Editorial: The New York Times

• The US Supreme Court has heard its first major challenge to abortion rights since it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.
• The presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump, has indicated his support for a 15-week national abortion ban.
• The Comstock Act, a 151-year-old federal law, is being sought to be revived to block the mailing of mifepristone and other abortion medication.
• The anti-abortion movement is pursuing its aims on many legal fronts.
• Since Roe was overturned in 2022, in every state where reproductive rights has been on the ballot, the abortion rights side has won.
• Some states don't allow ballot initiatives of the type that have led to abortion rights victories elsewhere.
• If Mr. Trump's party wins solid control of the House and Senate in November, this could put Americans' reproductive rights at further risk.

Conclusion: The protection of reproductive rights must be understood as inextricably linked to representative democracy. Voters will be faced with a stark choice: the choice of whether to protect not just reproductive rights, but true equality for women.

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