The senator, who once called himself a “pro-life Democrat,” accuses Republican challenger David McCormick in a new TV ad of wanting to “make abortion illegal even in cases of rape and incest” — a characterization McCormick says is wrong.
Reeling from a string of defeats, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using an array of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from…
Abortion rights, suddenly a potent political force in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave such matters to the states, have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania.
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Abortion rights have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania. Sen. Bob Casey will appear on November’s ballot and is attacking Republican challenger David McCormick over…
The same Supreme Court that overruled Roe v. Wade two years ago on Thursday followed well-established constitutional principles to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to restrict the availability of mifepristone, a drug used to medically induce…
The leaders of three key abortion rights groups are traveling to Michigan this week to campaign for Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in her bid for the U.S. Senate. The presidents of Emily’s List, Planned Parenthood and Reproductive Freedom…
In just two years, the Comstock Act went from being a defunct 1873 law to an existential threat to abortion rights in America. This is largely thanks to the creative lawyering of one man: Jonathan Mitchell. A once-fringe anti-abortion…
Abortions in the US increased in 2023 compared to 2020, with increases most pronounced in states such as Illinois, New Mexico and Virginia, which border states with a ban, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights research…