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New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana
The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state.
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Thousands attend annual March for Life in DC
Thousands of opponents of abortion rights came to D.C. Friday for the annual March for Life. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.
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Thousands expected at anti-abortion rights March for Life in DC
Vice President JD Vance is expected to speak at the large annual rally in D.C. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
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March for Life returns as Trump pardons activists who blockaded DC clinic
The anti-abortion rights march is set to draw thousands to Washington, D.C. Here’s what to expect.
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Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
President Donald Trump is pardoning anti-abortion activists who were convicted in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died
The abortion rights advocate died on Monday of brain cancer at age 67.
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Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
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VA House passes resolutions protecting abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state’s constitution next year. The Democratic-lead House advanced the three proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday while sister resolutions work their way through the Senate. Proposed constitutional amendments are not subject to vetoes...
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Virginia House passes resolutions protecting abortion
In Virginia, a resolution to put a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot took its first step forward Tuesday on a party line vote.
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Abortions are up in the US. It's a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, most Republican-controlled states have implemented bans or deep restrictions on abortions.
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In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families
Tennessee has a nearly total abortion ban and a porous safety net for mothers and young children. GOP state leaders in Tennessee and other states that banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 argue that they are bolstering services for families. Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press has found that from...
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Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.
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Texas' abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that’s intended to protect prescribers in Democratic-controlled states from being punished by states with abortion bans.
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Why abortions rose after Roe was overturned
Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Here’s what’s behind the trend.
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DC abortion access and Trump: Why advocates are bracing for restrictions
D.C. abortion rights advocates say they’re bracing for the possibility of restrictions in the District in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory — and because D.C. is not a state, abortion access is particularly vulnerable, they say.
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Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.
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Study maps how nonprofit religious groups set up facilities near abortion clinics
When patients who have appointments at the Planned Parenthood in Carbondale, Illinois, are late, staff members often know where to find them — at the crisis pregnancy center right next door.
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How Trump's victory could change abortion rights in America
Trump could further restrict or effectively ban abortion on the federal level through methods that won’t require Congress to pass new legislation.
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What Trump's victory could mean for the future of abortion rights
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in an election in which abortion rights were a heavy focus raises major questions about what might come next for abortion access in the U.S.
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Maryland voters approve amendment enshrining abortion in state constitution
The amendment says the state may not interfere with that right “unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”