Abortion rights Abortions Cost More as Laws Become More Restrictive — Can Donations Keep Funds Afloat? Leaders of abortion funds, which help people in need travel for their care, say travel distances and costs are only going to go up after the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
abortion Can the 13th Amendment Protect Abortion Rights? After the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a professor at Howard University wrote an Op-Ed discussing the 13th Amendment as a new plan to protect abortion rights. The amendment could satisfy the more originalist members of the Court and it would center Black people in the fight for abortion rights and bodily autonomy, professor Lisa Crooms-Robinson explains on...
Abortion rights 17 Lawmakers Arrested at Abortion Rights Protest Seventeen members of Congress were arrested Tuesday during an abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court.
Abortion rights Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Abortion, Reproductive Services President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion and reproductive services in response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court This Photo of Clarence Thomas Went Viral After Abortion Ruling — But It's From 2018 A photo of Ginni Thomas and husband Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas drinking an expensive bottle of wine went viral after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision. But a simple reverse image search shows the photo is actually from 2018, MediaWise campus correspondent Loren Miranda explains.
election laws This Supreme Court Case Could Have a Huge Impact on Elections Next term, the Supreme Court could rule on Moore v. Harper, a North Carolina case that could change the balance of power between a state’s legislature and its courts. That could have profound effects on elections and a state court’s ability to check the power of a state legislature, and limit the court’s influence on procedures like redistricting and voting...
Abortion rights Ruling Overturning Roe Increases Interest in Abortion Pills There was a spike in search-engine interest for abortion pills following the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The pills mifepristone and misoprostol, taken together, can end a pregnancy before it reaches 10 weeks, though the pills will be difficult to access for people who need them in states that have moved to ban abortion...
climate change The Clean Air Act Reduces Smog and Pollution — Now It's Being Limited Progress has been made in the 50-plus years since Republican President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1970 — the six most common pollutants have declined by more than 75%. Now the act is being limited by the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA, LX News climate storyteller Chase Cain explains.
Ketanji Brown Jackson WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made history Thursday after being sworn in as the first Black female justice on the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Can the U.S. Meet its Climate Goals After EPA Court Decision? Power plants are the second-largest source of greenhouse gas pollution behind transportation. And the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in West Virginia v. EPA has limited the EPA’s authority to require companies to use greener methods, like solar and wind, to generate power. LX News climate storyteller Chase Cain explains and brings us some insight from Lissa Lynch of the Natural...
