2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (379+ words) Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) this week signed a law removing all gestational limits on abortion, aligning her state with nine others and the District of Columbia that allow abortions throughout pregnancy. Guttmacher Institute, whose numbers are generally more complete,…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (702+ words) On a sweltering Thursday morning, a group of anti-abortion leaders huddled close to the House side of the Capitol building. They had gathered outside to rally around defunding Planned Parenthood for a second time, as the organization had regained access…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (447+ words) Actress Anne Hathaway is expecting her third child with husband Adam Shulman. This kind of news generally wouldn’t create a stir. But Hathaway is pregnant at 43. Her advanced maternal age is causing praise, astonishment, and, strangely, harsh criticism. Online, Hathaway’s…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1063+ words) The rift between anti-abortion advocates and the Republican Party widened on Sunday as federal funding for Planned Parenthood resumed following the one-year pause on Medicaid reimbursements for the nation’s largest abortion provider. Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion services, such…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1037+ words) It was easy for activists to unite around ending abortion when the most pressing concern was overturning Roe v. Wade. Now, with many of the movement’s leaders warning that the cause is in dire straits, pro-life activist groups are planning the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (636+ words) President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on Independence Day last year, temporarily preventing Planned Parenthood from receiving roughly $800 million in annual Medicaid reimbursements. But that provision is poised to expire on Saturday, much to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (496+ words) As America 250 celebrations begin across the country, people will gather to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial. In doing so, we celebrate July 4, 1776 — the moment the great American experiment was conceived. Deep within the patriotism and pride of Independence Day is the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1134+ words) When former Oregon Republican Sen. Bob Packwood died earlier this month, the newspaper obituaries described him as a self-contradictory figure. On the one hand, many women accused Packwood of sexually harassing them, and his own diaries seemed to confirm his…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (202+ words) That sentence set a standard for this nation we have spent two and a half centuries trying to live up to. The semiquincentennial gives us a chance to reflect on our standard again and ask the honest question: Are we…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (456+ words) Jesse Ridgway, a famous YouTuber with almost 2.5 billion views, had a viral post on X recently in which he announced that he and his wife had recently faced a “difficult decision” after learning that his wife was pregnant with a…...