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![An abortion rights advocate participates in a protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2159051859-400x300.jpg)
Experts Weigh In on How the “Chevron” Ruling Could Unravel Reproductive Rights
The case is another example that the “anti-abortion movement is not stopping at abortion,” said one expert.
![A woman wears a black hat with white text reading "ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0724-arkansas-abortion-400x300.jpg)
Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State to Count Abortion Amendment Signatures
The secretary of state had previously tried to disqualify the petition that more than 100,000 residents signed.
![Government watchdog Accountable.US launches its Expose Project 2025 campaign on the streets of Washington on March 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0723-project-2025-400x300.jpg)
A New Poll Shows Project 2025 Gets Less Popular the More Voters Learn About It
Just 11 percent of people polled viewed the agenda favorably, while 43 percent had unfavorable views.
![Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance speaks during a fundraising event at Discovery World on July 17, 2024, on the third day of the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
J.D. Vance RNC Speech Rewrites History, Downplays Anti-Abortion Views
The GOP vice presidential nominee also spewed anti-immigrant rhetoric, prompting the audience to chant “send them back."
![The vice president of the Heritage Foundation, Roger Severino, speaks during the "Europa Viva 24" conference organized by far right wing party Vox at Palacio de Vistalegre on May 19, 2024, in Madrid, Spain.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-roger--400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Aims to Turn HHS Into Far Right Anti-Abortion “Department of Life”
The author of the Project 2025 section on HHS also wants the department to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.
![Former President Donald Trump walks on stage to deliver the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-trump-400x300.jpg)
RNC Plans to Strategically Conceal Trump’s, GOP’s Abortion Views
Polling shows nearly two-thirds of voters in swing states back abortion rights in all or most circumstances.
![Abortion rights supporters cheer as a proposed Kansas constitutional amendment removing the right to an abortion fails, on August 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1242301774-400x300.jpg)
Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Second-Trimester Abortion Ban
In a 5-1 ruling striking down two laws, the court found that the state constitution protects the right to abortion.
![Former President Donald Trump is flanked by Senate Republicans as he gives remarks to the press at the National Republican Senatorial Committee building on June 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0705-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
Will Internal Division Over Trump’s Abortion Flip-Flop Threaten GOP Convention?
Don’t be fooled: The men in charge of the Republican platform committee are dedicated, far right extremists.
![People gather to rally on broad access to the abortion pill outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in a bid by President Joe Biden's administration to preserve broad access to abortion pill in Washington D.C., on March 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0704-abortion-pr-400x300.jpg)
Reproductive Health Funding Remains “Shackled” as Abortion Rights Are Decimated
During a critical election year, sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations risk losing funding.
![Abortion rights supporters rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-abortion-scotus-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Emergency Abortion Decision Has Idaho Physicians Feeling Uncertain
The decision leaves “a level of chaos and confusion across Idaho and, frankly, across the country,” said a legal expert.