Merrick Garland has no choice but to go big now

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     August 9, 2022 Hey y’all! My name is Becca Andrews, and I’m a reporter at Mother Jones whose work focuses on reproductive health care. I’m also the author of the forthcoming book [No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right](. Last week, after [Kansas voters overwhelmingly]( turned out the vote and made clear that they did not approve of a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to eliminate the right to an abortion, we decided to [publish a chapter of my book](, set in Kansas, a bit early. In the piece, [I report from the Trust Women clinic in Wichita](, which is well known as the clinic that was once home to George Tiller, a doctor who provided desperately needed abortion care for patients who were further along in their pregnancies. Once there, it was clear to me that the past does not stay in the past—it is very much a part of the present. Some of the anti-abortion protesters who pace the sidewalk outside the clinic have done so for decades. At least one has visited Dr. Tiller’s murderer in prison multiple times. Now, the clinic faces a swell in patients who have been forced to travel to Kansas from other states that have banned abortion in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling, in addition to rumors that anti-abortion protest efforts will be escalating soon. Ashley Brink, the clinic director, has heard rumors of a “Summer of Mercy–type protest,” referring to a six-week protest in 1991, organized in response to Dr. Tiller’s work, that ultimately resulted in some 2,700 arrests and remains one of the largest anti-abortion demonstrations to date. If you are compelled by what you read here, please consider [preordering my book](, and join us for a [conversation tonight (virtually)]( at the iconic San Francisco bookstore City Lights. I’ll be discussing the end of Roe v. Wade with a panel of brilliant experts, and I expect it to be an enlightening discussion. Hope to see you there. —Becca Andrews Advertisement [PRH Doubleday Title: The Destructionists]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [With FBI Raid, Merrick Garland Has No Choice But to Go Big on the Trump Probe]( The Justice Department needs an indictment to justify the search at Mar-a-Lago. BY DAVID CORN [Trending] [From dumb to terrifying, here are some unhinged responses to the FBI raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago]( BY INAE OH   [The carried interest loophole is going to outlast us all]( BY TIM MURPHY   [How coal mining contributed to deadly Kentucky floods]( BY JOHN MCCRACKEN   [House committee can access Trump's tax returns, an appeals court just ruled]( BY ABIGAIL WEINBERG Advertisement [PRH Doubleday Title: The Destructionists]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Burn. Build. Repeat: Why our wildfire policy is so deadly]( Welcome to California’s endless cycle of destruction. BY JEFFREY BALL [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755