To solve the problem of abortion access, Meg Autry is seeking inspiration from an unlikely source: riverboat casinos. As access to abortion deteriorated in the past year, Autry – an obstetrician-gynecologist at the University of California San Francisco – had been toying with a years-old idea to reach areas where such medical services were already […]
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House votes to restore abortion rights, but odds in the Senate are dim
Only two Senate Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, have been supportive of abortion rights, but they do not support the Democrats’ proposal, calling it too far-reaching.
House making 1st attempt to protect abortion in post-Roe era
Since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade last month, some activists have accused President Joe Biden and other top Democrats of failing to respond forcefully enough to the decision.
Ohio man charged with rape of girl, 10, who traveled for abortion
A man has been charged in Ohio with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case was questioned as dubious by Ohio’s Republican attorney general and a congressman.
Doctors worry Roe reversal could put them at risk for offering miscarriage care
Doctors worry that helping to medically treat a miscarriage will put them at risk of prosecution.
Judges rule on several state abortion restrictions, shaping impact of Roe
There are a group of states where abortion rights have been thrown into limbo amid the legal and political challenges shaping the post-Roe landscape with states now holding the power to restrict abortion.
Hundreds rally in Augusta to protect reproductive rights
Crowd decries U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, vows to continue the fight.
Impassioned Biden signs order on abortion access
The president’s executive order is in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion and left it to states to determine whether or how to allow the procedure.
Facing pressure, Biden to sign order on abortion access
President Joe Biden will take executive action to protect access to abortion and speak Friday morning ‘on protecting access to reproductive health care services.’
Some states, including Maine, move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
Gov. Janet Mills said she will ‘stand in the way of any effort to undermine, rollback, or outright eliminate the right to safe and legal abortion in Maine.’