Reproduction
Our Columnists
The Kansas Abortion Referendum Has a Message for Democrats
In the run-up to November’s midterm elections, the Party has an opportunity to seize the mantle as the defender of long-established individual rights.
Letter from Texas
A Texas Teen-Ager’s Abortion Odyssey
The Heartbeat Act is forcing families to journey to oversubscribed clinics in other states—offering a preview of life in post-Roe America.
The Political Scene Podcast
The Fate of Abortion After the Supreme Court Leak
A draft decision by Samuel Alito suggests that a majority of Justices might reconsider other personal rights after overturning Roe v. Wade.
Comment
The Supreme Court and the Future of Roe v. Wade
Abortion rights may hinge on a case involving a Mississippi law—and the errors of fact and judgment in the state’s brief are staggering.
Books
How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars
The all-too-human plaintiff of Roe v. Wade captured the messy contradictions hidden by a polarizing debate.
Comment
The Unique Dangers of the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear a Mississippi Abortion Case
The most pressing question now may be not whether Roe and Casey can survive but how reproductive rights can be sustained without them.
Annals of Technology
The Promise and Perils of the New Fertility Entrepreneurs
Startups are pushing a breezy but proactive attitude toward reproduction, centered on preëmptive treatments during one’s most fertile years.
Books
Why It’s Become So Hard to Get an Abortion
When you can’t ban something outright, it’s possible to make the process of obtaining it so onerous as to be a kind of punishment.
Shouts & Murmurs
Unplanned Parenthood
Dept. of Reproduction
Bears Do It
Double Take
Takes: Womb Trouble
Fiction
Los Gigantes
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