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Jun 24, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Charis Hoard |Jasmine Geonzon |Audrey McCabe
At least 34 of the over 100 partner organizations of Project 2025, a comprehensive transition plan to guide the next GOP presidential administration, have spread misinformation about contraceptive methods or championed limiting access to contraception, largely on religious grounds. Helmed by the right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 lays out conservative policy priorities for if Donald Trump were to return to the White House.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Sophie Lawton |Jacina Hollins-Borges |Jack Wheatley |John Knefel |Charis Hoard |Jasmine Geonzon | +1 more
Organizations involved in Project 2025 — a broad effort from more than 100 groups within the conservative movement to provide staffing and policy positions to a second Donald Trump administration — have advocated for extreme rollbacks to reproductive rights and access to healthcare.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Ethan Collier |Jasmine Geonzon
On Truth Social, Trump released a video explaining his stance on abortion restrictions and other issues of reproductive rights.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Bushra Sultana |Jasmine Geonzon
In a remarkable cycle of stupid, right-wing media are attacking The Daily Show host Jon Stewart after he did a segment explaining President Donald Trump’s civil-fraud verdict and why it isn’t a “victimless crime.” Right-wing media figures are claiming that because Stewart sold his New York City apartment for more than the market estimate, he “did the exact same thing as Trump,” “stole” money from the city of New York, and should look “for the nearest rabbit hole to dive into.” Stewart, who...
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jasmine Geonzon |Harrison Ray |Charis Hoard
MSNBC and CNN dedicated hours of coverage to the arguments in the Supreme Court case over access to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone nationwide, while Fox News trailed far behind with just 20 minutes. Media Matters timed coverage on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News in the 24-hour span between the Supreme Court’s hearing, which commenced at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, through 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, excluding live audio of the hearing.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jasmine Geonzon
As pop star Olivia Rodrigo promotes abortion rights in collaboration with reproductive health groups on her GUTS tour, right-wing media have gone on the attack, with one figure even accusing Rodrigo of “facilitating genocide” by inviting abortion organizations that offer emergency contraceptives to concertgoers.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Audrey McCabe |Jasmine Geonzon
After a February Alabama Supreme Court ruling that declared frozen embryos “extrauterine children” led some fertility treatment centers in the state to pause in vitro fertilization services, Republicans and right-wing media have desperately tried to assuage mass political backlash to the decision, insisting that they will protect IVF procedures and that Democrats are overstating the threat to scare voters. Notably, Sen.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Audrey McCabe |Jasmine Geonzon
After a February Alabama Supreme Court ruling that declared frozen embryos “extrauterine children” led some fertility treatment centers in the state to pause in vitro fertilization services, Republicans and right-wing media have desperately tried to assuage mass political backlash to the decision, insisting that they will protect IVF procedures and that Democrats are overstating the threat to scare voters. Notably, Sen.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jasmine Geonzon
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos created during in vitro fertilization are “extrauterine children” and many fertility clinics in the state elected to pause IVF treatments, bills intended to protect IVF have overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Alabama legislature. But in their reporting on the bills, mainstream news outlets covering the legislation have repeatedly omitted crucial details, including that the bills seem to conflict with the Alabama Constitution.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Jasmine Geonzon |Charis Hoard
In the aftermath of a recent Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that endangers in vitro fertilization clinics in the state, right-wing media are providing cover for the GOP as the party struggles to find a clear message on the issue, arguing that Democrats are twisting the truth about Republicans’ positions on reproductive health care.
