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Mary Ziegler

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We’re About to Reach a Dangerous Fork in the Road for Abortion Rights

We’re About to Reach a Dangerous Fork in the Road for Abortion Rights

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Mary Ziegler

The Real Reason North Carolina’s GOP Is Proposing Legalizing Vigilante Killings of Abortion Providers

Another anti-abortion abolitionist proposal has been in the news. This time, conservative lawmakers in North Carolina have asked voters to approve a...

02.06.2026 9

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Mary Ziegler

State Courts Are Blocking Abortion Bans Left and Right. Republicans Have a Plan to Stop Them.

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04.05.2026 10

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Mary Ziegler

Trump Has Actually Been Very Canny About the Abortion Pill. That May Be About to Change.

A little more than a year into the Trump administration, abortion access in the United States, like the total number of abortions, remains...

13.04.2026 10

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Mary Ziegler

She Was Put in Jail in Texas for an Abortion. Blame the Supreme Court for What Happened Next.

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06.04.2026 10

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Mary Ziegler

Republicans Have a New Plan to Trick People Into Voting Against Abortion Rights. This One Is Working.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In both red states and...

18.03.2026 20

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Mary Ziegler

How Trump Used a Law Meant to Protect Abortion Seekers to Arrest Members of the Press

04.02.2026 10

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Mary Ziegler

Conservatives Have Built a Self-Destruct Button Into Many of Their Abortion Bans

07.01.2026 20

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Mary Ziegler

South Carolina Tried to Pass a Bill Jailing Women for Abortion. No Republican Voted Against It.

21.11.2025 30

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Mary Ziegler

The New Argument Against Birth Control That Could Appeal Directly to RFK Jr.

11.11.2025 10

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Mary Ziegler

Conservatives Have a New Strategy for Demonizing IVF. It Might Actually Work.

08.10.2025 10

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Mary Ziegler

Texas’ New Abortion Bounty Law Has a Fatal Flaw

06.09.2025 10

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Mary Ziegler

A Federal Judge May Have Just Saved Planned Parenthood

29.07.2025 20

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Mary Ziegler

Voters Ended This State’s Abortion Ban. Then Conservative Judges Got Involved.

03.06.2025 10

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Mary Ziegler

The Real Meaning of RFK Jr.’s Cryptic New Remarks on Abortion

21.05.2025 10

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Mary Ziegler

The GOP Keeps Losing Public Abortion Votes. So It’s Trying an Absurd New Ploy.

26.04.2025 10

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Mary Ziegler