Abortion rights roundup: June 16, 2023
The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - June 16, 2023The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - June 16, 2023When former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a religious freedom bill into law, he probably never imagined it would be used as an argument against the state's future abortion ban.
By Rebekah Sager - June 13, 2023While Republican candidates waffle over a federal abortion ban, hundreds of doctors stand behind an Indiana OB-GYN punished for speaking publicly about abortion care she provided to a 10-year-old.
By Rebekah Sager - June 09, 2023The Committee to Protect Health Care hopes its billboard will make people think about how Florida's restrictive abortion law could impact their health care.
By Rebekah Sager - June 02, 2023Conservatives in the one-house Nebraska Legislature announced early this month that they would amend the trans health bill to squeeze in the abortion restrictions, combining the two most contentious measures of the session.
By Associated Press - May 20, 2023Voting along party lines, Republicans in North Carolina's House and Senate voted on Tuesday to shorten the window on abortion access in the state by eight weeks.
By Rebekah Sager - May 18, 2023Democrats say elections in Virginia in November present a clear choice on reproductive rights.
By Josh Israel - May 09, 2023A law ending all licenses for clinics by 2024 was blocked by an injunction while it is challenged in court.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2023In South Carolina, five female lawmakers, including three Republicans, led the filibuster that defeated the bill.
By Rebekah Sager - April 28, 2023Republican Gov. Doug Burgum says the new law, which bans abortions at six weeks even in cases of rape or incest, confirms that North Dakota is a 'pro-life state.'
By Rebekah Sager - April 25, 2023Two Republicans joined Democrats to reject a proposal that would have limited the ability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer abortion care.
By Associated Press - April 23, 2023Mental health experts say omitting psychiatric crises from the list of exceptions to abortion bans could cost people their lives.
By Rebekah Sager - April 20, 2023If the FDA approval for mifepristone is blocked, some abortion care providers across the country may have to stop offering medication abortion altogether.
By 19th News - April 12, 2023The first of its kind in the U.S., Idaho’s new law bans people from helping minors obtain abortions without parental consent.
By Associated Press - April 07, 2023Conservatives supported an amendment to the state Constitution protecting citizens’ right to determine their health care after the Affordable Care Act passed. That decision has returned to haunt them.
By Rebekah Sager - March 31, 2023State Rep. Donna Rozar made the comment while introducing a bill to create rape and incest exceptions for Wisconsin’s draconian ban on abortion.
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2023Anti-abortion activists celebrated the end of Roe last year. Ahead of its anniversary, they’re setting their sights on federal restrictions.
By 19th News - January 25, 2023Thousands of people across the country marked the historic date by protesting in favor of abortion rights.
By Associated Press - January 23, 2023Republicans will bring a bill criminalizing doctors and abortion providers to a vote as one of their first acts in the new Congress.
By Emily Singer - January 11, 2023In at least eight states that allow exemptions to bans on abortion for life-threatening conditions, a patient’s mental health is not included.
By Associated Press - November 27, 2022The Republican Senate nominee for Pennsylvania stated during a debate that he wanted ‘local political leaders’ to be involved in making medical decisions related to abortion.
By Josh Israel - November 03, 2022The Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania made the comment at a Tuesday night debate against Democratic nominee Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
By Emily Singer - October 26, 2022Syracuse Right-to-Life claims New York congressional nominee Brandon Williams promised to ‘consistently’ back its agenda on its candidate questionnaire.
By Josh Israel - October 21, 2022Tiffany Smiley previously liked posts attacking the nonprofit she now claims to support.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2022Former Kansas Republican Party Chair Amanda Adkins says she opposes a federal law banning abortion, but she backs a GOP budget plan that explicitly proposes one.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2022Washington state Republican Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley lied about incumbent Democrat Patty Murray’s position on abortion while avoiding clarifying her own.
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2022‘I wish, as a man, I didn’t have to make this decision. I wish women could make this decision,’ Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) said during a debate on Oct. 6.
By Emily Singer - October 07, 2022Republican candidates have scrubbed their websites of hardline anti-abortion rhetoric and changed their stances on exceptions ahead of the general election.
By Nick Vachon - October 06, 2022Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker has been accused of funding a former girlfriend’s abortion in 2009.
By Josh Israel - October 04, 2022The Arizona Senate ad was sponsored by a group tied to the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
By Josh Israel - September 27, 2022