Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban
Former President Donald J. Trump has told advisers and allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with three exceptions, in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother, according to two people with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s deliberations. Mr. Trump has studiously avoided taking […]
Texas Supreme Court Overturns Order Allowing Woman’s Abortion
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court order allowing an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition, hours after her lawyers said she had decided to leave Texas for the procedure in the face of the state’s abortion bans. The court ruled that the lower court […]
Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion
A Texas judge granted a request on Thursday to allow an abortion despite the state’s strict bans, ruling in the case of a pregnant woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. The case is believed to be among the first attempts in the nation to seek a court-approved abortion since the U.S. Supreme […]
Norman Lear’s Most Controversial Episode: ‘Maude’ on Abortion
Norman Lear, who died this week at 101, left behind a legacy of groundbreaking television. But there was perhaps no hour of TV on his lengthy résumé more controversial than a two-part episode of the CBS sitcom “Maude,” from the show’s first season. Titled “Maude’s Dilemma,” it aired on consecutive weeks in November 1972 and […]
Election 2023: How Abortion Lifted Democrats, and More Key Takeaways
The political potency of abortion rights proved more powerful than the drag of President Biden’s approval ratings in Tuesday’s off-year elections, as Ohioans enshrined a right to abortion in their state’s constitution, and Democrats took control of both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly while holding on to Kentucky’s governorship. The night’s results showed the […]