With dozens of bills to restrict abortion proposed, none became law this year

The Florida Planned Parenthood PAC announced its first round of endorsements for the state Legislature Monday, saying those candidates would fight attacks on Floridians’ reproductive freedom.

Dispute involves whether submitted paperwork complies with state law

Thurston cites law requiring affidavit identifying paid canvassers by name

Most abortions will soon be illegal in Iowa after six weeks of pregnancy following the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn a lower court’s block on the 2023 abortion law.

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign held a rally Monday in Southeast Michigan, attempting to draw a sharp contrast between abortion policy under Democrats vs. former President Donald Trump.

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.

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

In the high court’s first abortion-related ruling since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the justices ruled unanimously to change nothing about mifepristone’s legal status.

Maine Democrats unveiled and adopted their 2024 party platform over the weekend, pledging to safeguard democracy, defend reproductive health rights, push for more affordable housing and combat the growing threat of climate change, among other stances.

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.

And a future case centered on the Comstock Act is building, too

Republican AGs say the rules support abortions in states where they’re illegal.

Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November — but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect.

Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.

It is rare that women who have had an abortion are willing to share their story, much less step into the spotlight and open up about personal, reproductive decisions.

Planned Parenthood says they will continue offsetting the costs of seeing patients on Medicaid despite a bill signed into law Thursday

A bill that would improve health care access for Missouri women almost died in the House after some lawmakers conflated birth control legislation with abortion medication

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

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.

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

Alabama House Democrats filed a bill in the House last week to protect access to birth control.

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

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

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 Republicans vying for the seat differ sharply with incumbent Democratic Rep. Susan Wild over reproductive rights and gun safety.