Abortion

“Tearing Us Apart focuses on harm. Indeed, each of the seven chapters is titled some version of ‘Abortion harms X.’ This is a brilliant strategy” - Public Discourse

“Are we to assume that the majority of Americans, by virtue of their opposition to the overturn of Roe, are necessarily pro-abortion? If we dig a little deeper, public opinion is not as disheartening as these numbers may seem to suggest.” - BPNews

“for a reporter, it’s not enough to just ask questions. You have to actually get answers. The people who attempted to fact check the Indianapolis Star’s reporting had plenty of questions about the story itself, but publishing those questions in and of itself does not constitute a fact check.” - Relevant

“There are different opinions among reasonably informed people about whether, from a Jewish perspective, Dobbs bodes well or ill…. What isn’t arguable is that our religion considers abortion forbidden in all but rare situations.” - RNS

“Brian Bolton, in an article for Freedom from Religion Foundation, seeks to make a case from the Old Testament that the scriptures allow abortion. He does violence to the biblical text in order to make his case and it is important that we debunk such misuse of scripture.” - P&D

NPR/Marist poll: “When asked if they supported the overturning of Roe, 56% of respondents said they didn’t approve of the Dobbs decision.” YouGov poll: “opposition to the Dobbs decision (47%)” Also YouGov: “By a more than 2-1 margin, Americans believe that corporations should remain silent on the issue.” - C.Post

A few overviews, with maps…

“In a 5-4 opinion, the high court overruled the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that struck down all state abortion bans and legalized the procedure throughout the country. The justices also invalidated the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey opinion that affirmed Roe.” - BPNews

“Wisconsin adopted a ban on abortion except to save the mother’s life in 1849, a year after the territory became a state. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide nullified the ban.” - C.Index

”’[Post:] There was only one way she could make sense of it, she said: Losing them now — as fully formed human beings — would be different from losing them back then.’ How so? Could the Post have interviewed activists and scientists on both sides of that question?….