The Dobs Decision and the Future of Women's Rights in America

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Within the pro-life movement, 18 to 29 year olds are actually most likely to want outright bans. They dream of a federal ban and are kind of keen on going after birth control pills. The Dobs decision really electrified that divergence. For women in the deep south, say, living in Louisiana, their lives will look increasingly more different from New York City.

In the months since America’s Supreme Court gave states the power to ban abortions, those in support of the ruling have become more splintered. And with the help of leftist language, they are finding new recruits. A new discovery about the intelligence of a human-like species is changing how we understand evolution. And, a tribute to the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

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