Emily Bazelon

Public sector doctors

A Dutch physician is making abortion drugs more accessible to women around the world — by mail

Health

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has started a company that offers online medical advice and quality-verified abortion drugs to women around the world looking to terminate a pregnancy.

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voter citizenship provision

Global Politics

Supreme Court rules human genes can’t be patented

U.S. Supreme Court Justices appear skeptical of Defense of Marriage Act

Global Politics

U.S. Supreme Court appears cautious of broad gay marriage ruling

Global Politics

U.S. Supreme Court leaves ‘heart and soul’ in Arizona’s immigration law

Global Politics

The Supreme Court struck down three of four provisions in the controversial Arizona immigration law Monday in a 5-3 decision. But what it left was what Arizona State Rep. John Kavanagh called the law’s “heart and soul.”

Supreme Court justices could face blowback no matter how they decide healthcare case

Global Politics

As the U.S. Supreme Court debates the Affordable Healthcare Act, there’s a growing discussion about the level of political heat that may come down, no matter what the decision is.

The World

New details complicate Phoebe Prince case

Conflict & Justice

Slate.com senior editor Emily Bazelon has been researching the Prince case since February, we hear why it may be misguided to levy felony charges against six teenagers in this tragic case.

The World

Left and right respond to Kagan nomination

Conflict & Justice

Both conservatives and liberals have their concerns about Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. The left worries that she is too untested, while the right worries that she is too ‘gay friendly.’

The World

Fatal case puts bullying back in spotlight

Global Politics

Bullying has long been a problem for school children and it seems that the level of violence is both increasing and spreading beyond the schoolyard on to the Internet.