Megan Thee Stallion is not one to stay quiet about issues she cares about. During her Glastonbury Festival performance over the weekend, the rap star slammed the “stupid ass men” who decided to make abortion immediately illegal in her home state of Texas following SCOTUS’ decision to reverse Roe v. …
Read More »Amanda Shires Demands More Artists Stand Up for Abortion Rights: 'I Can't Live With the Idea of Not Speaking Up'
Soon after a Supreme Court draft ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. “Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy,” she tweeted. “On August 9, 2021 my fallopian tube ruptured. On August 10, my life was saved…these are …
Read More »The Supreme Court Is Suddenly Very Concerned About Its Own Right to Privacy
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is requesting an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion that, if finalized, would overturn Roe vs. Wade and unleash anti-abortion rights laws on millions of Americans. On Monday night, Politico obtained the draft opinion — penned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito …
Read More »How the Supreme Court Might End Nationwide Legal Abortion
For the first time in decades, the fundamental right to abortion is squarely being attacked in the Supreme Court. On Thursday, Mississippi filed a brief with the court directly asking it to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing a right to abortion. This hasn’t happened since 1992, in …
Read More »How Nothing and Everything Has Changed in the 10 Years Since George Tiller's Murder
On May 31st, 2009, Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas, was shot and killed while he was serving as an usher at a church in his hometown. A grandfather of 10 known as “Saint George” in some reproductive rights advocacy circles, Tiller was known as a gracious, …
Read More »Watch Samantha Bee Skewer Alabama Abortion Ban With Sex Ed for Senators
Samantha Bee delivered a scathing class in sex education on Full Frontal Wednesday as states like Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Ohio and more try to curtail or outright ban abortions. Bee noted that many of the predominately male state legislators behind these measures don’t seem to have any understanding of how …
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