Americans’ antipathy toward the high court is deepening—and for the first time, a slim majority favors expansion.

As national issues increasingly dominate local politics, the downsides of our federalist system may be outweighing the virtues.

Republicans have been running circles around Democrats for decades. But finally the right has handed them a potent weapon. Will they recognize it and use it?

Here’s the takeaway: Far from leaving it up to the states, the Republican Party will move swiftly to act unilaterally if it retakes power.

The South Carolina senator’s proposed ban can’t be squared with either the medical consensus or the lives of those who most often have to seek the procedure late in their pregnancies.

The right-wing court’s abortion decision could cost the Republicans the Senate—and thus deny McConnell another term as majority leader.

The right’s culture-war excesses have suddenly put Democrats on the front foot going into the midterm elections.

Before Roe, doctors like Gary Raymond’s father went to prison for providing abortions. It’ll happen again.

The New York Democrat was quicker to the punch than most of his party when Roe was overturned. He was rewarded with a come-from-behind victory in a bellwether contest.

Felix Frankfurter warned that politicians, not the courts, should make policy.

The right means business. It’s high time we did too.

The right touts them as proof that the need for abortion rights is passé. But they’re rooted in an old Catholic practice that scarred and stigmatized women for centuries.

Between Republican overreach on abortion and Congress finally passing bills, there's newfound confidence. But it's still the fundamentals that will matter most.

The stakes are highest in states where the legislature and the governor’s mansion are held by different parties. How much will abortion rights motivate voters?

The pundits predicted a red wave in the midterms, but Democrats are building a blue wall.

The DOJ is suing the state of Idaho over its recently passed ban.

The overwhelming rejection in deep-red Kansas of an anti-abortion referendum suggests that there may be a hidden army of voters out there who are furious about the Dobbs decision.

A provision in the Communications Decency Act making it a felony to talk about abortion online has been on hold since the Clinton administration. Could it be enforced by a future GOP president?

As chains such as CVS and Walgreens try to protect themselves from criminal penalties over abortion bans, their staff are left confused, and patients with chronic illnesses struggle to access treatment.

It’s probably already too late to save American democracy. Here is the series of improbable events doing so would require.