Newspapers pull Doonesbury over Texas abortion law cartoon strip

Washington Post blog

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According to Alan Gardner over at The Daily Cartoonist, more than 60 newspapers pulled this week's "Doonesbury" from their print editions. There are still no reports that any of "Doonesbury's" 1,400-or-so clients permanently canceled the strip.

Link to Doonesbury's home page.

Garry Trudeau's interview with slate.com

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Slate: You told the Washington Post this week that you didn't feel the need to take on the issue of abortion before because you thought reproductive rights was a settled issue. Do you think the right has overreached with these ultrasound bills, and does that help explain why they're ripe for comedy?

Garry Trudeau: I don't think we can assume they've overreached. These bills are not being passed in the dead of night. They're being enacted by elected state officials all over the country, and in some states like Texas, signed into law with great public fanfare. The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. All I'm trying to do is cut through a little of the complacency and lay out in some detail what's at stake.