The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe

Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

New state laws target contentious topics of gender, guns and abortion

New state laws are tackling some of the most divisive issues in the U.S., including abortion, gender and guns

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

Judge clears North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban to go into effect, blocking only one provision

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge ruled Friday that North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban can go into effect beginning Saturday, but temporarily blocked one part of the law.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Study Finds Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban Resulted in 10,000 Additional Babies

A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins is the first to look at the effects of Texas' 2021 "Heartbeat Act" on live births.

Reason · Jun 30, 2023

Senator who once worked at a Planned Parenthood warns that Republicans are planning a national abortion ban

Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota talks with Eric Garcia about the year since the Supreme Court overturned Dobbs, Republicans blocking military nominations because of abortion and the need to get rid of the filibuster

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

The 1996 Atlanta Olympics couldn’t have been going better for the host team. Then a bomber struck

When Olympic Park bomber Eric Robert Rudolph detonated a device in Atlanta in 1996, the terror would continue for almost seven years – as he struck an abortion clinic and evaded capture, all the while the reputation of an innocent man was left in tatters. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

The Indiana Supreme Court has decided that the state’s abortion ban doesn’t violate Indiana's constitution

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law, study finds

This is the first analysis of live births since the law, which banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, went into effect in September 2021.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 30, 2023

Women’s interest in entering politics surged after Dobbs. So why aren’t they running? - Roll Call

Organizations that recruit women to run for office say interest swelled after the Dobbs decision, yet there isn't a surge in new candidates.

Roll Call · Jun 30, 2023

First Thing: Christian ‘hate group’ funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations

Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights. Plus, Ketanji Jackson’s impassioned affirmative action dissent

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023