The Power and Limits of Abortion Politics
What should we make of the role that abortion played in both the Chicago and Wisconsin elections this week?
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Rightwing legal activist accused of misusing $73m from nonprofit groups
A watchdog complaint filed with the IRS presents an accounting of the money paid to Leonard Leo’s for-profit businessesLeonard Leo, a rightwing legal activist, has raked in more than $73m over six years from nonprofit groups that may be diverting money…
Liberal judge’s Wisconsin supreme court race win shows a shake-up in US politics
Victory will have consequences for abortion and voting rights in the state as Democrats become serious about down-ballot racesJanet Protasiewicz’s victory in the Wisconsin supreme court race on Tuesday amounted to a political earthquake in Wisconsin, o…
Liberal judge wins Wisconsin supreme court election, flipping ideological balance
Abortion rights, redistricting and election rules were at stake in decision affecting key swing stateIn a historic election, the liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz is projected to win her race for a seat on Wisconsin’s supreme court. Her win will flip th…
Two Democratic officials among 11 arrested at protest against Florida’s abortion ban
State chair, Nikki Fried, and senate minority leader, Lauren Book, were charged with trespassing at the state capitol in TallahasseeThe chair of the Florida Democratic party and a Democratic state lawmaker were charged with trespassing after refusing t…
Wisconsin voters cast ballots in crucial state supreme court election
Abortion, election rules, legislative maps at stake in most expensive judicial race in US historyVoters in Wisconsin are casting ballots on Tuesday in one of the most important elections of 2023 – a contest that will determine the ideological balance o…
Florida closes in on six-week abortion ban while also allowing no-permit gun carry
Abortion legislation needs to move through house before gaining DeSantis’s likely signature while gun-carry law enacted todayFlorida took another step to the right on Monday when the state senate approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks, a meas…
‘The dominating issue’: judicial election will decide fate of abortion in Wisconsin
Control of state’s supreme court will ultimately decide fate of 1849 abortion ban that was revived in June, after Roe was overturnedOne weekend in late March, McKenzie Schroeder offered to drive her friend across the Wisconsin border into Illinois to g…
‘If we can do it, you can do it’: US anti-abortion groups ramp up activities in UK
Emboldened by victories at home, some of the most prominent American anti-abortion groups are exporting their tactics overseasAnti-abortion groups are stepping up efforts to spread US-style abortion politics to the UK, ramping up spending with the ambi…