Eleanor Barkhorn

This article also appears in the Opinion Today newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Dr. Matthew Loftus has opposed abortion for as long as he can remember. “My mother taught me that abortion was wrong because it was a desecration — it destroyed something precious,” he writes in a guest essay today. Dr. Loftus’ beliefs about abortion are connected to his beliefs about many other things: the goodness of God, of bodies, of sex, of family.

Eleanor Barkhorn Sept. 9, 2021, 5:05 a.m. ET Credit...Claire Merchlinsky for The New York Times; Photographs by Garen Meguerian\Getty Images By Eleanor Barkhorn Editor at Large, Opinion This article also appears in the Opinion Today newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. A new Texas law banning most abortions went into effect last week. The law is notable for how restrictive it is, and for how it will be enforced.

Manny Ramirez, the All-Star slugger and famed prankster, had his first press conference as a player for the Chicago White Sox earlier this week. There was, however, a twist: Though he grew up in New York City and speaks English, Ramirez spoke via a translator throughout the question-and-answer session: In an interview with NPR, ESPN's Pedro Gomez chalked up Ramirez's antics to a good, old-fashioned need for attention: I spoke to somebody who said Manny enjoys getting attention.