Abortion News

Leaders of the anti-abortion movement sent a letter to Donald J. Trump amid worries he may try to weaken the anti-abortion language in the party platform.

A reporter observed a day of messages to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. She does not know the callers’ names, but she’ll never forget their stories.

We scrutinized the presidential candidates’ recent claims on abortion, health care, crime and climate change ahead of the debate.

The Republican women in the group of five “Sister Senators” faced primary challenges who support a near-total ban.

Bloomberg published a copy of an opinion that appeared briefly on the Supreme Court’s website and seemed to concern an Idaho abortion case.

A document posted briefly to the court’s website suggested a majority of the justices would reinstate a lower-court ruling that paused the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Immigration, the economy, democracy and abortion rights: Here are the main ways each candidate is likely to slam the other at Thursday’s high-stakes confrontation.

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and some states banned abortions altogether, many Americans began crossing state lines to get one.

Plus, the soaring costs of caring for pets.

Across the country this week, Democrats are focusing on abortion issues and emphasizing Donald Trump’s role in nominating the justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade.

A new study analyzed 50 years of friend-of-the-court briefs and found that abortion opponents were more relentless than their adversaries, with some reflected in the justices’ opinions.

Two years after Roe was struck down, the conversation has focused on the complications that can come with pregnancy and fertility, helping to drive more support for abortion rights.

The measure would affirm the right to abortion in the State Constitution. Democrats hope that it will help Senator Jon Tester in his bid for re-election.

Some major Supreme Court decisions this term, including a ruling that allowed the government to prohibit people subject to restraining orders from having guns, have underscored the pervasiveness of domestic violence.

She avoided endorsements in the past, saying they could compromise her philanthropic work with politicians.

A new poll of female voters finds that concerns about inflation are still paramount, even as abortion could motivate Democratic women in states where the issue is on the ballot.

In Arizona, the G.O.P. is divided over the future of opposing abortion.

Democrats sought to quickly reinstate a ban on gun bump stocks after a Supreme Court ruling. It was the latest Senate floor fight to end in a predictable stalemate.

They are veering from cautious optimism to complete pessimism about their long odds this year, with two liberal-leaning state ballot measures having the potential to lift turnout.

The Southern Baptist Convention, long a bellwether for American evangelicalism, voted to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization.

An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump’s agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions.

Xavier Becerra, the health and human services secretary, will travel to states with large Latino populations, including some with key races on the ballot in November.

The movement looks for a path forward: “Is the goal the absolute abolition of abortion in our nation?”

Wording in the summit’s final statement led to a diplomatic tug of war, primarily between the United States and Italy.

The annual defense policy legislation emerged from a House committee with bipartisan backing, but Republicans loaded it with right-wing mandates targeting abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives.

Plus, New York targets rogue smoke shops.

The vote at the Southern Baptist Convention raising alarms about in vitro fertilization began with two conservatives at a seminary in Kentucky.

The decision does not eliminate efforts to restrict the availability of the pill.

Supporters of abortion rights hailed the ruling on a challenge they said was fueled by junk science, but warned that it only maintained the status quo as more challenges loomed.

The activists were disappointed but planned to adapt strategies after the Supreme Court upheld access to a widely available abortion pill.

Though the Supreme Court ruled upheld access to mifepristone, the case is likely to be revived by three Republican-led states as the plaintiffs.

A ruling limiting access to a widely available abortion pill would have given Democrats another way to hammer their opponents on an issue that’s become politically damaging for Republican politicians.

The opinion in the case focused entirely on standing, the legal doctrine that requires plaintiffs to show that they have suffered direct and concrete injuries in order to sue.

One-fifth of abortions are being done via telemedicine, nearly half in states with abortion bans or restrictions.

More than half of people who get legal abortions in the United States — and three-quarters in Europe — use medication abortion.

Plus, a scramble to shrink student loan bills.

In the battleground state of Arizona, Democrats hope that anger over Dobbs and state-level restrictions will send people to the polls and keep Biden in the White House.

Out-of-state trips for abortions more than doubled in 2023, demonstrating the upheaval in access since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

In “The Fall of Roe,” Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer explain exactly how Roe v. Wade was made — and unmade.

With almost 13 million church members across the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention has long been a bellwether for American evangelicalism.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a co-parent’s wishes should matter to a pregnant woman.

Justice Samuel Alito’s secretly recorded remarks come as many conservatives have openly embraced the view that American democracy must be grounded in a Christian worldview.

