The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

Emergency contraceptives and abortion pills are not the same thing, though people often confuse them. Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, it's vital to know the difference — and your options.

Doctors in many states are now barred from intervening unless they’re sure someone is about to die, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

It’s not yet two weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and already the ruling is impeding people’s access to drugs — including drugs not being used for abortions.

With doctors facing threats of criminal penalties for abortion, many states will become ‘maternity care deserts’ where there is no hospital, birthing center or obstetrician

For students pursuing their medical education in states banning abortion, the ruling leaves them grappling with the challenges of a healthcare procedure becoming criminalized

As President Joe Biden runs up against the limits of what he can do on abortion, gun control and other issues without larger Democratic majorities in Congress, some in his party want more fire and boldness than the president’s acknowledgement of their frustration and calls imploring people to vote in…

Doctors discovered the woman had retained fetal tissue inside her body which had developed its own blood supply and told her she was lucky it hadn’t developed into sepsis.

President Joe Biden will take executive action on to protect access to abortion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as he faces mounting pressure from Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows.