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.
The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.
A man defaced two crisis pregnancy centers in Texas in light of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court draft opinion that indicated the high court was going to turn abortion decisions back to the states in 2022, federal prosecutors said.
The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the current limit of 10 weeks.
I believe the nomination of RFK Jr. to serve as Secretary of HHS is an abrupt departure from the pro-life record of our administration,’ former vice-president says
Trump is set to inherit from the Biden administration several federal cases that could directly impact where and how millions of women can access abortions. Trump’s Justice Department will have to decide whether to continue these lawsuits as-is, switch sides or drop them altogether.
The three resolutions will need to be passed again in both state House chambers next year before being placed on the ballot in November 2026.
Republicans are fuming at the State Department after learning that recipients of funding from the legacy program to curb HIV/AIDS across Africa, PEPFAR, performed abortions in violation of U.S. law. U.