Will vasectomies and tubal ligations rise post-Supreme Court ruling? Plus, why some drugstores are limiting sales of Plan B pills, companies worry about controversial abortion conversations at work, and more. June 29, 2022 Al Tompkins
Violence against abortion providers is on the rise Incidences of stalking, blockades, hoax devices and suspicious packages, invasion, and assault and battery all increased sharply in 2021. June 24, 2022 Al Tompkins
The Supreme Court moves closer to ruling on Roe v. Wade A ruling could come at any moment, but a stacked Supreme Court docket makes it difficult to predict a date. June 23, 2022 Tom Jones
Newsrooms must reframe abortion coverage and the worn-out debate around the rules of objectivity Coverage often fails to capture the complexity of American viewpoints on abortion, and newsroom rules about speech stifle conversation. May 5, 2022 Kelly McBride
Is the story the Supreme Court draft or the leak? Depends on who’s talking. We don’t know where the leak came from. Until we do, look for saber-rattling from those who care more about the leak than the real story. May 5, 2022 Tom Jones
5 claims Justice Samuel Alito makes in the draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, fact-checked We examined several of Alito's facts and found that he had a pattern of omitting details that might lead someone to reach different conclusions. May 5, 2022 Jon Greenberg
Media coverage and reaction to Politico’s Supreme Court scoop about Roe v. Wade Mediaite called it the ‘scoop of the decade.’ The Washington Post said it was ‘a history-altering bombshell.’ May 4, 2022 Tom Jones
What would state laws look like in a post-Roe world? If the Supreme Court does overturn Roe v. Wade, the rules governing abortion would revert to the states, leading to hard-fought policy battles. May 4, 2022 Louis Jacobson
Politico’s Supreme Court leak leaves some lingering ethics questions Politico's editors would help skeptical readers if they explained how they made their decision to publish an unprecedented draft court opinion. May 2, 2022 Kelly McBride
Why Politico’s big Roe v. Wade scoop is unprecedented A draft Supreme Court opinion has never been disclosed publicly. Media observers were quick to question whether Politico should have run with it. May 2, 2022 Tom Jones
Fact-checking Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows about the 2020 election The messages included references to an imaginary financial system, an alleged sting operation involving watermarked ballots, and military tribunals. March 28, 2022 Bill McCarthy
How news coverage of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings compare to Brett Kavanaugh’s Coverage of Jackson’s hearing is comparable to Kavanaugh's so far, and it’s not true that no news networks are covering her hearing live. March 25, 2022 Ciara O'Rourke
Media coverage of Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings Republicans’ pledges that Jackson would be treated fairly seemed genuine. Then the hearings actually started. March 24, 2022 Tom Jones
How media organizations balance coverage of two important stories Both Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court hearings would thoroughly dominate the news cycle if not for the other. March 23, 2022 Tom Jones
Sean Hannity claimed Joe Biden is the first president to prioritize race, gender in picking a Supreme Court nominee. That’s not true. President Donald Trump vowed to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court before appointing Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020, for example. January 31, 2022 Bill McCarthy
