Felicia Sonmez reports for The Washington Post’s political blog: “The debate on funding the federal government transformed into a heated — and, at times, graphic — argument over social issues Thursday night as lawmakers took to the House floor for near…
Kate Sheppard reports for Mother Jones: “A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of ‘justifiable homicide’ to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who…
Kate Sheppard writes for Mother Jones: “The Kansas judge who last week barred a doctor from providing abortion services in her Wichita office has, in the past, supported anti-abortion causes, according to state election records. His contribution to a pol…
Dr. Lynette Leighton writes on RH Reality Check: “I now belong to a wonderful community of primary care doctors who are dedicated to improving women’s health and the treatment they receive, including abortion. We see abortion as inextricable from the ful…
Michael Isikoff reports for NBC News: “Fourteen current and former members of the U.S. military charged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Pentagon turned a blind eye when they reported being sexually harassed, assaulted and raped by fellow service memb…