Abortion rights

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Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement

5:00am May 08, 2025

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it.

Trump re-enacts policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions

7:43pm January 24, 2025

The Mexico City Policy cuts off U.S. aid to health groups in other countries that offer abortion services or counseling. As in 2021, Trump has reinstated this policy, which was deactivated by Biden.

The White House Holds Daily Briefing On Coronavirus Pandemic

How will Trump's return to the White House change the face of global health?

7:59am January 17, 2025

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global health — from abortion services to support for the World Health Organization.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds campaign in North Carolina

Harris, who is Biden's voice on abortion rights, is likely to raise the volume

7:54am July 22, 2024

As a candidate, Kamala Harris likely would take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access — hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue where Republicans have been vulnerable.

Abortion is becoming more common in primary care clinics as doctors challenge stigma

6:32pm June 21, 2024

More family medicine and primary care doctors are doing abortions and questioning why it’s been separated from other care for decades.

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The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

6:04pm May 28, 2024

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.

Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024.

Anti-abortion hardliners want restrictions to go farther. It could cost Republicans

6:20pm May 23, 2024

Abortion Rights has been a motivating political issue for generations, and this year might be the most intense for those on both sides of the issue.

NPR's Sarah McCammon reports on the anti-abortion rights activists who want to ramp up restrictions, criminalize patients who pursue abortions, and ban procedures like IVF.

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Map of the United States showing abortion's legal status by state

6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election

11:26am May 22, 2024

State laws on abortion keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And abortion will be on the ballot in at least four states.

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Politics & Government

Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as 'abolitionists' go farther

7:30pm May 21, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Activists who describe themselves as "abortion abolitionists" want to charge women who have abortions with homicide and ban the fertility treatment known as IVF, saying life begins at conception.

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Abortion rights activists at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on March 26, the day the case about the abortion drug mifepristone was heard. The number of abortions in the U.S. increased, a study says, surprising researchers.

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

Telehealth accounts for 19% of all abortions, new research finds. And while the number of abortions did plummet in ban states, overall abortions across the country are up.