Delegates will vote on whether to tighten restrictions on women in pastoral leadership and whether to condemn the use of in vitro fertilization.

The groups say they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services.

The group, known as the Danbury Institute, opposes abortion in all cases and has asserted that life begins at the moment of fertilization.

By starting a discharge petition on legislation to codify the right to contraceptive access, Democrats aim to spotlight Republican opposition to the bill, part of a broader push to highlight the issue for voters.

In contrast to the United States, the region has had more than a dozen female leaders, many in democracies that were once under the sway of authoritarian governments.

The court on Friday unanimously reversed a ruling that had expanded the definition of what counts as a medical emergency under the state’s strict abortion ban.

A proposal to be considered at the Southern Baptist Convention in June would advance fetal personhood and call on adherents to reject in vitro fertilization as immoral.

Several G.O.P. Senate candidates used to embrace anti-abortion views. Now they are shifting their positions on an issue that has become an electoral liability for their party.

A conservative Christian coalition’s plan to end the federal right to abortion began just days after Trump’s 2016 election.

The end of Roe has turned women who terminated pregnancies for medical reasons into a political force.

In an interview for a forthcoming book, Mrs. Clinton also suggested that if Donald Trump won in November “we may never have another actual election.”

The legislation would make possession of the drugs without a prescription a crime in Louisiana, punishable with jail time.

A bill that is expected to pass would impose prison time and thousands of dollars in fines on people possessing the pills without a prescription.

The party is pursuing a “sword and shield” political strategy as Senator Chuck Schumer pushes showdown votes on border security and abortion rights ahead of this year’s elections.

Democrats are planning to spotlight Republicans’ opposition to legislation protecting birth control access nationwide, as part of an election-year push.

Justice Andrew Pinson, who was appointed by the state’s Republican governor, faced an opponent who argued that the Georgia Constitution guaranteed the right to an abortion.

Maggie Tamposi Goodlander, the wife of the national security adviser, is navigating a personal landscape with little precedent in her run for Congress in New Hampshire.

The proposed amendment to the State Constitution has become a divisive culture-war issue that encompasses abortion, discrimination and transgender athletes.

The former two-term Republican governor, who vetoed legislation in Maryland to expand abortion access, called himself “pro-choice” in an interview and said he would back a federal law to ensure access to the procedure.

The internet is awash with stories of women throwing out their oral contraception. New data suggests a different narrative.

The mistaken belief, in a new poll, shows how even as abortion is mobilizing Democrats, confusion over the issue is also a challenge.

Lauren Handy, who drew widespread attention after human fetal remains were found at her home, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for her role in a 2020 blockade of a reproductive health clinic.

The Silicon Valley lawyer, chosen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate, made her first solo outing on the stump. She is to appear alongside him at a rally on Monday in Austin, Texas.

A new set of Times/Siena polls, including one with The Philadelphia Inquirer, reveal an erosion of support for the president among young and nonwhite voters upset about the economy and Gaza.

In a momentous term, the Supreme Court issued major victories for former President Donald J. Trump, a sustained attack on the power of administrative agencies and mixed signals on guns and abortion.

In an interview with The Times, Vice President Kamala Harris deepened her criticism of the conservative justices who overturned Roe and singled out Clarence Thomas’s views on other settled cases.

Hispanic views on the issue vary widely, and Democrats face hurdles, but opportunities, too. As one House candidate said: “I go to Mass, but I also support a woman’s right to choose.”

A decision by the Federal Election Commission would allow the Biden and Trump campaigns to raise money for outside groups pushing ballot measures.

Both states are reliably Republican and have abortion bans that are among the strictest in the nation.

In states that will help decide control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are campaigning furiously alongside ballot measures to protect abortion rights, putting Republicans on their heels.

Abortions in the U.S. have risen slightly since Roe was struck down. One factor: pills ordered online.

Even opponents of abortion saw such curbs as too controversial just over a decade ago. Times have changed.

The vice president sought to tie former President Donald J. Trump to the state’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect on Wednesday.

On the day that Florida began to enforce its six-week abortion ban, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a searing attack on former President Donald J. Trump in Jacksonville, Fla., calling the measure “another Trump abortion ban.”

As a six-week ban takes effect in Florida, and Arizona legislators repealed their 1864 law restricting the procedure, Democrats hope the issue will help carry them through a tough political environment.

Plus, a possible shift on marijuana policy.

The Biden administration is arguing that Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates a federal law on emergency treatment.