Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mother’s.
Author: AMANDA TAUB
How an Abortion Ban Trapped a Tourist on Malta
Andrea Prudente, an American, developed potentially life-threatening pregnancy complications while on the island. But abortion is illegal there.
Shared Suffering
Ukrainians are trying to confront the war’s psychological wounds even as the battles wear on.
When Gun Violence Outrage Isn’t Enough to Bring Reform
An examination of crises in the Americas — including school shootings in the U.S. — yields a sobering theory about why even a national outpouring of pain cannot always overcome political divides.
A Wider Lens on the MeToo Backlash: Who Pays for Societal Change?
The same fundamentals apply to patriarchal systems, whether in Hollywood or India: Threats to men’s status can provoke broader resistance than you might think.
In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political Third Rail
Other countries changed course after massacres. But American political protection for guns is unique, and has become inseparable from conservative credentials.
The 17th-Century English Judge Behind Abortion and Rape Rulings Today
Both in India and in the Roe v. Wade draft ruling roiling the United States, Lord Matthew Hale — an English judge who wrote that women were contractually obligated to husbands — still looms large.
To Keep Putin and His Oligarchs Afloat, It Takes a System
Out of a halting attempt at democratization grew a corrupt ecosystem that has proved very difficult for the Russian elite to resist.
Roe Inspired Activists Worldwide, Who May Be Rethinking Strategy
Feminist movements in some countries similarly sought abortion protections in their courts, but for others, the goal was legislative change.
Roe Inspired Activists Worldwide, Who May Be Rethinking Strategy
Feminist movements in some countries similarly sought abortion protections in their courts, but for others, the goal was legislative change.