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Anti-Abortion Politics Have Always Been The Right-Wing’s Trojan Horse For Racism

Evangelical leaders only seized on abortion as its cudgel for winning elections after religious-right leaders realized it could serve a higher purpose: keeping segregation alive.

By Lauren Rankin | June 20, 2022 10:18 a.m.

Abortion Bans With No Exceptions For Rape Or Incest Were Always Part Of The GOP’s End Game

Since 2004 the Republican Party platform opposed abortion without any delineated exceptions.

By Lauren Rankin | May 26, 2022 10:00 a.m.

Why Planned Parenthood’s Defense Against GOP Attacks Could Backfire

By Lauren Rankin | August 13, 2015 12:08 p.m.

Why Abortion Is Losing While Gay Marriage Is Winning

By Lauren Rankin | July 6, 2015 10:49 a.m.

The GOP’s Latest War On Family Planning

By Lauren Rankin | June 23, 2015 6:00 a.m.

Jeb Bush’s Solution To Unwed Pregnancies? ‘Ridicule’ Young Mothers

By Lauren Rankin | June 10, 2015 12:03 p.m.

Reality Check: Shaming Isn’t What Reduced Teen Pregnancy Rates

By Lauren Rankin | May 12, 2014 5:37 p.m.

The Lie Of The GOP’s Response To The ‘War On Women’

By Lauren Rankin | May 2, 2014 6:00 a.m.

Blackburn Hasn’t Been Right About The GOP And Women Since The 1970s

By Lauren Rankin | April 18, 2014 6:00 a.m.

Oklahoma Catholic Hospital Lets Doctors Deny Women Birth Control

By Lauren Rankin | April 3, 2014 10:11 a.m.