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Abortion
Planned Parenthood Can Access Medicaid Funding After Congressional Ban Expires
Thirteen states have either blocked or tried to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood on their own.
Abortion Is as American as Apple Pie
Abortion has been legal in some or all parts of the country for more than 180 years of US history.
Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States
In Hawaii, provisions strengthening the state’s existing shield laws also take effect July 1.
Shuttering of Clinics That Teach Abortion Care Fuels Medical Workforce Crisis
The crisis extends far beyond abortion access and threatens the future of reproductive health in communities nationwide.
Organizers in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia Are Putting Abortion Rights on Ballot
Grassroots canvassers are hitting the streets to urge voters to defend abortion rights in their states this November.
Trump Administration Shifts Pregnancy-Prevention Program to Promote Childbearing
Title X, which was signed into law in 1970, has prevented almost 20 million unintended pregnancies.
FDA “Study” on Mifepristone Revealed Weeks After SCOTUS Blocks Restrictions
Some reproductive rights defenders have questioned the timing of the study's announcement.
NC GOP Lawmakers Propose Amendment Legalizing Murder to Stop Abortions
The amendment has little chance of advancing, but should be taken “very seriously,” abortion rights advocates maintain.
Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century
SCOTUS has temporarily paused a Fifth Circuit Court ruling that echoed the Comstock Act of 1873, an anti-obscenity law.
Decades of Stigmatization Fueled Growing Threat of Pregnancy Criminalization
States are weaponizing unrelated laws – or even rejected bills – to police pregnancy.