Reproductive rights

Millions of people’s lives changed Friday, June 24th. The Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.  That means there’s no more constitutional guarantee of abortion rights and it’s up to each individual state to decide the legality of abortions.  The reasoning behind it: our country’s “history and traditions,” according to the Supreme...

In striking down Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court cited “history and tradition.” What exactly does that history look like? To find out, LX News Storyteller Jalyn Henderson talked with Leslie Jean Reagan, who teaches Women and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois – Urbana Champagne and authored “When Abortion Was a Crime.”

In a 136-17 vote, a bill that would declare access to reproductive health care as state law passed the Massachusetts House Wednesday night. A number of women representatives took tot he House floor, arguing in favor of House Bill 4930.

More than a dozen representatives, most of them women, took to the House floor one-by-one Wednesday afternoon to argue in favor of a bill designed to ensure access to reproductive health care, to support the patients who need it and to protect its providers in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that erases the nearly 50-year-old right...

From restaurants, to clothing and kids stores—several area businesses began fundraising almost immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned —saying it was their way of giving customers who support reproductive rights a way to start taking action.

Of all the states in New England, New Hampshire may be the closest to making abortion illegal now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, though no change is imminent. New Hampshire currently bans abortion after 24 weeks and requires the patient to receive an ultrasound. The law was passed in January and, this month, an exemption was…

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade may cause financial hardship for many women, especially those already facing economic instability.

In a concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, the conservative jurist called on the court to overrule a trio of watershed civil rights rulings, writing, “We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.”

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins is one of the 51 votes against moving forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act. The U.S. Senate held a vote to proceed on that proposal to put abortion protections, including those in Roe v. Wade, into law on Wednesday afternoon. Before casting her vote, Collins had called the effort a “partisan bill designed to fail” in a...

A Vermont businesswoman is sharing a very personal and tragic family story — which she says could serve as a warning of what could happen if the U.S. Supreme Court does end up overturning Roe v. Wade. Melinda Moulton of Huntington said she often wonders how much more time she’d have had with her mom, Arra Betty, if her...

Melinda Moulton’s mother died in the early 1960s, following pregnancies her family said she didn’t plan or want.

If the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft option suggests it might as early as this summer, there are concerns about the ripple effect of the changed interpretation of law. The information came from a Politico report. The Supreme Court released a statement confirming the authenticity of the Politico report Tuesday as well....

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu promised to uphold access to abortion after a leaked draft opinion indicated the Supreme Court could strike down Roe v. Wade, but so far legislation aimed at doing that has been tabled. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion…

Current law in effect since January bans abortion at 24 weeks in New Hampshire and requires the patient receives an ultrasound.

The move is the latest in an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights.

The tech company joins a growing number that are drawing up policies aimed at helping workers get reproductive health care elsewhere as a growing number of states move to restrict abortion rights.

Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades.

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

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.

We’ve been here before, with the fate of abortion rights throughout the United States in doubt and awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court.