A Journal of Ideas

abortion rights

The Post-Dobbs Abortion Fight

Why we need to learn that when we defend abortion rights, we’re defending democracy.

By Ilyse Hogue

Life After (?) Roe

If the Supreme Court does what we expect, what comes next for abortion rights in this country? A roundtable featuring Michele Goodwin, Frances Kissling, Monica McLemore, and Jacqueline Ayers. Moderated by Anna Louie Sussman.

By The Editors

The Tax Bill's Hidden Culture War

How the congressional tax bill will exploit changes to higher education to fight the culture wars.

By Ben Miller

A Hundred Years Later, the Fight Continues

On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger took a momentous stand for reproductive health when she opened the country's first birth control clinic.

By Claire Potter

Why Kennedy Chose Abortion Rights

Why did Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative often seen as a wild card on abortion, help issue a Supreme Court decision many are calling one of the greatest victories for abortion rights in the past quarter-century?

By Scott Lemieux