HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 | History Defined

Supreme Court's selective originalism

The reasoning cited by Justices Alito and Kavanaugh in Dobbs didn't work with birthright citizenship

Salon · Jul 6

AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

No, abortion pills aren't in the water

Republican lawmakers and state officials want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant

Salon · Jul 6

Trump administration puts religious freedom at heart of US health policy

Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policy

The Guardian - US · Jun 30

Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter turbocharges presidential power

The U.S. Supreme Court – with its six conservative justices, three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump – has recently reversed landmark decisions that have long guided American government and society. Over the last few years, the court has stripped federal protection of abortion rights, affirmative action, gun…

The Conversation · Jun 30

Record number of conceptions in women over 40, new data shows

The proportion of conceptions ending in abortion has reached an all-time high.

Evening Standard · Jun 26

Julianna Margulies to executive produce documentary feature film Sister Senators

Former ER star Julianna Margulies is to executive produce Sister Senators, which will tell the story of the alliance between five female South Carolina State Senate's senators who joined forces to form a fierce pro-choice coalition, successfully blocking a near-total abortion ban.

BANG Premier · Jun 26

The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children

A document on an embryo adoption program may be marginal – but it marks an escalation in the pursuit of fetal personhood

The Guardian - US · Jun 25

'More Popular Than Any Politician': Abortion Group Launches Record $23.5M Plot to Flip Trump Voters

Reproductive Freedom for All is investing $23.5 million in key states to sway swing voters and support Democrats who back abortion rights, following the overturning of Roe v Wade.

International Business Times UK · Jun 24

Revealed: Millions in US cash behind UK anti-abortion protest legal fights

A US anti-abortion group with links to Donald Trump and the American evangelical right spent millions of dollars on legal action in the UK and…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 24