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, 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 former vice president has previously said abortion opponents 'must not rest and must not relent' until there are bans all across the country and abortion care is made 'unthinkable.'
By Emily Singer - June 08, 2023The four bills already have received support from anti-abortion groups, including one associated with an anti-LGBTQ hate group.
By Rebekah Sager - June 07, 2023Byllye Avery has been immersed in the fight for reproductive health care for over 40 years.
By Rebekah Sager - May 25, 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, 2023The National Abortion Federation has released data showing increases in the number of incidents such as arson, burglaries, death threats, and invasion.
By Rebekah Sager - May 12, 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, 2023Ryan Quarles filled out a questionnaire from an anti-abortion group and agreed that he would support a Human Life Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
By Emily Singer - April 11, 2023Anti-abortion lawmakers have increasingly tried to normalize a practice in recent years that most medical professionals deem unethical and non-scientific.
By Rebekah Sager - March 23, 2023Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron called the Pregnancy Help Center, which seeks to convince pregnant people not to get abortions, ‘an amazing resource.’
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2023Three varying anti-abortion proposals by Republicans have already failed to pass the Virginia Senate, making it unlikely further abortion restrictions will become law.
By Associated Press - January 27, 2023Life.gov would include information about anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centers,’ but not about Planned Parenthood.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2023Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has a long record of opposition to abortion rights.
By Kaishi Chhabra - October 07, 2022Former New Jersey state Sen. Tom Kean Jr. has claimed publicly that he supports abortion rights, but his campaign is privately promoting him as a ‘defender of life’ who will restrict them.
By Kaishi Chhabra - September 29, 2022After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception.
By Lisa Needham - September 26, 202213 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, 2022Lies 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, 2022With lives at risk following the enactment of dangerous abortion bans in several states, the federal government is taking action.
By Lisa Needham - August 09, 2022Four years after Iowa’s top court ruled that abortion was protected by the state’s constitution, a majority of justices appointed by GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds are walking that ruling back.
By Associated Press - June 18, 2022Wisconsin Republican Kevin Nicholson founded and ran a conservative nonprofit advocacy group with an anti-abortion agenda.
By Adrian Cole - April 21, 2022If the bill passes, it will be yet another restriction in a state that already has multiple anti-abortion restrictions.
By Lisa Needham - November 29, 2021Republican Jake Evans is a top challenger to Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath in a key swing district in Georgia.
By Emily Singer - August 04, 2021