The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona's abortion ban
The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864, a time when gold-seekers were moving in, dueling had to be regulated and settlers were increasingly encroaching on tribal lands.
In snowy DC, the March for Life rallies against abortion with an eye toward the November elections
Thousands of opponents of abortion rights went marching in Washington after speakers urged the impassioned crowd to capitalize on the movementโs major victory in the Supreme Court and keep fighting until abortion is eliminated.
Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite stateโs ban
A Texas judge has given a pregnant woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the stateโs ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.
After Ohio vote, advocates in a dozen states are trying to put abortion on 2024 ballots
After voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, advocates in at least a dozen states are hoping to take abortion questions to voters in 2024.
Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
A Texas lawsuit is posing a threat to the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
Senators introduce bill to eliminate copays for veterans accessing contraception
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Richard Blumenthal, and Susan Collins introduced the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act, which will eliminate copayments for contraception covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Senators introduce legislation on womenโs rights to abortion, contraceptive access
On Monday, Senators Tim Kaina, Lisa Murkowski, Kyrsten Sinema, and Susan Collins introduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act to protect and prohibit further action in reproductive healthcare, according to a release.
YouTube to remove videos spreading abortion falsehoods
YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a broad swath of the U.S. The move announced Thursday by the Google-owned video site comes about a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that had protected the legality of abortion in the country for nearly 50 years.
House making 1st attempt to protect abortion in post-Roe era
The House on Friday is expected to vote on two bills that would restore and guaranteeย abortionย access nationwide as Democrats make their first attempt at responding legislatively to theย Supreme Courtโs landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Local lawmakers react to Gov. Glenn Youngkinโs push to ban abortions after 15 weeks
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has tapped four Republican lawmakers to draft new legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy: Senator Siobhan Dunnavant, Delegate Margaret Ransone, plus local lawmakers Delegate Kathy Byron and Senator Steve Newman.