Democratic bill sponsor Rep. Kathy Manning said, ‘The Supreme Court’s decision stripping away the right to abortion has emboldened extremist attacks on women’s freedoms.’

Mark Ronchetti has claimed to support abortion rights up to 15 weeks’ gestation, but megachurch leader Steve Smothermon says he’s been assured otherwise.

Kansas state Sen. Mark Steffen told an audience of Republicans, ‘We’ll be able to make further laws, further refinement, with my goal of life starting at conception.’

Republican Senate candidate Kevin Smith said he would vote for a ban with exceptions: ‘I don’t think we should allow the good to be the enemy of the perfect.’ 

Republican officials and commentators were quick to declare the story ‘a fabrication,’ ‘#FakeNews,’ and ‘a fictive rape.’

Montana state Republican Rep. Brad Tschida stands by his claim that a ‘womb’ is only good as a ‘sanctuary.’

Abortion care providers in Michigan work to keep treating patients while facing a surge in calls — and protests — in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Justice Pat DeWine has refused to recuse himself from cases that directly involve his father, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.

Winsome Sears added that ‘the fight has only just begun’ over abortion rights.

Judge John Cooper noted that the Florida Constitution’s provision on the right to privacy ‘is clearly implicated in a woman’s decision of whether or not to continue her pregnancy.’

An overview of abortion legislation and the expected impact of the court’s decision in every state.

An 1849 Wisconsin law that bans abortion faces legal challenges.

The results of the midterm elections will determine where in the United States abortion is legal and how draconian abortion bans may be.

‘This fall, Roe is on the ballot. Personal freedoms are on the ballot. The right to privacy, liberty, equality — they’re all on the ballot,’ President Joe Biden said at the White House on Friday.

The White House has been preparing for this moment since a draft of the decision leaked in May.

Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

Michigan state Rep. Steve Carra, who is running for Congress with Donald Trump’s endorsement, also wants to make January 6 a statewide ‘Remembrance Day’.

Sigal Chattah later claimed that her comment about Nevada Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is Black, was ‘tongue-in-cheek.’

The goal, supporters say, is to expand abortion access ahead of a potential influx of out-of-state patients from places where abortion might become illegal.

The survey found that most voters in Michigan and across the country support leaving Roe v. Wade in place.

Mike Erickson, the GOP nominee in Oregon’s new 6th Congressional District, is alleged to have stopped at an ATM for $300 and then dropped his ex-girlfriend off at a clinic.

‘We have been preparing for the day Roe falls and we are ready,’ said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.

‘Our access to essential health care is in very real peril,’ one reproductive rights advocate said.

Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt attended a gala for Nevada Right to Life on May 5.

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, 26 states stand ready to enact bans that will require people to travel long distances to see abortion providers.

‘We are SO close to ending abortion once and for all,’ New Hampshire Republican Kevin Smith said in a recent campaign text.

Every Republican, plus Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, voted to block the Women’s Health Protection Act.

Kevin Nicholson told supporters, ‘How about we take every last cent that finds its way in the state of Wisconsin to Planned Parenthood, and we immediately reroute that money to pregnancy crisis centers.’

A nationwide ban flies in the face of anti-abortion activists’ insistence that they want the question returned to the states.

‘This gubernatorial race in November in Pennsylvania is really critical for the state of abortion access here,’ one advocate said.