Topline Americans favor legislation that would legalize abortion nationwide by a nearly 20-point margin, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll finds, as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill codifying a...
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Oklahoma Enacts Texas-Style 6-Week Abortion Ban
Topline Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill Tuesday that bans virtually all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, threatening to sharply curtail abortion access for both Oklahomans and Texan...
Could The Senate Guarantee Abortion Rights Nationwide? Here’s Why It’s Still Unlikely.
Topline The Supreme Court appears poised to soon allow states to outlaw abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, according to a draft opinion obtained by Politico, turning attention to Congress to protect...
Draft Supreme Court Abortion Opinion ‘Completely Inconsistent’ With What Gorsuch, Kavanaugh Said During Confirmation
Topline Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade is “completely inconsistent” with what Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett...
Here’s What Will Happen If The Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade
Topline The Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade and give states the freedom to outlaw abortion, according to a draft opinion reported by Politico, which would result in more than a dozen st...
Republicans Will Try To Ban Abortion Nationwide If Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade, Report Reveals
Topline The fight over abortion restrictions could soon go from statehouses to Capitol Hill, as the Washington Post reports Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion rights activists are working to enact...
Oklahoma Set To Outlaw Abortion After Lawmakers Pass Two Texas-Style Bans In One Day
Topline Oklahoma is poised to ban nearly all abortions, as the state legislature passed two bills Thursday copying Texas’ controversial law against the procedure, which will likely cut off abortion ac...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Restrictive Kentucky Abortion Law
Topline A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a restrictive new Kentucky abortion law that effectively banned the state’s only two clinics from offering the procedure, a week after the law m...
DeSantis Signs 15-Week Abortion Ban Into Law In Florida
Topline Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks without exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking, just days after Oklahoma en...
Texas DA Drops Murder Charges Against Woman For ‘Self-Induced Abortion’
Topline A prosecutor in South Texas said Sunday he will seek to dismiss a murder charge against Lizelle Herrera, a Texas woman who was arrested and jailed Thursday after authorities claimed she caused...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer, Planned Parenthood Sue Over State’s 90-Year-Old Abortion Ban In Case Roe V. Wade Is Overturned
Topline Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Planned Parenthood filed two separate lawsuits Thursday in an effort to block the state’s decades-old abortion ban—which will go back into effect if the ...
More Americans Support 15-Week Abortion Ban—But Don’t Want Stricter Restrictions—Poll Finds
Topline A slightly larger share of Americans supports a 15-week abortion ban—which more states are passing and the Supreme Court could soon greenlight—than oppose it, a new Wall Street Journal poll fi...
Arizona Enacts 15-Week Abortion Ban — Same As Mississippi Law Supreme Court Now Weighing
Topline Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Wednesday, making Arizona the first state to enact such a ban this year—with Florida set to soon follow—as the Supreme Court ...
What Citi’s abortion policy means for companies as Supreme Court considers tighter restrictions
Citigroup quietly expanded employees’ health coverage in January to include paying for travel to obtain an abortion, a decision other large employers are likely to face as states impose new rest...
Arizona Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban — Same As Mississippi Law Supreme Court Now Weighing
Topline The Arizona legislature passed a 15-week abortion ban Thursday, the second state to do so this year as the Supreme Court considers a similar law in Mississippi and appears poised to let the st...
Texas Supreme Court Deals Blow To Abortion Law Challenge — Likely Killing Providers’ Case
Topline The Texas Supreme Court effectively killed abortion providers’ long-running challenge to Texas’ near-total ban on the procedure Friday, ruling that state medical licensing officials can’t enfo...
Florida Lawmakers Pass 15-Week Abortion Ban — Other States Will Likely Follow
Topline The Florida Senate passed legislation on Thursday prohibiting most abortions after 15 weeks—which will now go to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to sign—the first in a likely series of statewide abortio...
California Moves Forward With Gun Control Bill That Mimics Structure Of Texas Abortion Ban
Topline California officials on Friday threw their weight behind legislation that would let private citizens sue firearm manufacturers and distributors if they violate the state’s assault weapons ban ...
Abortion Providers Say Appeals Court Is Slow-Walking Texas SB 8 Lawsuit, Petition Supreme Court To Intervene — Again
Topline Abortion providers asked the Supreme Court Monday to consider their lawsuit challenging Texas’ near-total ban on abortion for a third time, in hopes of speeding up the case after a conservativ...