Roe v. Wade
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Donald Trump Did This
On abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential election.
Persons of Interest
One of the Last Abortion Doctors in Indiana
Caitlin Bernard is risking her career, and her safety, to care for pregnant patients.
Daily Comment
The Lessons of Ohio’s Abortion-Rights Victory
Tuesday’s election results in that state and elsewhere offer fresh evidence of how the issue is likely to help Democrats in 2024.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
No More Souters
The unassuming Justice David Souter confounded the hopes of the Republican Party and inspired a backlash that changed the Supreme Court. A special episode from WNYC’s “More Perfect.”
The Political Scene Podcast
A Year of Change for a North Dakota Abortion Clinic
After the Dobbs decision that reversed Roe v. Wade, North Dakota and thirteen other states banned most abortions. Emily Witt visits one clinic that managed to move across state lines.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
North Dakota’s Only Abortion Clinic Leaves the State
Emily Witt looks at how the Dobbs decision forced a clinic to move across state lines. Plus, Alex Ross on the legendary film composer John Williams.
The Political Scene Podcast
Jia Tolentino and Stephania Taladrid on a Year Without Roe v. Wade
The staff writers return to The Political Scene to discuss the state of abortion rights and what has changed since the Dobbs decision.
Dispatch
In the Post-Roe Era, Letting Pregnant Patients Get Sicker—by Design
Fearing legal repercussions, doctors in Texas say they are risking grave patient harm to comply with new abortion restrictions.
Comment
The Expanding Battle Over the Abortion Pill
Republican state attorneys general are threatening action against pharmacies that dispense it, as a federal lawsuit challenges the F.D.A.’s authority to approve it.
Daily Comment
The Latest Attack on the Abortion Pill Is Forty Years in the Making
If a Texas lawsuit prevails, mifepristone will no longer be available anywhere in the nation, even in states where abortion is legal.
Annals of Inquiry
The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court
The lawyer who wrote Texas’s abortion ban has a bigger project—disempowering the judiciary—that may appeal to liberals, too.
The Political Scene Podcast
The Biggest Stories of 2022
Our roundtable looks at the most important political stories of the year, including the curtailment of abortion rights and the war in Ukraine, and how they’ll shape 2023.
Dispatch
The Secret Abortions of Texas
To end pregnancies, women are enduring clandestine medical procedures, gruelling travel, and fear of arrest.
2022 in Review
The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2022
Our most popular pieces reflected the anxieties of the moment—but also the need for levity—and interest in an unusual way to retire.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The New Abortion Underground
Stephania Taladrid reports on a network of volunteers distributing abortion medication to women in states that ban the procedure. Plus, Andrew Sean Greer on his new novel, “Less Is Lost.”
Daily Comment
The Sins of the High Court’s Supreme Catholics
The overturn of Roe v. Wade is part of ultra-conservatives’ long history of rejecting Galileo, Darwin, and Americanism.
Dispatch
The First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion
In Kansas, where the right to abortion is enshrined in the state constitution, an upcoming ballot measure could pave the way for a total ban.
Annals of Education
How the Federalist Society Won
The conservative legal movement was pivotal in getting Roe v. Wade overturned. But does it have any control over what happens next?
Second Read
The Real Backlash Never Ended
Three decades later, Susan Faludi’s 1991 feminist classic still shows us how to read between the lines.
Currency
Another Likely Effect of the Roe Reversal: Higher Health-Care Costs
Abortion bans could lead to more high-risk pregnancies, which could raise the price of providing health care to women.