If you support reproductive rights…

…you’ll need to keep an eye on Tim Kaine. I wrote this for The Hill.

Sorry-not-sorry, Texas

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas should join this century. The Court said, in a 5-3 vote in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, that the state of Texas had placed an “undue burden” on women who seek an abortion in that state. The state did so by requiring doctors who perform …

Not “reproductive rights,” but reproductive justice

Read this very-good essay from Dorothy Roberts at Dissent. It includes: The language of choice has proved useless for claiming public resources that most women need in order to maintain control over their bodies and their lives. Indeed, giving women “choices” has eroded the argument for state support, because women without sufficient resources are simply …

Reproductive rights, around the country:

Guttmacher Institute has a chart that’s current as of June 1, right here: spib_OAL

Mississippi “personhood” amendment may pass

It says so here. The state’s Initiative 26 redefines personhood as: “every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” Perhaps you can imagine the ramifications, but what might happen if it passes? From The Atlantic: …even if the initiative passes today, it’s unlikely that anything will change too quickly on …