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Author: Martha Kinsella

Martha Kinsella is senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Washington, D.C., office. She works on government reform, voting rights, money in politics, government ethics and regulatory issues. Find her on Twitter: @martha_kinsella.
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The “Invent-Your-Own-Facts Approach”: Many Abortion Laws Use Medically Incorrect Language

The “Invent-Your-Own-Facts Approach”: Many Abortion Laws Use Medically Incorrect Language

Martha Kinsella, Julia Boland and Harry Rube

Throughout history, appeals to pseudoscience have undermined true reproductive autonomy. And now, the Supreme Court and state courts have become increasingly willing to defer to or even adopt pseudoscience, undermining science-based policies—from abortion bans to COVID mitigation strategies.

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