According to the Women's Rabbinic Network, some of the religion's most sacred texts — the Torah, the Mishnah and the Talmud — view a fetus as a soul only once it's born.
In the moment, Rep. Mary Miller then led the crowd in applause. A campaign spokesperson for Miller told NPR she meant to say "victory for Right to Life."
Bodily autonomy is a principle of the disability rights movement. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, people with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected.
With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Minnesota will be one of the states where abortion remains legally protected. But legal doesn't necessarily mean accessible, advocates warn.
Demonstrators from both sides of the abortion issue gathered outside the Supreme Court after the justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.
Demonstrators from both sides of the abortion issue gathered outside the Supreme Court after the justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.
"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.
The "Dobbs" in the case title refers to Thomas Dobbs, an infectious diseases doctor who became Mississippi's top health officer the same year the state adopted new abortion restrictions.
President Joe Biden noted that this is the first time the court has revoked a constitutional right. Now that Roe has been overturned, "the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk."
Abortion — and whether to get one — changed the two sisters' lives in ways that affected them for years to come. One of them wonders how her life might have been different.
Abortion — and whether to get one — changed the two sisters' lives in ways that affected them for years to come. One of them wonders how her life might have been different.
Criminal defense attorneys all over the country are gearing up for a wave of criminal charges if, as expected, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
