Why has abortion faded from America’s national conversation? | Moira Donegan
And Republicans have sought to quash the storiesMon 28 Sep 2026 08.00 EDTShareAbortion has faded from the headlines since the Dobbs decision of 2022, and Republicans like it that way. There was the first known woman to die as the result of an abortion ban; and then the second; and then the third. There were the various lawsuits and ballot initiatives that for a while turned access off and on and then off again in various states; then there were the state supreme court elections, races that were newly transformed by the abortion debate and on which the health and status of a state’s women now relied.
- ▪And Republicans have sought to quash the storiesMon 28 Sep 2026 08.00 EDTShareAbortion has faded from the headlines since the Dobbs decision of 2022, and Republicans like it that way.
- ▪There was the first known woman to die as the result of an abortion ban; and then the second; and then the third.
- ▪There were the various lawsuits and ballot initiatives that for a while turned access off and on and then off again in various states; then there were the state supreme court elections, races that were newly transformed by the abortion deba
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‘It’s easier to understand why Republicans want to hide data on the health effects of abortion bans when you realize just how profound those impacts are.’ Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/APView image in fullscreen‘It’s easier to understand why Republicans want to hide data on the health effects of abortion bans when you realize just how profound those impacts are.’ Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/APOpinionAbortionWhy has abortion faded from America’s national conversation?Moira DoneganThe US has already grown used to the horror caused by abortion bans. And Republicans have sought to quash the storiesMon 28 Sep 2026 08.00 EDTShareAbortion has faded from the headlines since the Dobbs decision of 2022, and Republicans like it that way.
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