8+ hour, 3+ min ago   (679+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., boards an elevator during a vote at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington. Rod Lamkey/AP At the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions's abortion pills hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1582+ words) Authors Marlene Fried, left, and Loretta RossMother Jones illustration "It was radical then, and it's radical still." "It was radical then," adds Ross's longtime friend and collaborator, activist and scholar Marlene Fried, "and it's radical still." "We've been very struck…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (420+ words) Blue states have repeatedly tried to rein in CPCs. But as faith-based organizations, pregnancy centers have a powerful shield'the First Amendment. In another brief, lawyers for Annunciation House, a Texas nonprofit that has been targeted for providing shelter and support…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (321+ words) JD Vance, who railed against childless Democrats and "cat ladies" during his vice-presidential campaign, speaks at a rally in November 2024. John Locher/AP The Trump administration is thinking about your family. This may come as a surprise, given that'dozens of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1010+ words) In post-Dobbs America, reproductive rights are always on the ballot, even when they are not. Mother Jones; Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/Zuma; Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot/Zuma Abortion may not technically be on the ballot in Tuesday's off-year state elections, but…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (365+ words) Kristan Hawkins' anti-abortion group, Students for Life of America, was reportedly one of the organizations that urged the Trump administration to scale back its promises on IVF.Jose Luis Magana/AP Anti-abortion advocates haven't just played key roles in rolling…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (149+ words) In a region particularly hit by reproductive oppression'I feel very frightened as a professional, as an advocate, and as a patient." It makes me just so sad that their frontline staff are feeling these things in the midst of all…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (318+ words) Trump's Thursday announcements on IVF fall far short of his campaign trail promise.Alex Brandon/AP In the Oval Office on Thursday, several Cabinet members and advocates for in vitro fertilization (IVF) gathered to claim that President Donald Trump was…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (451+ words) Corporate media are caving. Trump is bringing the media to heel through government coercion and multibillion-dollar lawsuits. But Mother Jones won't be intimidated. Through September 30, your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar thanks to a $50,000 matching gift. That means twice the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (294+ words) Idaho abortion ban opponents protest at the state Capitol in January 2023.Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/ZUMA Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho's trigger ban outlawing most abortions'one of the strictest nationwide'took effect. "When those…...