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In late September, Michigan’s Republican attorney general nominee Matt DePerno erroneously compared the emergency contraceptive Plan B to fentanyl at a conference in Texas, suggesting his state should “ban the pill.” DePerno is not the first politician to propose limiting contraceptive access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…

Campaigners on both sides scramble ahead of referendums in Kentucky, Montana, California, Vermont and Michigan

Reports suggest Republican softened positions on abortion and 2020 election integrity

The high-stakes showdown — roughly a month ahead of the election — covered abortion, guns and crime; Pritzker’s handling of the pandemic, and the state’s financial ledgers. But the fast — and at times scattershot — pacing often left viewers without answers about where the candidates stood on those…

Kentucky’s sweeping abortion ban is being challenged by three Jewish women who say it violates their religious rights under the state constitution

UPDATE: New lawsuit argues Ky. abortion bans violate religious freedom

WADLEY, Ga. — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker rejected claims that he paid for a 2009 abortion for a woman who said she later bore his child, saying at a campaign stop that it was part of a plot by allies of Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to damage…

BOISE, Idaho — An attorney for Planned Parenthood on Thursday argued that the Idaho Constitution grants citizens the right to privacy, which should include the right to end a pregnancy.

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is remaining defiant after reports alleging he encouraged and paid for the 2009 abortion of a woman — and later fathered a child with her

Georgia Senate candidate wants abortion ban, but reportedly paid for procedure for ex-girlfriend

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Republicans are heading into the midterm elections with messages for voters on everything from inflation to crime and education to homelessness.