sinema for “directly enabling” new GOP voter purge law in Arizona

Jake Johnson
Rep. Raúl Grijalva accuses Sinema of helping Republican legislature gut civil liberties
Disney employee Nicholas Maldonado holds a sign while protesting outside of Walt Disney World on March 22, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Disney hysteria and litter boxes: Republicans’ deeply odd war on LGBTQ people escalates

Amanda Marcotte
The new Republican war on LGBTQ right is a full-blown "Satanic panic"-style frenzy of urban legends — and violence
Pro-life demonstrators march during the "Right To Life" rally on January 15, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. The Catholic Pro-Life Community, Texans for Life Coalition, the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, and the Diocese of Fort Worth North hosted the Texas March for Life rally where people gathered to instigate the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that permitted states throughout the country in legalizing abortion under certain regulations. The 49th anniversary of the decision to legalize abortion falls on January 22. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Why the anti-abortion activists aren’t pro-life

Robert Reich
Let’s be clear: there is nothing “pro-life” about forced pregnancy and forced birth
A red-brick row house (C) is seen where DC Metro Police said they found five fetuses inside where anti-abortion activists were living earlier this week in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on April 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Nine people, some of whom lived or stayed in the house, were indicted Wednesday on federal civil rights counts, with prosecutors alleging that they violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act when they blockaded an abortion clinic with chain and rope in 2020. Authorities do not know how the fetuses were obtained or how they got into the home where anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy was staying before she was arrested. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

D.C.’s house of horror: Multiple fetuses found at home of anti-abortion activist indicted by DOJ

Jon Skolnik
The activist, Lauren Handy, 28, was recently indicted by the DOJ for blocking access to a D.C. abortion clinic
Ron DeSantis and Marjorie Taylor Greene | Demonstrators in favor of LGBT rights rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill is just the beginning: Republicans want to claw back all gay rights

Amanda Marcotte
Having conquered the Supreme Court, the GOP take aim at same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, and even Pride
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. | Nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork, testifies on the fourth day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in Washington D C. Bork was rejected by the Senate. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker/CNP)

Why Republican cries about Robert Bork still ring hollow

Jon Skolnik
Republicans now insist that each Supreme Court nomination starts where the last left off
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) holds up a book on antiracism as he questions U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

6 Republicans who used the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings to throw out the wildest right-wing memes

Jack Ahern
A gang of right-wing senators devolved the Supreme Court proceedings into an abject and pusillanimous circus
Sperm surrounding egg, illustration (Getty Images/KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Male contraceptive pill could be ready for humans in five years

Nicole Karlis
Early research for a non-hormonal male contraceptive shows remarkable results in lab mice
Sen. Ted Cruz (lower left) (R-TX), Sen. Josh Hawley (top left) (R-MO) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (top right) (R-TN) confer during a break in testimony for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

With their QAnon circus as cover, Republicans covertly unveil plans to undo decades of settled law

Amanda Marcotte
During Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing, the GOP winked at plans to overturn Supreme Court precedents on marriage
Governor Brad Little (R-ID) | Pro-choice demonstrators in front of the the US Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Idaho’s GOP governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

Jon Skolnik
Despite signing the measure, Gov. Brad Little cautioned against a number of the bill's provisions
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office building on February 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony about Warrior Met Coal’s ongoing miner strike which has lasted since April 2021 over demands for better pay and benefits. (Photo by (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republican Sen. Mike Braun says Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage

Sophia Tesfaye
Interracial marriage, the Indiana Republican argued, should have been left to states
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

DeSantis eyes special session to target Florida’s Black-held congressional seats: report

Timothy Evans
The Republican governor running for reelection in November threatens to call back the Florida legislature
Revellers line the streets during the St Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Fintan O’Toole on Ireland’s transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America

Andrew O'Hehir
Talking to the author of "We Don't Know Ourselves" about the contradictions of Irish identity, past and present
A Chalkboard with a map of the continental USA, with pins leading toward Hillsdale associated schools, and a desk with a portrait of Donald Trump, a copy of The 1766 Report, and an apple with a cross carved into it. (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

The far right’s national plan for schools: Plant charters, defund public education

Kathryn Joyce
Exclusive: Hillsdale College's "classical" charter schools are spreading fast — but the true goal is much bigger
A portrait of Donald Trump, a copy of The 1776 Report, and an apple with a cross carved into it. (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

Coming to a school near you: Stealth religion and a Trumped-up version of American history

Kathryn Joyce
Exclusive: Hillsdale College's charter school network pushes "patriotic education." Critics say it's propaganda
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on September 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

An army of Republican Karens are fighting to end legal abortion in the U.S.

Amanda Marcotte
Forget about "internalized misogyny" — female Republicans want to externalize their hatred onto other women
A shiny red apple with a cross carved into it (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

How this tiny Christian college is driving the right’s nationwide war against public schools

Kathryn Joyce
Exclusive: In the full-scale conservative assault on public education, Hillsdale College is leading the charge
Young woman holding birth control pills blister pack (Getty Images/Dimitri Otis)

Why birth control side effects have eluded science

Saima Sidik
Birth control users report the drug affects their mental health, but scientists have been unable to find the link
Pro-life demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. The Supreme Court is set to hear challenges to Texas' restrictive abortion laws. - The conservative-majority US Supreme Court hears challenges on Monday to the most restrictive law passed since abortion was made a constitutional right nearly 50 years ago -- a Texas bill that bans a woman from terminating a pregnancy after six weeks. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The next phase of anti-abortion cruelty: Jail for ending your own pregnancy

Chris Ahlbach
Even safe, at-home abortion medication is now under threat
Amy Coney Barrett, Ben Shapiro and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans aren’t content to just “stop” history — they want to erase decades of progress entirely

Amanda Marcotte
Book banning, forcing people into the closet, even childbirth death: The GOP can't wait to bring it all back
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