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Fewer People Crossing State Lines for Abortions

But the total number in the US increases slightly in new study

(Newser) - Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found. The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, estimates in a report released Tuesday that the overall number of clinician-provided abortions in states where it's legal rose by...

Anti-Abortionists After Trump Win: 'Now the Work Begins'

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America to push for more abortion restrictions under new administration

(Newser) - Anti-abortion advocates say there's still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when Republican Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance that the administration of Democratic President Biden released around emergency abortions, requiring that hospitals provide them for...

Abortion Rights Measures Fail in 3 States, Pass in 7

Missouri votes to overturn near-total ban on abortions

(Newser) - Reproductive rights didn't just factor into the presidential race : The issue of abortion was on the ballot in 10 states on Tuesday, and results were mixed. A look at results:
  • Florida: Voters rejected an abortion rights amendment and kept in place Gov. Ron DeSantis' 6-week ban, per the AP
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New Wrinkle in Senate Race: Off-the-Cuff Abortion Line

Ohio GOP candidate Bernie Moreno says comment about the issue being irrelevant for older women was a joke

(Newser) - An off-the-cuff comment about reproductive rights by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio's tight Senate race has put abortion at the center of debate in the most expensive Senate campaign this year, per the AP . Moreno insists he was joking after cellphone video surfaced of him criticizing women whose votes...

Pope Pressures Bishops to Quit Covering Up Abuse

After leaving Belgium, Francis sticks to stances on women's issues that drew criticism

(Newser) - Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests—a scandal that has devastated the church's credibility around the globe. Francis revisited the thorny topics...

DeSantis Has Officers Question People Who Signed Petitions

The signatures already have been verified and the abortion rights measure put on the ballot

(Newser) - Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is sending law enforcement officers to homes to question Floridians who signed petitions to place an abortion amendment on the November ballot. The questioning appears to be part of an effort to inspect thousands of petitions concerning a measure to overturn the state's six-week abortion...

'Damage Control'? Trump's Mixed Messaging on Abortion
'Damage Control'? Trump's
Mixed Messaging on Abortion
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'Damage Control'? Trump's Mixed Messaging on Abortion

Day after he hinted he'd vote for abortion access amendment in Florida, ex-president makes a shift

(Newser) - With the election now just weeks away, Donald Trump is offering some mixed messages on his abortion stance, especially over the last "whirlwind" day or two, per NBC News . When asked on Thursday during an interview with the network what he thought about Florida's six-week abortion ban , and...

Arkansas' Top Court Rejects Bid for Abortion Ballot Measure

Justices say paperwork wasn't properly submitted

(Newser) - The Arkansas Supreme Court dealt a blow to advocates of abortion rights on Thursday, upholding the state's rejection of signed petitions for a ballot initiative. The move keeps the proposal from going before voters in November, per the AP .
  • Current law: Arkansas bans abortion at any time during a
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Poles March Against Abortion Law Changes

New government has moved toward ending the near-total ban

(Newser) - Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion marched in Warsaw on Sunday to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation's restrictive laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week. Many participants in the downtown march were pushing prams with children, while others...

Issue of Abortion Is Again Before the Supreme Court

Justices will hear arguments on whether to restrict access to abortion pill

(Newser) - Abortion is once again before the Supreme Court, this time in a closely watched case about a commonly used abortion pill, mifepristone. The justices will hear arguments Tuesday morning on whether it should be more difficult for women to get the drug, which was used in two-thirds of US abortions...

Arizona Lawmaker Announces Plan to Have Abortion

Eva Burch says her pregnancy is not viable as she condemns 'invasive' state laws

(Newser) - An Arizona lawmaker announced Monday on the state Senate floor that she plans to have an abortion after learning that her pregnancy is not viable, per the AP . State Sen. Eva Burch, a registered nurse known for her reproductive rights activism, was surrounded by fellow Democratic senators as she made...

Man Climbs Las Vegas Orb to Make Point on Abortion

Maison Des Champs, 24, scaled the 366-foot-tall Sphere, was soon arrested

(Newser) - A man who bills himself as "The Official Pro-Life Spider-Man" scaled the massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas on Wednesday to raise funds for a pregnant woman, according to video posted on his Instagram. He was subsequently arrested. Las Vegas police said they began receiving calls about a person...

In States With Abortion Bans, This Number Stands Out

There were 520K rapes in 14 states, resulting in 64K pregnancies

(Newser) - In September 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott insisted that his state's strict six-week abortion ban was adequate time for women to obtain an abortion, and that he would "eliminate all rapists" in his state, implying that pregnancies from rape in Texas would eventually no longer be an issue....

Bidens Invite Texas Woman Denied Abortion to Capitol

Katie Cox will sit with Jill Biden during State of the Union

(Newser) - President Biden and first lady Jill Biden have extended an invitation to attend the president's State of the Union address to a Texas woman who sued her state and lost in an attempt to have an abortion to end a wanted pregnancy. The Texas Supreme Court denied Kate Cox'...

March for Life Calls for Maintaining Pressure

Anti-abortion movement has victories but has lost at ballot box

(Newser) - Thousands of opponents of abortion rights rallied under falling snow on Friday at the annual March for Life in Washington, as speakers urged the impassioned crowd to capitalize on the movement's victory in the Supreme Court and keep fighting until abortion is eliminated. Months before a presidential election that...

After Top Court Blocks Abortion, Texas Woman Leaves State

Kate Cox has 'been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn't wait any longer'

(Newser) - A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the US has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday. The announcement came as Kate Cox, 31, was awaiting a ruling from the...

Ohio Republicans Want to Keep Abortion Vote From Judiciary

Lawmakers argue only legislature can interpret new constitutional amendment

(Newser) - Opponents of the amendment approved by voters this week to add abortion rights to Ohio's constitution have lost but not given up. Four Republican legislators want to end the judiciary's ability to interpret the measure's meaning, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The idea is to head off abortion...

Woman Gets Prison for Giving Abortion Pills to Her Daughter

Case has been part of the Nebraska debate on restrictions

(Newser) - A Nebraska mother who pleaded guilty to giving her teenage daughter pills for an abortion and helping to burn and conceal the fetus was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. Jessica Burgess, 42, pleaded guilty in July to tampering with human remains, false reporting, and providing an abortion after...

Abortions to Resume at Clinics in Wisconsin After Ruling

Opponents argue state's ban remains in place

(Newser) - Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn't apply to abortions. The resumption of abortions Monday at clinics in Milwaukee and Madison comes as the lawsuit challenging the...

Texas Plans Would Fight Using Roads to Reach Abortion Care

Clinics in New Mexico have opened to help out-of-state patients

(Newser) - Texas' laws against abortion are among the most restrictive in the nation. But opponents of abortion rights are concerned that women can receive abortions in other states, including adjoining New Mexico—where new clinics have opened to accommodate women traveling from Texas. So communities across Texas are considering making it...

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