PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats vowed Saturday to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances, looking to capitalize on an issue they hope will have a major impact on the midterm elections. Republican candidates were silent a day after […]

The Republican nominee for governor has previously said he supports banning abortion ‘at conception’ with no exceptions.

Republican senators who voted to ban abortion nationwide have changed their tune as their positions on the issue threaten their midterm election prospects.

Today’s cartoon from Clay Jones.

The bill would ban abortion at 15 weeks’ gestation, no matter what a state’s laws mandated.

Incumbent Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is facing Democratic candidate Rep. Val Demings in the 2022 election.

An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.

Both Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Patrick Fischer have compared abortion and slavery.

13 states so far have enacted “trigger” laws that outlaw most or any abortions, while North Dakota and several other states continue to try enacting similar policies.

The Arizona Republican Senate nominee’s campaign website said he supported a ‘personhood’ amendment until Thursday. Now it doesn’t.

Lies pedaled by anti-abortion advocates are being proven wrong by the horrifying effects new laws are having on people across the country.

‘I hope that we can organize enough people around the fact that we want our personal freedoms in this country,’ said Sykes, candidate for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.

The Wisconsin Republican senator laid out a confusing and contradictory plan to roll back abortion rights nationally.

Before winning the Republican nomination, Blake Masters said, ‘Absolutely no abortions.’

With lives at risk following the enactment of dangerous abortion bans in several states, the federal government is taking action.

The heavy turnout for an August primary that typically favors Republicans was a major victory for abortion rights advocates.

Ron Johnson is among the Republican senators co-sponsoring Sen. Mike Lee’s resolution to declare the week of the November election ‘National Pregnancy Center Week.’

Republican Senate candidate Kevin Smith said he would vote for a ban with exceptions: ‘I don’t think we should allow the good to be the enemy of the perfect.’ 

The Florida Republican said he’s worried about LGBTQ rights groups becoming a ‘pro-abortion enterprise.’

Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel said that enshrining abortion rights in the state Constitution would mean ‘that no Michigan Supreme Court decision can later impact reproductive rights, no matter who sits on the court.’

Virginia Republican Yesli Vega also claimed without evidence that women who have abortions ‘suffer so much.’

Michigan state Rep. Steve Carra, who is running for Congress with Donald Trump’s endorsement, also wants to make January 6 a statewide ‘Remembrance Day’.

The goal, supporters say, is to expand abortion access ahead of a potential influx of out-of-state patients from places where abortion might become illegal.

The survey found that most voters in Michigan and across the country support leaving Roe v. Wade in place.

‘We have been preparing for the day Roe falls and we are ready,’ said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.

Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt attended a gala for Nevada Right to Life on May 5.

Kevin Nicholson told supporters, ‘How about we take every last cent that finds its way in the state of Wisconsin to Planned Parenthood, and we immediately reroute that money to pregnancy crisis centers.’

Wisconsin is one of nine states with so-called ‘trigger laws’ that would make abortions illegal if the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

House Bill 5784 includes a prohibition against using state funds for ‘any elective abortion.’

Florida’s Republican governor has passed a flurry of bills this month attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, making districts less representative, and creating a police force just for elections.