Roe v. Wade

Obviously Cardinal Dolan Is Really Pissed About Cuomo's Abortion Bill

A few weeks ago, we wrote a post entitled "Cuomo's Women's Equality Act Brings The A-Word To New York State Politics." The headline basically tells the whole story. It focused on the brewing controversy evoked by a tiny stipulation in Cuomo's new bill that calls for writing Roe v. Wade protections ... More >>

Cuomo's Women's Equality Act Brings The A-Word To New York State Politics

In the video below, Governor Cuomo lays out his intentions for the Women's Equality Act - a plan that would focus on erasing specific gender biases in New York State law. Akin to the gun control bill passed in December, it's a landmark piece of legislation for the Cuomo administration and, per usual ... More >>

AG Eric Schneiderman Thinks SCOTUS Should/Will Strike Down DOMA

Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearings on the cases pending constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8. It is the first legal step in a process that will end in June, when the Nine is expected to release its opinion to the public - one that could have drastic effects on the ri ... More >>

Hillary, Roe v. Wade's 40th, and the Great Conservative Revival Not Working Out for Rightbloggers

Since the 2012 Presidential election, conservatives have been trying to think up ways to revive their movement. Last week a number of them approached the subject, including George F. Will (basically you're doing great don't change anything), Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (basically you're doing g ... More >>

[UPDATE]: Prop 8 and DOMA Head To The Supreme Court

UPDATE: According to the New York Times, the Supreme Court agreed this afternoon to decide on the constitutionality of the Proposition 8 appeal and the Defense of Marriage Act.It is, arguably, the most significant social battle in America's courts since Roe v. Wade or even Brown v. the Board of Educ ... More >>

Mitt Was Too Moderate To Win, Say Conservatives

Funny, I thought he was too conservative to win. But the really right-wing Repubs are furious that their candidate let them down and came out with views that were too-soft for them to find him inspiring and triumphant. Says one Tea Party Patriot in the linked blog, "We wanted someone who would fi ... More >>

"You Don't Own Me!" Chant Women To Romney

Well-known singer Lesley Gore and I are best friends. Well, I might be exaggerating a little. She called me once. And also I know her girlfriend Lois. And now, Lesley is behind one of the best videos of this whole election season. In it, Lesley's hit "You Don't Own Me"--an early feminist anthem ... More >>

Mitt Romney Leads Us Into an Age of Stupidity

And other points you should consider this election

Mitt Romney Might Pick a Woman Running Mate. What's His Record With The Ladies?

Team Romney might pick a woman as Mitt's running mate, reports now indicate. As the Atlantic Wire's Elspeth Reeve pointed out, this marks a drastic shift from the campaign's previous "no more Palins" / "boring white guy" approach to potential veeps, which "appeared to rule out not just candidates w ... More >>

Wendy Long: What Does NY's GOP Senate Candidate Want To Do With Your Vagina?

Sorry, ladies: even though today is a great day to have a vagina in America, there are still politicians out there who want to control our girlparts -- even in New York. One of those pols, recently nominated Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long, will face off against U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand in November ... More >>

New York's Reproductive Health Act: What You Need To Know

It's Cardinal Timothy Dolan Week (no, really), and the conservative Catholic leader has certainly not let the eponymous 7-day shindig go to waste. Dolan made the rounds in Albany on Monday, where he and other top Catholics made clear their anti-abortion and anti-pedophilia prosecution positions. ... More >>

About That Fetus Called to Testify in Court...

​Yesterday we wrote about the 9-week-old fetus "called to testify in court" as part of anti-abortion group Faith2Action's oh-so-dramatic effort to convince Ohio legislators to pass the so-called Heartbeat Bill, which would outlaw abortions after a fetus's first detectable heartbeat. If passed, ... More >>

Freakonomics Not Exactly the Sum of Its Parts

Hearing Update: Sessions Disagrees with Sotomayor on Interpretation on Sotomayor

At the moment, Sotomayor is locked in a semantic battle with Jeff Sessions, one of the more committed anti-Sotomayor Senators, who keeps interpreting her partial comments as advocating the use by judges of racial and social prejudice as an alternative to the law -- as restated by Sessions, "Impart ... More >>

Op Ed

Future docs learn abortion procedures in New York

South Dakota's Genius Scheme to Outlaw Abortion

The trick? Privately fund a public initiative overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision

Hatbox Hits

Zircons Amid Generics and Bombs

Make Love, Not Gore

Sure of a post-Roe America, anti-abortion marchers go cuddly

Video: On 'the Loss to My Own Heart'

Documentary wrestles with the experience of abortion

I'm Pro-Choice and I Fuck

The intimate link between reproductive and sexual freedom

Go, Sam, Go!

It's ready, set, interrogate for Alito and Team Bush

Flashback: Here Comes John Roberts, There Goes Roe v. Wade

Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood is only the start

Faye Wattleton Is Still Here

Former president of Planned Parenthood says wake up

Born Again

When it comes to the abortion issue, TV shows are where they were 30 years ago.

Roe v. No

The fight over Alito misses the daily defeat of legal abortion

A New Kind of Abortion War

Stealth Pro-Life Campaign Erodes Reproductive Rights

Here Comes John Roberts, There Goes Roe v. Wade

Supporters of abortion rights prepare for the worst as chief justice wins confirmation

Roberts the Elder

John Roberts has an understated personality, but his record will be all torpedo.

The John Roberts Sideshow

Hillary walks tightrope! Schumer frolics in spotlight!

Dems Begin Digging into Bush Court Nominee

Supreme Court Pick Roberts Gave Money to Bush’s Campaign

Personal checks and balances

Music for The Megachurch

Amy Grant leads Christian rock into promised land, but it settles for bake sale normalcy

Feeding-Tube Frenzy

The miracle of Capitol Hill tries to pump new life into the Christian right

The Culture Wars

Repubs and Dems fight for the conservative base

NY Mirror

Time for Plan B

New tactics for the same pressing issues

No Choice

The 'culture of life' could become real life

Remote Patrol

Abortion Rites

A Partial Win for the Religious Right

Letters

Letters

Roe v. Wade, Then v. Now

Thirty Years in the Life of the American Woman

A New Kind of Abortion War

Stealth Pro-Life Campaign Erodes Reproductive Rights

Limit Access, Stack the Court

The Right-Wing Map to Outlawing Abortion

Reading Between the Lines

How Ashcroft Could Make an End Run Around Roe v. Wade

Letters

It’s the Supreme Court, Stupid

The Next President's Picks Could Determine the Fate of Roe v. Wade 

Partisan Review

Where Are the Pro-Life Law Profs?

How Free Can Speech Be?

The Names of Murdered Doctors Are Crossed Out

This Precious Right

A Veteran of the Abortion Struggle Looks Back