The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

Up to 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Here’s why many American women can no longer receive the vital care that I needed after mine

Standard miscarriage treatments are now limited in many parts of the U.S. due to abortion bans following the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Fortune · Feb 6, 2023

Behold, the new Republican culture war

Republicans' only agenda is to make sure the rich get richer — and to distract us with manufactured moral outrage

Salon · Feb 6, 2023

Commentary: We can’t separate abortion rights from other health issues

I’m at the pharmacy to pick up methotrexate — the medicine for my newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) — and I’m told they never got the prescription. It’s strange: I’m picking up another medicine, too, and the prescriptions were sent at the same time. The next day, it’s sent again,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

US states take control of abortion debate with funding focus

The U.S. abortion debate is shifting to funding as states take control of policymaking

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Bills to increase access to abortion, get consent for pelvic exams on the agenda for Colorado women’s caucus

DENVER — More than seven months have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, but this is the first chance Colorado lawmakers have had to work on legislation in its aftermath.

The Denver Post · Feb 4, 2023

New Mexico legislators may block local abortion ordinances

A standoff over abortion in politically conservative regions of New Mexico escalated as Democratic state legislators advanced a bill that would prohibit local governments from interfering with women’s access to reproductive health care

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Garcia, female supporters attack Vallas as a ‘fake Democrat’ who is an anti-abortion, pro-voucher threat to public school funding

As recent polls show mayoral challenger Paul Vallas surging and U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia fading, Garcia is pushing an attack against Vallas that Mayor Lori Lightfoot has used for weeks: that Vallas is a “fake Democrat” who is, in reality, an anti-choice Republican and a threat to women’s…

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2023

Crowds decry gender-affirming treatment ban in West Virginia

Crowds pleaded with lawmakers at the West Virginia Capitol on Thursday to show as much compassion for saving the lives of transgender children as they showed for unborn fetuses when they voted to ban abortion

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Access to surgical abortion services delayed at Townsville Hospital

The promised return of full abortion services in Townsville has been delayed by staff shortages, more than a year after the closure of a major provider.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

GOP AGs threaten CVS over abortion pills

More than a dozen attorneys general sent a threatening letter to the chains, citing a law from 1873

Salon · Feb 2, 2023