Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of conversations about voter-initiated efforts to restore abortion access across the country. Of the 10 states with citizen-initiated abortion-rights measures on their ballots, only Nebraska will have two…
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GOP senator blocks resolution stating the right to emergency care includes abortion
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats attempted to pass a resolution Tuesday addressing abortion access in emergency medical situations, but Republicans blocked it from moving forward. The floor action followed months of unsuccessful attempts…
Harris speaks on earning Black men’s votes, abortion rights and gun control in Philly interview
A week after debating former President Donald Trump in the City of Brotherly Love, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Philadelphia Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview with a panel at the National…
Helping a minor travel for an abortion? Some states have made it a crime.
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Helping a pregnant minor travel to get a legal abortion without parental consent is now a crime in at…
Women imperiled by abortion bans take center stage at the DNC
Most major party leaders who took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, mentioned that Vice President Kamala Harris would work to restore federal abortion rights if elected president….
‘Perfect storm’ of crises is leading to cutbacks in abortion care, advocates say
Advocates for abortion access say compounding crises of abortion bans, rising economic costs and systemic health care issues are beginning to cause significant funding challenges and potential disruptions to reproductive care of…
Rhetoric versus reality: Addressing common misconceptions about abortion
Reproductive rights has taken center stage in the first post-Roe presidential election that presently features a longtime advocate for reproductive rights in possible Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, opposite former Republican President Donald…
State abortion bans forcing interstate travel, U.S. Senate panel hears
WASHINGTON — When Lauren Miller flew from her home state of Texas to Colorado two years ago she felt a moment of relief when the plane took off — not because she…
Trump says he’ll work ‘side by side’ with group that wants abortion ‘eradicated’
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if reelected he plans to work “side by side” with a newly formed religious organization that says abortion is the “greatest atrocity facing”…
U.S. Senate Dems tie state abortion bans to fewer beginning physicians
WASHINGTON — Bans or severe restrictions on abortion access enacted by Republican state lawmakers have led to a downturn in medical students seeking to practice in those states, and a handful of…