Jurisprudence

Supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images

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A reckoning around reproductive rights and the First Amendment is brewing for after the midterms. Last week, a large group of conservative states announced an effort to defend the constitutionality of South Dakota’s law prohibiting advertising any item “designed, adapted, or intended for producing an abortion .” Enforcement of the law has been blocked by a district court and the 8 th Circuit Court of Appeals while proceedings continue.…