Новости за 25.10.2023

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham (R) has become infamous for running as a pro-choice Democrat who switched parties shortly into her term to hand the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in April, which it used to pass an abortion ban in May. (Yes, she voted for it.) Political analysts and her own voters wondered why…

It’s been a big month for insecure men and immersive memoirs. John Stamos can’t seem to stop reflecting on how he resented his ex-wife, Rebecca Romijn, for “out-growing” him in his forthcoming tell-all, and Justin Timberlake is reportedly very upset at Britney Spears for deigning to recall in her memoir that he was a s…

Shortly after Roe v. Wade fell, abortion funds across Texas paused their operations out of fear of facing criminal charges or costly lawsuits for helping people get care. For a stretch of time, the Texas-based Buckle Bunnies Fund became the only fund to financially support abortion seekers in the state. Executive…

As someone who writes about reproductive rights, I have multiple active alerts on pregnancy-related news—and I can assure you that few celebrities are subject to as many tabloid-driven pregnancy rumors as Hailey Bieber. The headlines are constant, even when the ~source~ is just a photo of the model appearing to touch…

On Tuesday, the Georgia state Supreme Court allowed the state’s six-week abortion ban to remain in place while ordering yet another trial about the constitutionality of the law by a lower trial court.

I tend to think of myself as fairly progressive, but anytime I’m confronted with the fact that my parents had to bone to get my sister and me into the world, I regress into bratty ignorance. Blah blah blah, don’t want to hear about it! Melissa Newman is a braver woman than me.

One fateful fall afternoon, House Republicans—or some of them, at least—coalesced to nominate Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) to be their next Speaker. The time was around 12:30 p.m. or so on Tuesday. By 3 p.m., CNN and other outlets reported Emmer’s bid was “on the verge of collapse.” And by 4:30 p.m., Emmer stepped down.…