Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law
The 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, 2023
The 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, 2023
Conservatives 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, 2023
State 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, 2023
Anti-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, 2023
Thousands of people across the country marked the historic date by protesting in favor of abortion rights.
By Associated Press - January 23, 2023
Republicans 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, 2023
In 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, 2022
The 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, 2022
The 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, 2022
Syracuse 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, 2022
Tiffany Smiley previously liked posts attacking the nonprofit she now claims to support.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2022
Former 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, 2022
Washington 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, 2022
Republican 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, 2022
Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker has been accused of funding a former girlfriend’s abortion in 2009.
By Josh Israel - October 04, 2022
The 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
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 […]
By Associated Press - September 26, 2022
The Republican nominee for governor has previously said he supports banning abortion ‘at conception’ with no exceptions.
By Nick Vachon - September 22, 2022
Republican senators who voted to ban abortion nationwide have changed their tune as their positions on the issue threaten their midterm election prospects.
By Emily Singer - September 19, 2022
Today’s cartoon from Clay Jones.
By Clay Jones - September 14, 2022
The bill would ban abortion at 15 weeks’ gestation, no matter what a state’s laws mandated.
By Emily Singer - September 13, 2022
Incumbent Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is facing Democratic candidate Rep. Val Demings in the 2022 election.
By Adrian Cole - September 08, 2022
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.
By Lisa Needham - August 31, 2022
Both Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Patrick Fischer have compared abortion and slavery.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2022
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.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2022
The Arizona Republican Senate nominee’s campaign website said he supported a ‘personhood’ amendment until Thursday. Now it doesn’t.
By Josh Israel - August 26, 2022
Lies pedaled by anti-abortion advocates are being proven wrong by the horrifying effects new laws are having on people across the country.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2022
‘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.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2022
The Wisconsin Republican senator laid out a confusing and contradictory plan to roll back abortion rights nationally.
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