“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power
Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights Read more at Salon
no-fault divorce
“It’s not being looked at as a crazy thing”: Emboldened Republicans renew push to restrict divorce
The recent bills targeting no-fault divorce come against a backdrop of a slew of executive actions at the federal level that threaten civil rights and freedoms for a host of Americans. While these state bills have previously failed to gain any traction in their respective legislatures — Republican Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers’ 2024 attempt at eliminating no-fault … Read more
Cecile Richards’ Open Letter to Women: ‘Kamala Harris Gets It’
Nobody sums up how we got here better than Donald Trump. In his own words: “For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it.” If he is elected president again, make no mistake: He will sign a national abortion ban. And … Read more
When Trump says he’s going to ‘protect’ women, he means ‘control’ them | Arwa Mahdawi | opinion
Of course, we all know what “protect” really means in this context: it means “control”. Should he become president again, Trump and his allies seem intent on massively expanding the power of the president and eliminating hard-won freedoms. Conservative lawmakers and influencers want to control a woman’s access to reproductive healthcare. They want to control … Read more
The Republican party’s obsession with families has taken a fanatical turn | opinion
If you’re a woman in America, Republicans want you to be a mother whether you care to or not. They want you to risk your health to give them more babies. Then, when those babies get bigger, they want to make sure that those children’s fathers – or, excuse me, “parents” – have a near-total … Read more
JD Vance writes foreword for Project 2025 leader’s upcoming book
Reed Galen, a Republican operative turned director of JoinTheUnion.us, a “coalition of pro-democracy organisations”, told the Guardian: “Project 2025 is Maga’s endorsed blueprint for turning America into an authoritarian state. “That Trump’s running mate is introducing [Roberts’] book personally only proves that his protestations [of no links to Project 2025] are an indication of how … Read more
Trump and Vance – dangerous for reproductive rights – news round-up
The GOP has a problem with women voters — and two men on the presidential ticket Vance, a political newcomer, is a staunch defender of Trump and has strongly backed conservative policies to restrict abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, as well as blocked Democrat-led efforts on gun control and environmental protections. He has also criticized Democrats … Read more
Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce
Defenders of the laws, which states started passing a half-century ago, see legislation and arguments to repeal them as the latest effort to restrict women’s rights – following the overturning of Roe v Wade and passage of abortion bans around the country – and say that without such protections, the country would return to an … Read more
The Christian right is coming for divorce next
But perhaps emboldened by their victory in overturning Roe v. Wade, social conservatives have gone after other popular targets in recent months, from birth control to IVF. The drive to increase restrictions on divorce is part of the same movement, Zug said — an effort to re-entrench “conservative family values,” incentivize heterosexual marriage and childbearing, … Read more
Butker’s misogyny is not unique, it’s the conservative agenda
Another lie? That the social problems we have today are caused by the “breakup” of the so-called traditional family, which was set in motion by contraception, abortion and no-fault divorce. So now, the MAGA movement headed by Donald Trump is going after all those things. Read more at The Hill