Voters in Missouri last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state's near-total abortion ban. The same day, they reelected a Republican supermajority to the state Legislature,
If the Supreme Court sides with South Carolina, it would mean patients and providers can’t file lawsuits to enforce the Medicaid Act and we could expect many other conservative-led states to move to exclude Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs,
The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon Patterson declared that defining fetal viability could be a difficult task.
Republicans are fuming at the State Department after learning that recipients of funding from the legacy program to curb HIV/AIDS across Africa, PEPFAR, performed abortions in violation of U.S. law. U.
With the court consisting of a 4-3 liberal bloc majority, it’s likely that the lower court’s injunction will be upheld. If that happens, Republicans will consider passing stronger abortion restrictions, state Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said in an interview on Sunday.
Washington, DC stands out as a refuge for reproductive rights: Unlike the 20-plus states that have moved to restrict abortion since the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision, DC has no mandated waiting period for abortion, no parental notification laws, and no limits based on gestational age.
More than two years after Tennessee enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, lawmakers are poised to take up a handful of competing bills that could preserve — or further limit and punish — access to remaining reproductive care.
Two years after Roe vs. Wade was overturned and as more Republicans publicly support allowing abortion in cases of rape, it’s unclear whether there’s enough support in the party to add exceptions to Kentucky’s ban.
Montana voters approved a constitutional amendment in November to protect access to abortion. What would federal anti-abortion laws mean for Montana's new amendment?
State Rep. Bruce Skaug (R) introduced a proposal to raise the voting threshold for ballot initiatives, saying that requiring 60% of the vote for amendments to pass would "level the playing field."
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said that the state is going to stockpile abortion medication in preparation for President-elect Trump's return to the White House.