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Two Cheers For The Texas Heartbeat Act

Josh Hammer

We have seen a tremendous amount of misinformation, disingenuousness, and unjustified hysteria this week in response to S.B. 8, Texas’s novel new heartbeat law, which bans abortions after a...

Mississippi Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Roe

Josh Hammer

Next term, the Supreme Court will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case concerning Mississippi’s statutory 15-week gestational ban on most abortions. Dobbs represents the best chance...