Abortion

The two cases questioned a longstanding precedent that upheld such laws, which opponents say violate free speech rights.

Voters approved the measure adding abortion rights to the constitution in November in an amendment that required judges to reconsider laws that had almost completely banned the procedure.

“I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state.

The anti-abortion rights march is set to draw thousands to Washington, D.C. Here’s what to expect.

President Donald Trump is pardoning anti-abortion activists who were convicted in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.

A government website to educate people about their reproductive rights has been taken down on the heels of President Donald Trump‘s inauguration. The move is exacerbating long-held fears about what his presidency means for abortion access. “Just hours after taking the oath of office, Donald Trump took down reproductiverights.gov — a website to help women find health care and...

A federal website to help women find health care and understand their reproductive rights has been taken down, raising questions about what the Trump administration will mean for these issues.

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The abortion rights advocate died on Monday of brain cancer at age 67.

A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, most Republican-controlled states have implemented bans or deep restrictions on abortions.

Tennessee has a nearly total abortion ban and a porous safety net for mothers and young children. GOP state leaders in Tennessee and other states that banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 argue that they are bolstering services for families. Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press has found that from...

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that’s intended to protect prescribers in Democratic-controlled states from being punished by states with abortion bans.

Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Here’s what’s behind the trend.

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

Multiple people were arrested during an anti-abortion march to Boston Common on Saturday that was met with counterprotesters, police said.

Multiple people were arrested during an anti-abortion march in Boston on Saturday that was met with counterprotesters, police said.

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Multiple people were arrested during an anti-abortion march to Boston Common on Saturday that was met with counterprotesters, police said.

When patients who have appointments at the Planned Parenthood in Carbondale, Illinois, are late, staff members often know where to find them — at the crisis pregnancy center right next door.