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Pro-choice protest. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Texas DA drops murder charge against woman accused of self-induced abortion after reading actual law

Jolie McCullough
Lizelle Herrera was arrested and held in jail on a $500,000 bond until prosecutors reviewed "applicable Texas law"
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, answers questions from the media during a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Marjorie Taylor Greene gives anti-LGBTQ rant (again)

David Badash
On Friday Greene expressed “concern” for the nation and its children
People participate in a rally organized by RiseUp4AbortionRights, which held rallies and marches nationwide to oppose the growing erosion of abortion rights on International Women's Day. (Wendy P. Romero/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Woman charged with murder for self-induced abortion

Kelly McClure
An increased squeeze on abortion laws is bringing about a new wave of historical charges related to women's rights
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), listens during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee reviewing coronavirus response efforts on September 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images))

Lindsey Graham justifies not voting for Ketanji Brown Jackson

Brandon Gage
The GOP's lines of questioning had, for the most part, little to do with her unprecedented qualifications
U.S. President Donald Trump and American evangelical Christian preacher Andrew Brunson (L) participate in a prayer in the Oval Office a day after Brunson was released from a Turkish jail, at the White House on October 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Hiding in plain sight: How Donald Trump became the most powerful religious leader on the right

Amanda Marcotte
Trump's ungodliness was the cover that allowed the Christian right to hide in plain sight — now they're growing
Thousands of people gather on the National Mall during the March for Life, the world's largest annual pro-life demonstration, in Washington, DC on January 19, 2018. Over one hundred thousand people are expected to attend the 45th annual March for Life event. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Oklahoma readies for near-total abortion ban

Brett Wilkins
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign a bill that would punish abortion providers with 10 years in prison
An American flag and a pride rainbow flag overlap in the crowd during a same-sex marriage support rally in West Hollywood celebrate the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 26, 2015 (Getty Images/Joe Kohen)

Tennessee’s child marriage bill pushes another purpose: Gutting same-sex marriage

Amanda Marcotte
Republicans signaled a way to gut Obergefell during KBJ's hearing — now red state legislators are heeding the call
The outside of the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“Devastating”: Oklahoma’s near-total abortion ban is “worse than Texas” — and impacts other states

Brett Wilkins
The new law also impacts Texas women, many of whom fled to Oklahoma for reproductive health care
Oreo Cookies (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

“I do not like gay cookies”: Conservatives vow to boycott Oreo over new ad

Ashlie D. Stevens
Right-wing talking heads Greg Kelly and Ben Shapiro vow to boycott "gay cookies" after Oreo releases LGBTQ film
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
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