We are seeing the rise of psychopatriarchy everywhere – opinion

Psychopatriarchy is a reaction, a backlash against the progress we have made on all fronts: women’s rights, civil rights, immigrant rights, workers rights, trans rights etc. It has birthed an authoritarian fascist reality, poisoning our social and psychological environment with terrorizing violence, cruelty and precarity. It has consolidated the billionaire class who are driven by … Read more

Ken Paxton’s Anti-Abortion Influence Already Extended Beyond Texas. He Could Take It Further in the Senate.

As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their cause forward if his Senate bid is successful. Read more at Pro Publica  

The case that could weaken one of Texas’ most ambitious anti-abortion laws

The suit targets four people associated with Students for Life for allegedly ordering abortion medications into Texas without intending to use them personally. In a March social media post, the named defendants claimed to be ordering the pills “undercover” to illustrate that they are still available to people in the state. HB 7 does not … Read more

Idaho moms and grandmothers are taking the fight for abortion rights to their neighbors’ doors

Idaho is the only state in this election cycle where voters could reverse an abortion ban. If Proposition 1 passes and the ban falls in November, legalizing abortion until the fetal viability line that typically falls around 23 to 25 weeks, it will be thanks to an army of people like the Wirschings — the … Read more

US maternity wards face wave of closures as Medicaid cuts kick in

She added that the consequences for maternity care would be particularly devastating within rural communities. The non-profit has identified 31 at-risk rural hospitals with labor and delivery services, with their possible closure leaving 96 counties without a labor and delivery unit. Read more at The Guardian