| Jun 29, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRegardless of anyone’s views on abortion, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson took away a reproductive right that a half-century of hard-fought judicial precedent had determined was constitutionally protected. In doing so, the court set a dangerous...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAn earlier version of this op-ed was published on May 11, 2022. It was updated on June 29 with new information. The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent. At least 26 states are now likely to criminalize...
| May 11, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyUnder a Louisiana bill likely to become law when the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, a woman who has an abortion is guilty of first-degree murder. For this, she’ll face the death penalty or — if the prosecutor chooses leniency — life imprisonment and hard labor....
| May 4, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So as a human with reproductive organs, the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — and the constitutional right to abortion —...