Report: Alabama led nation in criminalizing pregnant people after Dobbs
The report found that nearly half of reported cases came from Alabama.
By Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector - September 25, 2024The report found that nearly half of reported cases came from Alabama.
By Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector - September 25, 2024A south Alabama representative has refiled a bill that would require unemancipated minors to receive parental consent for vaccinations.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - August 05, 2024They cite opposition to ‘welfare’ and administrative costs in declining to participate in Summer EBT.
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline - June 27, 2024In Arizona, the state’s highest court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban. Florida and South Carolina moved to restrict abortion to six weeks — before many people know they are pregnant.
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - June 24, 2024Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - May 21, 2024Dobson is the Republican candidate in what will be one of the most-watched House races of 2024.
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2024A national group focused on expanding access to the ballot box for those with disabilities is launching a chapter in Alabama.
By Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector - April 22, 2024U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that it’s up to states and not Congress to preserve access to in vitro fertilization, weighing in on a growing national debate and campaign issue.
By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom - March 14, 2024Alabama House Democrats filed a bill in the House last week to protect access to birth control.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - March 13, 2024At least one IVF service said the Legislature’s protective measure doesn’t go far enough.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - March 11, 2024Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker has a history of controversial associations.
By Jesse Valentine - February 29, 2024The 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.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - November 10, 2023The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - September 22, 2023A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that had been placed on the Alabama law by a federal district judge.
By Will Fritz - August 22, 2023The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - August 03, 2023The Supreme Court ordered Alabama to draw two majority-Black voting districts, but the Republican-controlled Legislature only drew one.
By Emily Singer - July 25, 2023The Alabama Republican reportedly has not kept his promise to donate his entire salary to veterans groups.
By Josh Israel - July 19, 2023The Alabama Republican has made numerous racist remarks since taking office in 2021.
By Josh Israel - July 11, 2023Voting rights leaders and litigators met in Birmingham to mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which has affected voting rights in the Deep South and beyond.
By Rebekah Sager - June 30, 2023Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) blamed Democrats after he was criticized by the White House for refusing to denounce extremists serving in the military.
By Associated Press - May 11, 2023Michelle Browder's work challenges the American health care narrative and highlights the brutality enacted on Black bodies.
By Rebekah Sager - May 11, 2023Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri are some of the other states where restrictions on expression related to sexual orientation or gender may affect education.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2023Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In Louisiana, […]
By Associated Press - November 12, 2022An 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, 2022The law is part of a tidal wave of bills targeting transgender youth across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2022Even Donald Trump has called the Alabama Republican ‘disappointing.’
By Emily Singer - March 18, 2022Physicians say they’re worried political attacks will make it harder for patients to access gender-affirming care.
By Casey Quinlan - March 18, 2022Rep. Terri Sewell was elected in 2010 as the first Black congresswoman from Alabama.
By Associated Press - February 20, 2022The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether inmates have the right to specific religious rites in the death chamber.
By Josh Axelrod - October 25, 2021But Alabama opted out of President Joe Biden’s unemployment supplement program months ago.
By Josh Israel - August 24, 2021