3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1172+ words) In 1898, the same Supreme Court that upheld Jim Crow segregation as constitutional also upheld the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship, by a 62 vote....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (827+ words) On Friday evening, the far-right United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit attempted to cut off access to the abortion drug mifepristone. If you're experiencing d'j" vu, you should be, because in 2023, the far-right United States Court of Appeals…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (932+ words) WASHINGTON " The Biden administration "zealously" investigated, penalized, and engaged in "aggressive prosecutions" of Christians "with traditional biblical views" " ignoring their conscientious objections and even secretly keeping tabs on Catholic priests, a Department of Justice task force found. The DOJ-led Task…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1004+ words) Some 60 years ago, American legislators set out to tackle a problem that was driving employment and education rates down, driving health care and welfare costs up and making American family life significantly less stable: Many American women, and particularly poor…...

3+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (225+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) fired off an angry letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday, slamming the department's move to restore certain health grants to Planned Parenthood. Hawley, a constitutional lawyer by training and one…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (213+ words) When Republican presidents take power in the United States, women around the world die at higher rates during pregnancy and childbirth, according to a new peer-reviewed study. Research published in BMJ Global Health found that global family planning aid drops…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1119+ words) Kermit Gosnell, a physician who in 2013 was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder of babies who had emerged alive during late-term abortions, and whose trial included graphic and disturbing details that became a rallying cry for anti-abortion activists, died…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1019+ words) A 31-year-old pregnant woman was rushed to a Georgia hospital on Dec. 30, complaining of severe abdominal pain, law enforcement officials said. She told doctors and nurses she had taken medication she bought online to induce an abortion. She then went…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (457+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously that an antiabortion activist can challenge a local law blocking protests outside of a designated area that he contends violates free speech rights. Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical preacher, was arrested in May 2021 by…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (457+ words) A Georgia woman has been charged with murder after going to the emergency room with severe pain she experienced after allegedly taking abortion pills at home. Alexia Moore delivered a 22- to 24-week-old fetus "with cardiac activity" in December, according to…...