Judith Butler on Roe vs Wade, trans rights and the war on education
The philosopher and gender theorist says the restriction of abortion rights is part of a project to restore patriarchy.
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Penny Mordaunt recruited lobbyist for anti-abortion group to her campaign team
The PR guru Alistair Thompson represents the Christian Medical Fellowship, which opposes terminations even in cases of rape.
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Republicans will call rape a hoax if it stops an abortion
The case of a ten-year-old in Ohio has blown up in conservatives’ face.
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Has Joe Biden saved abortion?
The US president can’t kid himself that his executive order is all it takes.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s Diary: Why Westminster must let Scotland choose its destiny
As we put our plans for a new independence vote to the Supreme Court, the UK government continues to deny…
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The Roe vs Wade decision is resonating in Europe
The US Supreme Court’s reversal of federal abortion law has rekindled debates over reproductive rights.
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The pain of Americans is all too familiar to those of us in Northern Ireland
The overturning of Roe vs Wade will embolden anti-choice advocates everywhere, says the leader of the Green Party Northern Ireland.
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My abortion showed me that women in Britain are far from free
We are told that the overturning of Roe vs Wade means nothing for liberal Britain, but the impulse to coerce…
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The message from the Supreme Court: do not get used to having rights
Overturning Roe vs Wade means some women’s bodily autonomy will cease at the moment of conception.
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Roe vs Wade has resonated widely – but the US is not the centre of the universe
It isn’t healthy to focus on American issues so obsessively that we ignore other countries.
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To protect abortion rights, don’t let the UK ditch the ECHR
Privacy campaigners warn metadata could put Americans seeking abortions at risk of prosecution. Is Europe any safer?
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Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty
Fear and frustration grip the US as the ruling that guaranteed abortion rights is overturned. What comes next?
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American pro-choicers try to have it all – and end up with nothing
Supporting gruesome cases of abortion to term just plays into the hands of anti-abortion activists.
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The new era of American darkness
With the Supreme Court ruling, the US has taken a step closer to political ruin. Europe must now prepare for…
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Leader: The American berserk
Progress is not inevitable. Liberal gains can easily be overturned or lost, as in the case of Roe vs Wade.
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Surgical abortions in the UK decline as at-home medical abortions surge
As Roe v Wade is overturned in the US, the number of legal abortions in the UK hits record figures.
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The problem of period apps post-Roe
As abortions become illegal in many US states, the data kept by fertility trackers poses new dangers to their users.
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How many countries have tightened abortion laws?
The US is one of only four countries to impose stricter abortion laws since the 1990s.
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In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony
The end of Roe vs Wade is part of a wholesale attack on America's democracy and postwar liberal consensus by…
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The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?
We have known this decision was coming for a long time, but still I don’t know what to say today.
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