Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sparked legislative action, protest and numerous lawsuits — placing the […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday took action to set up a vote on the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, which would reestablish a national right to an abortion before the third trimester of pregnancy by enshrining the protections of Roe v. Wade. The floor action sets up the third vote this month […]
A Republican running against Lauren Boebert for the US House was caught in an awkward moment when grilled about paying for a girlfriend’s abortion decades ago. Richard Holtorf, a member of the Colorado state House of Representatives running in the Republican primary for the House, revealed earlier this year that he had financed an abortion […]
A judge in Missouri says lawmakers who passed a restrictive abortion ban were not trying to impose their religious beliefs on everyone in the state, rejecting a case filed by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who support abortion rights. The groups sought a permanent injunction last year barring Missouri from […]
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart addressed the state convention held at the Prairie Meadows Events Center in Altoona June 15, 2024. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Democratic elected officials at their party’s state convention emphasized Saturday that the issues of abortion and education could help the party regain ground from Republicans in the […]
It’s going to take “hard work” for Iowa Democrats to have a successful election in November, party Chair Rita Hart told the party’s state convention Saturday morning. Speaking at the Prairie Meadows Events Center in Altoona, Hart encouraged Democrats to “find the thing that you can do that you can contribute to this effort and […]
Italy demanded the removal of a reference to “safe and legal abortion” from the final statement of this week’s Group of Seven summit, diplomats said on Thursday, drawing a rebuke from French president Emmanuel Macron. Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni swiftly shot back, accusing Macron of looking to score political points ahead of national elections […]
Colorado state representative and Republican congressional candidate Richard Holtorf was asked to answer for his apparent abortion hypocrisy during a televised interview, including why he paid for his girlfriend’s procedure. Colorado local station 9News anchor Kyle Clark dug into Holtorf’s anti-choice position, asking why, if he thought women shouldn’t have a right to the procedure, […]
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a lot to talk about Friday when they met on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit, but one notable matter wasn’t on the table: That’s abortion, an issue that emerged as an unexpected friction point among the democracies […]
Trump’s fundraising email subjects veer from hugs to guillotines. What to know about mifepristone after the Supreme Court struck down a challenge to accessing the abortion pill. And a landslide in Wyoming deepens the disparities between the ultrawealthy and local workers. Here’s what to know today. Trump’s fundraising emails are a roller coaster Photo illustration […]
Almost two years exactly since the right to an abortion was upended, the United States Supreme Court just issued a unanimous ruling that protects access to the abortion medication drug mifepristone. It’s a shockingly good decision from the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority. This is incredibly important for folks seeking abortions – since […]
Democrats offered a muted celebration to the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday upholding access to a common abortion medication, warning that the Trump-led Republican campaign against reproductive rights is far from over. “This case brought on by Donald Trump’s allies was only one tactic in a broader relentless strategy to strip away access to reproductive freedom […]