The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

With Roe v. Wade overturned, Senate Democrats want Biden to use presidential power to ease abortion access and protect those who seek the procedures. But he has limited options.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Supreme Court's historic decision Friday to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion put a new focus on Pennsylvania's upcoming statewide elections.

District attorneys and local leaders in five counties have promised not to pursue criminal charges related to the state’s new abortion laws. But civil and administrative fines could be financially devastating or cost health care providers their licenses.

ATLANTA — A day after anti-abortion activists attending the National Right to Life convention in Atlanta celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, attendees trained their sights on their next target: the November midterm elections.

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah filed a lawsuit seeking to block Utah’s new law banning all elective abortions that went into effect late Friday.

‘If we sound angry and alarmed, that’s because we are’

LOS ANGELES — Several hundred demonstrators gathered and marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, channeling anger, frustration and grief as they denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of protesters gathered Saturday morning in downtown Los Angeles, the first in what was expected to be a day filled with protests and demonstrations across the region that denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.

Pressure builds in the streets and on the White House after US Supreme Court overturns constititional protections for abortion rights