Abortion rights hang in the balance in most expensive Wisconsin high court race

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Published
April 3, 2023

Abortion rights hang in the balance in most expensive Wisconsin high court race

Liberals have cast the race as a defining moment for their side to potentially overturn the state's 1849 abortion ban law and redraw maps created by Republicans that have led to them increasing their control of the Legislature.
Published
March 23, 2023

Abortion-rights supporters prevail in New Hampshire House

The Republican-controlled chamber rejects multiple bills to further restrict abortion access.
Published
March 18, 2023

Wyoming governor signs bill banning abortion pills

The Republican also allows a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature.
Published
March 16, 2023

Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions

The decision by Utah’s Republican governor to sign into law a ban on abortions clinics is raising concerns about how already overburdened hospitals will accommodate becoming the only place for legal abortions in the state.
Published
March 4, 2023

Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban

The push comes as red states work to implement restrictions after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Published
February 16, 2023

Kentucky high court lets near-total abortion ban continue

Kentucky voters last year rejected a ballot measure that would have denied any constitutional protections for abortion.
Published
February 10, 2023

Maine AG signs letter urging judge to reject lawsuit that would outlaw abortion drug

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined 21 other attorneys general in signing a brief that says withdrawing FDA approval for the drug would drastically reduce access to safe abortion care.
Published
February 10, 2023

Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit

The FDA approved mifepristone – in combination with a second drug – in 2000 as a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy.
Published
January 28, 2023

Our View: Democrats’ plan to expand abortion rights is not ‘extreme’

Under no circumstances should cost or geography determine the rights of pregnant Mainers.
Published
January 22, 2023

Women’s marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe

Organizers said they are now focusing on states after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe in June unleashed a flurry of abortion restrictions and near-total bans in more than a dozen states.