Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion remains one of the most hotly contested issues in U.S. politics. Isabel V. Sawhill and Kai Smith share key facts on abortion, explain how states are responding to the Roe decision, outline the effects of expanding or restricting abortion access, and discuss how the issue could shape the 2024 U.S. elections in November.
As of May 2024, abortion is banned completely in almost all circumstances in 14 states. In 7 states, abortion is banned at or before 18 weeks of gestation.
More research and commentary
Deepfakes this election year. Can strategic and false claims that news stories are fake news or deepfakes benefit politicians by helping them maintain support after a scandal? Daniel S. Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, and Natália Bueno study this possibility of a "liar’s dividend" to better understand the broader political impacts of generative AI.
Africa’s credit ratings. African countries face some of the highest borrowing costs in the world for sovereign debt, partly due to low credit ratings. In a new Foresight Africa viewpoint, Aloysius Uche Ordu and co-authors explain how to make Africa’s credit ratings more objective.
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