Abortion

Trump could further restrict or effectively ban abortion on the federal level through methods that won’t require Congress to pass new legislation.

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in an election in which abortion rights were a heavy focus raises major questions about what might come next for abortion access in the U.S. 

Some states have added abortion rights to their Constitution, while two have rejected measures.

While a majority of voters supported the ballot measure, the yes votes fell just short of the 60% needed to pass.

John Legend recently shared more details about the late-term abortion his wife Chrissy Teigen had in September 2020 when they lost baby boy Jack: “She was bleeding out.”

The ad encourages people to vote “yes” on a ballot initiative that would override the state’s abortion ban.

In a sharply worded ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker issued a temporary restraining order calling threats by the Florida Department of Health “unconstitutional coercion.”

Maryland is one of 10 states with abortion-related measures on the ballot in November, most of which would protect abortion rights.

A survey has found that abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30.

The issue remains legally and politically fraught two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and overruled the nationwide right to abortion.

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals.

The justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

Under the new law, the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol will be designated as Schedule IV controlled substances.

Abortion funds have been around for decades, but they got big boosts from donors around the time the Supreme Court ended a national right to abortion. But this year, some of the organizations have had to cap the aid they can give.

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.

A woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child tells her story in a new Kamala Harris campaign ad.

Former President Donald Trump defended his position on abortion rights during Tuesday’s presidential debate by repeating falsehoods on ninth-month abortions or “executions” after birth. ABC moderator Linsey Davis corrected Trump, saying that no states allow so-called ‘post-birth abortions.’

After months of gathering signatures, filing petitions and navigating lawsuits, constitutional amendments that would protect or expand abortion rights are officially set to appear on the general election ballot in 10 states.

A new report shows the number of monthly abortions in the U.S. went up slightly in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.

House Democrats, in a monthslong investigation, interviewed OB-GYN residency program leaders and found worrisome effects of abortion restrictions.