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State-by-state battles over the future of abortion are setting up around the U.S. Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions based on laws in Texas and Mississippi and some Democratic-led states are working to preserve access

The pandemic has not dampened the optimism of a resurgent anti-abortion movement that sees a new Texas law banning most abortions as a sign of things to come.

West Virginia lawmakers introduced a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks — a proposal nearly identical to the Mississippi law under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A federal appeals court has dealt opponents of Texas’ strict abortion law another defeat.

Conventional wisdom and past research has held that abortion is a far more motivating issue for Republicans than Democrats. That may be changing.

Republicans rejected contracts with New Hampshire health clinics for a third time Wednesday over unsupported concerns that public money is paying for abortions.

An effort to eliminate mandatory ultrasounds before abortions suffered a setback this week, but the issue is far from settled.

The new year brings new laws for New Hampshire, including an abortion ban that was passed as part of the state budget. The budget Gov. Chris Sununu signed in June contained a provision prohibiting abortion after 24 weeks of gestation, with exceptions for the mother’s life or physical health. It takes effect Jan. 1, and Democrats already have drafted legislation…

Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who as a 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sunday. She was 76.

The FDA permanently lifted one of its restrictions on how patients are able to access Mifeprex, one of two medicines commonly prescribed for medical abortions.

U.S. health regulators are lifting long-standing restrictions on how women obtain the abortion pill.

The Supreme Court’s decision on Texas’ restrictive abortion law has implications when the court makes a decision on another restrictive abortion law in Mississippi.

Carol Rose of the ACLU of Massachusetts responds to the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Texas’ restrictive new abortion law.

The Supreme Court ruled that a strict Texas abortion law can remain in effect, but Texas abortion providers can sue over the ban.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state’s ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect.

The constitutional right to abortion enshrined in the Roe v. Wade decision is under attack in several cases considered by the Supreme Court this term.

California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature plan to make the state a “sanctuary” for those out-of-state seeking reproductive care if the U.S. Supreme Court reverse Roe v. Wade.

In the wake of last week’s oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the pending Supreme Court case that will determine the future of abortion access in America, there’s a new spotlight on how women’s reproductive health is treated in this country. One physician went viral on Twitter over the weekend for questioning why sedation is the...

As the Supreme Court weighs the future of the landmark Roe v