Outside the Beltway

“Dr. Ruth” is gone at 96.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

Here we go again . . . .

Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban may or may not be back in effect.

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

Susan Collins and other Senators claiming otherwise are just wrong.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

Oklahoma’s near-total ban is part of a larger trend.

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a Mississippi law that banned nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

Former Vice-President Biden has come under fire for his longtime support for the Hyde Amendment.

Kamala Harris is trying to jump-start her Presidential campaign with an idea for a new law, but it’s probably unconstitutional and would never get through Congress.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s patently unconstitutional abortion law.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.