The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

When you consider North Carolina’s new abortion law, what’s striking isn’t that it limits access to abortion from 20 weeks to 12 weeks, but that it allows abortion at all.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and advocates have thrown their support behind extending Medicaid coverage for a full year after childbirth. The full Senate will now have the opportunity to consider the bill, which has already passed the House.

Telemedical abortion – the home use of abortion pills following remote consultation by phone or video call with a healthcare professional – has made abortion more accessible in England and Wales. Research has shown that it is safe and effective, as well as an acceptable option for people seeking an…

Lauren Boebert's divorce is funny — it also reveals why GOP men are doubling down on the misogyny

As more states move to restrict abortion rights, Democrats see it as a top issue in next year's elections.

‘These women can travel back and forth but it doesn’t mean that it’s peaceful or normal travel’

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South Carolina's Republican-controlled state House of Representatives late Wednesday passed a "fetal heartbeat" bill to ban abortions about six weeks into pregnancy, before most people know they are pregnant, moving it to the state Senate where its fate is less certain.

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.