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![Medical workers and IVF patients listen during a news conference on access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on June 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0614-ivf-800x600.jpg)
GOP Senators Block IVF Protection Bill
The bill failed to overcome the threat of a Senate filibuster, with 47 Republicans voting against its passage.
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Some Worry SCOTUS Mifepristone Ruling Could Offer Roadmap for Future Challenges
Legal scholar Michele Goodwin discusses the anti-abortion movement’s playbook of attacks on reproductive health care.
![Medical workers and reproductive care patients listen during a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on June 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0614-contraception-400x300.jpg)
Experts Say Contraception Is Still a Battlefront in War on Reproductive Rights
“I think from ‘Dobbs,’ it's very obvious that contraception is at risk,” said one health law and bioethics expert.
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SCOTUS Blocks Mifepristone Challenge, Keeping Abortion Medication Legal for Now
The high court ruled that the challengers to the FDA approval of mifepristone lacked standing to make their case.
![Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 abortion ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0612-arizona-abortion-400x300.jpg)
Hundreds of Arizona Doctors Urge Voters to Back Abortion Rights Amendment
"Every person should be able to make their own decisions" regarding abortion, the doctors wrote.
![People gather to rally on broad access to the abortion pill outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0610_abortion-400x300.jpg)
Poll Shows Most South Dakota Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Amendment
South Dakota currently bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
![Sen. Marsha Blackburn replies to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0606-marsha-blackburn-400x300.jpg)
GOP Senators Block Bill to Enshrine Contraception Protections
Republicans filibustered the advancement of the bill, which would have codified the right to access birth control.
![Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, holds a press conference and protest on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2147888180-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Organizers Are Putting Abortion Front and Center
Arizona for Abortion Access wants to destigmatize open discussion of abortion in their ballot measure campaign.
![(Left to Right) Plaintiffs Amanda Zurawski, Lauren Hall, Lauren Miller, Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) President and CEO Nancy Northup, CRR Media Relations Director Kelly Krause speak at the Texas state capitol after filing a lawsuit on behalf of Texans harmed by the state's abortion ban on March 7, 2023, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1471962358-400x300.jpg)
TX Supreme Court Rules Ban on Abortions in Medical Emergencies Will Continue
The ruling means physicians must wait until patients are dangerously ill before terminating their pregnancies.
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Louisiana Banned Abortion Pills. It Also Faces a Maternal Mortality Crisis.
Instead of addressing sky-high rates of pregnancy-related death, Louisiana lawmakers criminalized abortion pills.
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Texas GOP Platform States “Abortion Is Not Healthcare, It Is Homicide”
Reproductive rights advocates warn that the party may push the death penalty on those who obtain abortion care.
![The examination room in A Woman's Choice clinic, which provides abortion care, on April 30, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2150881284-400x300.jpg)
Abortion Wait Times in Southeast Have Soared Following Florida’s 6-Week Ban
Before the ban, the average Florida resident lived 20 miles from a clinic. Now, it's 590 miles.
![Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin arrives for the announcement of a new sports arena for the Washington Wizards NBA basketball team and Washington Capitals NHL hockey team, December 13, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1852551764-400x300.jpg)
Across the US, Republicans and Democrats Clash Over Right to Contraception
Access to contraception is broadly popular, but Donald Trump and the GOP are fighting attempts to protect it.