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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

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A win for Abortion Rights: Elections in Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia

A win for Abortion Rights: Elections in Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia

Shunnar Virani, Senior Editor November 10, 2023

On November 7, 2023, abortion rights advocates scored major wins in Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia. These elections tested voters’ stance on abortion more than a year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...

OP-ED: Tennessee’s Abortion Bill Will Cripple Women’s Healthcare Statewide

OP-ED: Tennessee’s Abortion Bill Will Cripple Women’s Healthcare Statewide

Shreya Gupta May 17, 2022

Tennessee's newest abortion laws and the likely impending Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Mississippi will decimate health care availability for women and children in Tennessee—especially for people...

OP ED: The Texas War of 2021: The War Against Women

OP ED: The Texas War of 2021: The War Against Women

Pipa Powers, Contributor November 17, 2021

At many points in history, women have been punished for simply existing as women, stripped of the ability to make decisions in regard to their own bodies. Texas Senate Bill 8 is simply the next mechanism...

SATIRE: Texas Requires All Males to Undergo Vasectomies

SATIRE: Texas Requires All Males to Undergo Vasectomies

Stanley Zhao October 19, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas – In a virulent showdown of shrewd political posturing and cutthroat negotiations, the Texas Legislature passed a landmark bill, SB9, which mandates that all male residents of the state...

What's Happening in Texas?

What’s Happening in Texas?

Ainsley Gill, Contributor October 17, 2021

“This is vigilantism. This is 1984.” This is how leading advocates for abortion rights and reproductive justice described Senate Bill 8 - Texas’ six-week abortion ban that went into effect this September. This...

Who is Amy Coney Barrett?

Who is Amy Coney Barrett?

Isabella Randle, Managing Director October 2, 2020

On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced that Judge Amy Coney Barrett was his selection to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  In 2018, President Trump said he...

Ohio and Texas Ban Elective Abortions During COVID-19 Pandemic

Ohio and Texas Ban Elective Abortions During COVID-19 Pandemic

Isabella Randle, Senior Editor March 24, 2020

Ohio and Texas have designated elective abortions as nonessential surgeries that must be delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two states cited concerns regarding the availability of personal protective...

Lawyer Nikolas Nikas Predicts the Fate of Roe v Wade

Lawyer Nikolas Nikas Predicts the Fate of Roe v Wade

Tanya Tejani September 26, 2019

“I’ve never sued a doctor...yet!” Nikas joked as a room full of medical students let out light chuckles interspersed with sighs of relief. On September 24th, in a half-full room in the Eskind Biomedical...

Matt Colleran: Conservative Crusader

Matt Colleran: Conservative Crusader

John Konicki May 2, 2017

Disclaimer:  Matt Colleran’s opinions are his own and he does not speak on behalf of any organizations he is a part of. Those who follow the dramatic happenings of Dank New Rand Memes will recognize...

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Is this the end of Roe vs. Wade?

Sydney Bub November 17, 2016

In 1973, the Supreme Court case of Roe vs. Wade ruled that abortion was legal on the basis of a woman’s right to privacy. Despite a minor retreat through the Supreme Court’s 1992 Planned Parenthood...

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