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Abortion Bans Are a Top Issue for Democratic Voters This Midterm, Poll Shows
The poll showed 76 percent of all voters motivated by the issue plan to vote for candidates who support abortion access.
Medication Abortion Is Not Enough to Solve the Abortion Access Crisis
The intense focus on medication abortion post-"Roe" risks leaving behind people for whom it isn’t a feasible option.
Public Opinion Is Shifting in Favor of Abortion Rights. Will It Affect Policy?
Backlash to 15-week ban suggests people are becoming less tolerant of laws prohibiting second-trimester abortions.
Abortion Bans Could Jeopardize Cancer Treatment for Pregnant Patients
Although abortion bans often allow exceptions in “medical emergencies," doctors say the legal terms are unclear.
Lindsey Graham and Other GOP Senators Have Introduced a Nationwide Abortion Ban
The legislation, which is not expected to pass, would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks.
Idaho Abortion Ban Gives More Rights to Rapist’s Family Than the Pregnant Victim
A state law allows the family of a rapist to sue anyone who participated in aborting a fetus generated by the rape.
Ron Johnson Suggests GOP Could Impose Nationwide Abortion Ban in the Future
The GOP senator’s viewpoints on abortion go against the beliefs of nearly two-thirds of his constituents.
Abortion Shakes Up Attorneys General Races, Exposes Limits to Their Powers
State attorney general candidates are staking claims on what they’ll do to fight or defend access to abortion.
Abortion Remains Legal in Michigan After Court Extends Block on 1931 Ban
Enforcement of the ban would cause “irreparable danger to our society at large,” the judge said in his ruling.
Elizabeth Warren Opens Investigation Into Horrific Impacts of GOP Abortion Bans
Appalling stories appear each day as Republicans in dozens of states look to impose and expand abortion restrictions.