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Here’s What a Reproductive Police State Looks Like

Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung write: Last month, I warnedΒ that we were on the verge of a major new criminalization push. I pointed to some specific and explicit signs, likeΒ the riseΒ of β€˜equal protection’ bills designed to charge abortion patients with murder, andΒ the spikeΒ in pregnancy-related arrests. But here’s the thingβ€”some of the scariest portents are actually...

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Liberal Majority Strikes Down 176-Year-Old Abortion Ban

Todd Richmond reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. State lawmakers adopted the ban in 1849, making it a felony when anyone other...
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