The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

Commentary: Republicans need to reevaluate candidate choices and message to voters on abortion

There was no “red tsunami” during this year’s midterm elections. There wasn’t even a red wave. In fact, the editors of the National Review called it a “red mist.” Republicans did have notable success in a few places, particularly in Florida and parts of New York state.

Chicago Tribune · Nov 15, 2022

Editorial: Voters in 6 states have now stood with women. Pro-choice forces must persist

In the first nationwide test of public sentiments since the Supreme Court last summer ended abortion rights in America, voters got to have their say. So far, their verdict has been resounding: Voters in almost a half-dozen states cast their ballots Nov. 8 for measures to protect the biological self-determination…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 15, 2022

Kentucky Supreme Court set to weigh statewide abortion bans

The future of abortion rights in Kentucky is reaching a defining moment before the state's Supreme Court

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Hospital probed after denying abortion

In the wake of Missouri's abortion ban, one hospital is in hot water after denying an essential abortion

Salon · Nov 14, 2022

Texas man faces charges for allegedly slipping abortion drug in wife’s drink

Grand jury indicted Mason Herring on two felony counts earlier this month, including assaulting a pregnant person

The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2022

In some conservative California counties where anti-abortion candidates win, so does abortion

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In some of California’s most conservative counties, where Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Dahle was the clear favorite over Gov. Gavin Newsom and where anti-abortion Christian conservatives are leading in partial returns, voters still showed up for abortion access by supporting Proposition 1.

Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022

Biden says Americans should not ‘expect much of anything’ from Congress on abortion rights after midterms

Legislation to codify Roe v Wade has unlikely chance of passage if Democrats lose House majority

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Biden: Still not enough votes to codify abortion rights

President Joe Biden says he doubts there are enough votes in Congress to codify abortion rights

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Contacting an abortion clinic online may put your personal information at risk

In 2015, prosecutors in Indiana arrested a woman on infanticide charges after she self-induced an abortion. Their evidence included her text messages with a friend about obtaining drugs to cause an abortion.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 14, 2022

Why Pa. Democrats being inches from controlling the state House is significant — win or lose

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Democrats are inches from taking control of the state House for the first time in 12 years and even if they fall short, strategists and officials say, the party defied political gravity.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 13, 2022