A federal law that allows emergency departments to treat patients without regard to their ability to pay will be under U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny this week, and Ohio doctors are concerned about the case’s local impact on emergency abortion care.

‘Having the president of the United States speaking out loud and with confidence about abortion access is a great thing’

Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot

‘We are being denied basic care’

‘Your remarks were extremely offensive and intentionally harmful to the victims and the families of the Lewiston tragedy, the House of Representatives, and the people of Maine,’ wrote Speaker Talbot Ross

Planned Parenthood clinics in California are bracing for an uptick in patients crossing the state line for abortions, after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a nearly total prohibition on the procedure.

Moreno’s anti-abortion views are considered too extreme for most Ohioans

Josh Powell, a candidate for a special Michigan House election this month, said during a GOP event that he opposes all abortion “without exception” — and, if elected, is open to repealing the state’s landmark abortion law.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and nearly two dozen other Democratic-led states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the ability of emergency room doctors to provide abortions, arguing that failing to do so would have devastating effects for their health care systems and women across the country.

A GOP-backed bill would block Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. Health care providers fear it will harm patients’ access to critical care

A resolution to be considered by North Dakota Republican Party delegates at their upcoming convention would define life as beginning at fertilization and call for criminal penalties for “anyone who kills a pre-born human being.”

Minnesota lawmakers last year passed a sweeping law protecting abortion rights and making Minnesota a reproductive rights refuge in the Upper Midwest. But the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case whose outcome could still limit access to an abortion pill despite Minnesota’s protections.

Clinics across Ohio who provide abortion services asked a Hamilton County court to declare Ohio’s six-week abortion ban unconstitutional in light of the Ohio Constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights passed by 57% of voters in November.

Emails reveal influence and control in exchange for promises of legal help

Researchers studying national abortion trends found that in the 15 months since Roe v. Wade fell, abortion rates remained elevated despite more limited access throughout the U.S., according to the Society of Family Planning’s latest #WeCount report published Wednesday.

HB560 heads to full Utah Senate as lawmakers impatiently wait for Utah Supreme Court

Last year, lawmakers approved the Reproductive Health Protection Act, which shields health care providers in Maryland from liability if they help out-of-state patients obtain an abortion, as long as the services provided are legal under Maryland law.

Recent state and local legal maneuvers signal that Texas’ conservative movement could be wading into a complicated Constitutional morass the country hasn’t dealt with since before the Civil War.

Arkansas could become the first Southern state to make abortion a constitutional right if voters approve the measure in November.

Bills address abortion pills, civil lawsuits and helping minors seek the procedure

Assembly Republicans passed a bill on Thursday that would ask voters to decide whether Wisconsin would implement a 14-week abortion ban, tightening the state’s current 20-week abortion ban.

More than 16,000 babies were born in Texas in 2022 than in 2021, a new study from the University of Houston shows.

A central tenet in Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s Senate campaign to unseat incumbent GOP U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is to attack his record on abortion rights.

Measure opposed by VP Kamala Harris, Wisconsin Democrats, physicians and anti-abortion groups

This year’s annual March for Life brought a message of helping women, with limited proposals

During his one term in the House of Representatives, Meijer co-sponsored bills that threatened access to birth control.

Anti-abortion organizations are pushing state lawmakers to promote a controversial and unproven “abortion reversal” treatment — flouting the objections of medical professionals who point out it is not supported by science.

The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will decide Tuesday whether a proposed measure to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right will go on the 2024 statewide ballot.

Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens threw cold water on a bid to thwart the recent abortion rights amendment Issue 1. Instead of attempting to deny the courts’ jurisdiction or rushing to the ballot with a repeal effort, Stephens argued lawmakers should focus on maternal and early childhood care.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is joining a lawsuit seeking to stop Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall from prosecuting those who help Alabama women obtain abortion service out of states.