Jessica Valenti

Republicans Won’t Stop at Abortion

Eventually, they’ll go after birth control, too

A protester demonstrates for Republicans and against legalized abortion outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2018. Photo: Jim Watson/Getty Images

Louisiana became the latest state to pass a near-total ban on abortion this week, joining the cascade of state-level legislation that seeks to criminalize the procedure and challenge Roe v. Wade. As extreme as these laws are, they’re just the beginning.