The 'Bombshell' Secret Alito Recording Was Not a Bombshell
The justice's benign comments set off a lengthy news cycle and have been treated as a scandal by some in the media. Why?
Abortion
Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge
A "desire to make a drug less available for others does not establish standing to sue," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the Court's opinion.
Unanimous Supreme Court Finds No Standing to Challenge FDA Regulation of Mifepristone (UPDATED)
Not a single justice was impressed by the unimpressive standing theories offered in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA.
Trump's Abortion Dilemma
The "most pro-life president in American history" cannot please hardline activists without alienating voters.
Gavin Newsom Is 'Pro-Choice' on Abortion and Nothing Else
A new California law amends the state's ban on out-of-state doctors practicing medicine to allow doctors from Arizona to perform abortions for patients who are also from Arizona.
A Cop's Corruption Allegedly Cost an Innocent Man 2 Years of His Life. Should She Get Qualified Immunity?
Judge Carlton Reeves ripped apart the legal doctrine in his latest decision on the matter.
Louisiana Moves To Make Abortion Pills a Controlled Substance
The war on drugs meets abortion...
The War on Birth Control That Wasn't
Plus: Hooters discourse, Zelenskyy's plea, Jacobin posting Ls, and more...
Old Enough for a Gun, Too Young for TikTok: What's Legal for Teens in Your State?
From tattoos to abortions to gender expression, a confusing mess of laws govern which Americans are considered adults.
New Survey Finds Abortions Increased Slightly in 2023, Despite Widespread Bans
The same survey found that thousands of women are still getting telemedicine abortions, even if they live in states where the procedure is illegal.
Dobbs and the Originalists
Why originalist criticisms of Dobbs often misfire, and why criticisms *of* Dobbs's originalism often misfire too.
Federal Court Rules Laws Restricting Interstate Travel for Abortion Violate the Right to Travel
The decision addresses an important issue left open by the Supreme Court's decision reversing Roe v. Wade.
Judge Allows Suit Over Alabama Abortion Travel To Go Forward
Abortion rights groups have sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall after he said he would prosecute anyone who facilitates legal out-of-state abortions.
Judge Says Alabama Can't Punish Helping People Go to Other States to Get Abortions
"[T]his case is simply about whether a State may prevent people within its borders from going to another State, and from assisting others in going to another State, to engage in lawful conduct there."
A Cruel and Risky Abortion Ban Versus an Overreaching Interpretation of Federal Law
There are no good sides in today's Supreme Court case concerning the EMTALA and abortion.
Abortion and the Wayfair Case
How a use tax on mifepristone might scramble abortion debates.
Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
What Leaving Abortion Up to the States Really Means
Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
Critics of the Arizona Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling Seem Confused About What Judges Are Supposed To Do
The case hinged on statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban.
Kari Lake Doesn't Know What To Do
Plus: Defunding NPR, defending Lionel Shriver, and more...
Trump's Abortion Stance Is Convenient, but That Does Not Mean He's Wrong
His embrace of federalism is one of those rare instances when political expedience coincides with constitutional principles.
Try, Try Again
Plus: Trump's abortion principles, celebrating Larry David, a bizarre Chechnyan music crackdown, and more...
Embracing a Federalist Approach to Abortion, Trump Condemns Democrats As 'Radical'
The former and would-be president is keen to avoid alienating voters who reject both kinds of extremism on the issue.
Baptists, Bootleggers, and IVF in Alabama
Did the Alabama legislature's response to a controversial state supreme court decision give a special interest special treatment?
Biden's Florida Test
Plus: IDF scandal, Latin America's "small penis club," Havana syndrome, and more...
Who Can Sue the Food and Drug Administration?
If doctors cannot sue the FDA for failing to restrict pharmaceuticals or other products, can anyone else? And if not, is this a problem?
Abortion Fallout
Plus: Illegal homes in California, Erdogan's party does poorly in local elections, and more...
Supreme Court Unpersuaded
Plus: Vanderbilt activists' 911 call, Kevorkianniversary, MAID problems, and more...
Mifepristone in the Supreme Court - Comments on Oral Argument (Updated)
Live commentary on the Supreme Court oral argument in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
Can Emergency Room Doctors Sue the FDA for Failing to Regulate Mifepristone More Aggressively?
The threshold issue in today's oral argument is Article III standing, and that issue should be determinative.
Abortion Pill Studies Retracted: Politics or Science?
"Following the science" as the Supreme Court considers the safety and efficacy of medical abortions.
Alabama Governor Signs Bill Protecting IVF Treatments
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos were children, legislators scrambled to protect in vitro fertilization clinics.
Parents, Not the Government, Should Make IVF Decisions
Two-thirds of Americans oppose the Alabama ruling that claims frozen embryos are equivalent to children.
Supreme Court Denies Red State Effort to Intervene in Mifepristone Case
The Court also rejects a late-filed amicus briefs from the American Bar Association, but accepts one from former FDA Commissioners.
In 2024, Teens Will Get Pregnant in Driverless Cars
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Judge Blocks Attempt To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Ban
A state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking clarification on Idaho's vague abortion ban can move forward, despite dismissing some of the suit's claims.
Abortion-Funding/-Supporting Groups' Challenges to Texas Abortion Laws Can Proceed for Now
The district court just dismissed certain procedural objections to them, though it wasn't asked to consider the substantive arguments.
Houthis Ruin Christmas
Plus: The fertility crisis, the origins of Israel, El Segundo's tech scene, and more...
Weapons for Christmas
Plus: Elon Musk's mom tells off the FCC, A24 tackles civil war, Nate Silver talks F.A. Hayek, and more...
What's at Stake in the Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Case
The Court announced today that it would take up a case involving access to the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone.
BREAKING: Supreme Court to Consider Fifth Circuit's Abortion Pill Decision
The Court granted two petitions for certiorari seeking review of a controversial lower court decision limiting federal approval of mifepristone.
Texas' Abortion Law Test
Plus: BTS gets conscripted, Harvard gets down with plagiarism, cruise ships ban weed, and more...
Abortion 'Sanctuary Cities' Under Scrutiny in New Mexico Supreme Court
Abortion issues come before two other state Supreme Courts—in Arizona and Wyoming—this week as well.
Will Abortion Issues Return to the Supreme Court?
The Court has been asked to intervene in cases involving abortion pills and criminal prosecution of abortion doctors.
Sandra Day O'Connor, RIP
She was the first woman Supreme Court justice, and played a key role in changing the Court's jurisprudence for the better on several issues.
The Two-Party System Abides
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
