The provisions are part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, which every Republican senator opposed

Both the overall number of abortions and the use of telehealth abortion care continue to increase in the United States, according to the latest #WeCount report released Wednesday.

A south Alabama representative has refiled a bill that would require unemancipated minors to receive parental consent for vaccinations.

District court did not err when it granted an injunction blocking enforcement of 2020 near-total abortion ban, Supreme Court rules. Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit will continue to play out while lawmakers look to restrict current 18-week ban, possibly to 6 weeks.

Many patients were unaware of the law change, Planned Parenthood staff say

Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s ultra-conservative blueprint for the next Republican president, envisions an Ozzie and Harriet-style society where children are raised by married heterosexual parents, unburdened by the prospect of same-sex neighbors or drag queen story hours at the local library.

Thirteen counties in Kansas ceased to offer obstetric care services from 2013 to 2023 — a statistic that points to a shrinking availability of maternal care in Kansas, the lack of which can cause poor outcomes in pregnancy and delivery, overburdened hospitals and long drives for women seeking adequate care.

Amid calls from Republicans to tone down the rhetoric around the election, Gov. Janet Mills reiterated her belief that democracy is on the ballot

‘A victory for common sense itself,’ says Kentucky Attorney General Coleman

Thurston cites law requiring affidavit identifying paid canvassers by name

Andrea Bryant lives in Bethlehem, about a mile from the landfill there. She doesn’t open her windows at night anymore because she’s often been woken up by a thick stench in her house, though the noise still rouses her most mornings.

In 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.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday morning it will take up a challenge to Tennessee’s 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday signed an executive order establishing the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.

Dozens of Missouri doctors joined in asking the court to uphold a federal law that allows doctors to perform emergency abortions in states with bans

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a rule enacted following a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that defined a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock attachment as a machine gun, which is generally prohibited under federal law.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s order on Tuesday admonished Florida for trying to regulate gender-affirming care based on “anti-transgender animus.”

Gun reform advocates gathered around the steps of Michigan’s Capitol Thursday, calling for more policy and community resources surrounding firearms in the state.

Judge rules that Blue Springs School District discriminated against former student by barring him from boys’ locker room

Georgia is one of the battleground states that will determine who is elected president in November.

Years before the Dobbs decision, providers like Dr. Kylie Cooper were already uncomfortable with some of the reporting requirements for abortion procedures in states where they practiced.

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

Bills that would allow trained pharmacists to prescribe birth control were approved Thursday by the Michigan House Health Policy Committee.

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.

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.

The campaign said it hopes to get more than 750,000 to ensure it qualifies for the November ballot

At least one IVF service said the Legislature’s protective measure doesn’t go far enough.

On a call with reporters ahead of former President Donald Trump’s speech to a National Rifle Association gathering in Harrisburg, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said the choice between President Joe Biden and Trump is clear when it comes to guns.

With longtime incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen retiring, Republicans are starting to concede that Florida’s 27th Congressional District is unwinnable.

The political world scrambled in the wake of Donald Trump’s new nuclear threat against North Korea on Twitter, boasting that he has a “bigger & more powerful” nuclear button on his desk, in the latest sign of his total instability and recklessness. But it is important to note that Trump and his “bigger button” would not […]