A multibillion-dollar spending bill will be the vehicle that will help several groups fulfill some of their goals, including policy and money that has to do with

The constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters protects abortion access until the point of fetal viability, when a fetus can survive on its own outside the womb without extraordinary medical interventions.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a proclamation enshrining access to abortion into the state's constitution after voters approved ballot question 1​ in the 2024 election.

Missouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban

Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.

With the arrival of new Chief Justice Cory Swanson, who ran as a judicial conservative for the nonpartisan seat and was sworn in Jan. 6, the court now leans more conservative than before the election. A similar dynamic is at play elsewhere. Abortion rights ...

Progressive wins at the local and state levels complicate the notion of a sweeping rightward political turn in the US.

Abortion-related ballot initiatives were voted on in 10 states during the election. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of where abortion currently stands in each state. Despite Kamala Harris' loss ...

As a nation, we are nothing but a collection of smaller states and local governments. Without active participation, small, unrepresentative groups will dictate policies that shape our daily

In 1967 – six years before Roe v. Wade was decided and before any other state changed its laws – Colorado legislators loosened abortion restrictions. The new law allowed for abortions in the case of rape, incest, fetal anomalies and when the life or health of the mother is at risk.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced measures to protect reproductive health care providers and patients via a new executive order.

In the weeks after the election, appointments for contraceptives, like IUDs, grew at Maine's Planned Parenthood centers from a weekly average of 26 to 48.