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Michael Klare on AI

If the president truly wants to protect reproductive rights, he’s going to have to do what he’s so far refused even to consider: expand the Supreme Court.

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If the Supreme Court decides not to rule on whether Trump should be disqualified, it could set off precisely the crisis it hopes to avoid.

Using data from the CDC, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the FBI, researchers estimate that 519,981 rapes occurred in states with bans since Roe was overturned. They project 64,565 pregnancies resulted from rape.

During a major hearing this week, the conservative justices made clear they’re about to gut the federal government’s power to regulate—and take that power for themselves.

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