U.S. Abortion Bans Are A ‘Human Rights Crisis’ That Violate International Law, Groups Tell UN

Topline A coalition of human rights groups urged the United Nations to take “urgent” action against abortion bans in the U.S., arguing in a letter Thursday the restrictions on abortion in the wake of ...

What To Know About Mifepristone As Biden Administration Defends It From Legal Attack

Topline Vice President Kamala Harris spoke out Friday in defense of the abortion pill mifepristone as an ongoing lawsuit could soon bar it from distribution nationwide, potentially taking away million...

Americans’ Dissatisfaction With Abortion Policies At Record High, Poll Finds As Lawmakers Consider Watering Down Bans

Topline More than two-thirds of Americans are dissatisfied with the country’s abortion laws in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, a new Gallup poll finds, with nearly half wanting ...

What To Know About Mifepristone After FDA Expanded Drug To Pharmacies

Topline The Food and Drug Administration changed its regulations on Tuesday to now make it possible for abortion pills to be dispensed by retail pharmacies, further expanding access to medication abor...

New Lawsuit Aims To Revoke FDA Approval Of Abortion Drug

Topline Anti-abortion rights medical groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn the government’s approval of abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, potentially outlawing ...

More Bans Take Effect—And Biden Administration Has Mixed Results In Court Challenging Them

Topline State abortion bans continued to go into effect across the country this week—though one was blocked in court—and the Biden Administration had only partial success in its attempts to challenge ...

Nebraska Lawmakers Aren’t Willing To Pass An Abortion Ban, Governor Says

Topline Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) will not call a special session of the state legislature to pass a 12-week abortion ban because there aren’t enough state senators who would vote for the bill, ...

More Cities—From Boise To Waco—Pursue Abortion Protections Or Bans Despite State Laws

Topline A growing number of cities and counties are taking abortion rights into their own hands in light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, passing and moving forward with policies that mak...

Biden Administration Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban

Topline The Justice Department sued Idaho on Tuesday over the state’s “trigger law” banning abortion, arguing it violates federal law, the first legal challenge the federal government has brought agai...

Vast Majority Of Americans Don’t Want Abortion Bans, Poll Finds—Even In States Where It’s Already Outlawed

Topline Only a quarter of Americans want their state to ban abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade—including less than a third of people who live in states that already outlaw ...

Biden Nominates Abortion Rights Lawyer To Federal Court

Topline President Joe Biden is nominating attorney Julie Rikelman to be a federal appeals court judge after she challenged abortion restrictions at the Supreme Court in the case that led to Roe v. Wad...

Americans Who Disapprove Of Roe V. Wade Overturning Actually Less Likely To Vote In Midterms, Poll Finds

Topline Americans who support abortion rights and are unhappy with the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade are actually less likely to vote in the November midterms, a new Washington Post/Schar Scho...

House Will Vote On Protecting Same-Sex Marriages In Light Of Supreme Court Ruling

Topline House lawmakers introduced legislation Monday that would enshrine some protections for same-sex marriage and interracial marriage in federal law—which they plan to vote on later this week—as m...