Cary LĆ³pez Alvarado, of Hawthorne, California, was nine months pregnant when she was arrested by immigration officials alongside her husband, an immigrant…
COLUMBIA, Missouri ā Celeste Athon had played softball from the day she was old enough to sign up for a local youth…
President-elect Donald Trumpās victory has energized anti-abortion groups, even as abortion rights organizers notched victories on Election Day. Now, reproductive rights groups…
Most women between the ages of 18 and 49 support a national right to abortion, oppose a national ban on the procedure,…
In Florida, the fate of abortion access lies in the hands of seven state Supreme Court justices. Theyāre deciding two cases: One,…
A justice on the Arizona Supreme Court ā which this winter could decide whether the state can enforce a near total ban…
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked heavy restrictions on the use of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for a medication abortion.…
Roe v. Wadeās overturn may have meaningfully shifted public opinion on abortion for the first time in years, a change that could…
Federal officials rapidly closed many complaints without issuing citations, raising new questions over government inaction
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