Outrage: U.S. Supreme Court Takes Away Constitutional Right to Safe, Legal Abortion
With Roe v. Wade overturned, the basic right to control our own bodies will disappear across much of the country
What Justice Sotomayor’s Ruling Is Really About
Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor grabbed some headlines (and understandably caused some confusion) after she temporarily blocked implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit requirement as applied to religiously affiliated organizations. To be clear: the dispute does not in any way involve whether or not churches and places of worship are exempt from covering birth control (they are). Rather, the dispute is about other, religiously affiliated organizations, and how they can choose to “opt out” of the requirement.
Jan. 3, 2014