Planned Parenthood declared a state of emergency on Thursday in response to the extreme abortion restrictions being implemented in states across the country. “If anyone had any doubts before, what we’ve seen in recent weeks has made it very clear that we are in a state of emergency for women’s health in America,” Planned Parenthood president Dr. […]
Georgia’s newly minted abortion law may have a dire effect on the state’s economy. Some of the biggest networks in film and television are threatening to leave the state after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the so-called “heartbeat bill.” The new law makes abortions illegal after a doctor can detect cardiac activity, which some refer to […]
Last month, Twitter put up another blog post declaring that it had made “strides” to build a “healthier” service. Fewer bots, less spam, proactive policing of abuse. It sounded, again, like progress. Then Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, appeared at TED2019 in Vancouver, Canada, to talk about the “health of the conversation” on his platform. Dorsey, […]
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed a controversial measure on Thursday that would outlaw abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Edwards’ signature comes a day after the Louisiana House passed what it termed a “fetal heartbeat” bill, which bans abortion as soon as a doctor can detect cardiac activity in an […]
GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS ― The phone did not stop ringing all day at Hope Clinic for Women, an abortion clinic in Illinois located just over the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. The callers wanted to know: Was abortion still legal? Could they please come in for an appointment? And how soon? “People are frantic […]
A salty letter from the Treasury Department has prompted Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to threaten to hold up President Donald Trump’s nominations to the department. It all stems from the Democratic request for copies of Trump’s federal tax returns, which the department has blocked contrary to a federal law designed to grant lawmakers access to […]
Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday came out in favor of starting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a stronger position than either 2020 presidential hopeful has taken thus far. “Robert Mueller’s statement makes it clear: Congress has a legal and moral obligation to begin impeachment proceedings immediately,” Booker tweeted […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that another bid by former Alabama judge Roy Moore for U.S. Senate next year could come at a significant cost to the Republican Party agenda. Although Moore lost his 2017 Senate race to Democrat Doug Jones after allegations of Moore’s sexual misconduct toward teen girls, he is considering another run […]
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report didn’t charge President Donald Trump with crimes, but it didn’t declare him innocent either. However, Trump tried once again to spin it that way after Mueller’s press conference on Wednesday. The president posted a tweet that said, “There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed!” […]
Another Democrat is throwing his hat into the ring to challenge Republican Lindsey Graham for his South Carolina Senate seat. Jaime Harrison, the former chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, announced his bid Wednesday in a video shared on Twitter. “Lindsey Graham can’t lead us in any direction because he traded his moral compass for […]