CHICAGO — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in this year’s elections: … Read more
In September 2021, Texas governor Greg Abbott boldly claimed that his state’s barbaric abortion law, which banned the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy with no exceptions for incest or rape, was not actually as bad as it sounded because he was going to “eliminate” rape. “Rape is a crime and Texas will work tirelessly … Read more
The moment Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, I knew Roe’s days were numbered. Sometime in 2019, a conservative friend texted me that Donald Trump was saving Amy Coney Barrett for when RBG dies. Sure enough, Trump tapped Coney Barrett shortly after trailblazing justice’s death, with Mitch McConnell steamrolling the nomination through the Senate just ahead of … Read more
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a district court order on Friday that would have allowed a Texas woman carrying a fetus with a fatal condition to obtain an abortion, following a request from state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton. Kate Cox, 31, a mother of two young children in the Dallas area, is 20 weeks … Read more
