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Michelle Obama says she's a 'little angry' at the hesitation to vote for Harris

7:44pm October 26, 2024

Polls show some Democrats aren't excited to vote for Vice President Harris. On Saturday, Michelle Obama railed against “the lie that we do not know who Kamala is or what she stands for."

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Tim Walz is a new kind of reproductive rights messenger

10:24am August 27, 2024

People in politics have shared their experiences with infertility, including Michelle Obama and Mike Pence. But men haven't been as open about it on the campaign trail like Walz has.

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Politics & Government

In Georgia, Biden’s coalition has frayed since his narrow win in 2020

7:21am May 25, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden eked out a win in Georgia last time, a victory that helped take him over the top in the Electoral College. But there are some warning signs it could be hard to do it again in 2024.

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A protestor attends a Women's March rally in Phoenix, Arizona in 2022.

The states where abortion is on the ballot in November

5:16pm May 21, 2024

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, state laws on abortion have been changing constantly. It will all be part of the picture as voters go to the polls in November.

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The Catholic Church officially opposes in vitro fertilization, yet many Catholics don't view IVF as morally wrong.

Despite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have children

6:02pm March 22, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Religions hold a variety of views toward IVF. Catholicism has one of the strongest negative judgments against the practice. Yet many in the church still use the procedure in order to have children.

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President Biden delivers the State of the Union address in the House chamber of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 7.

Politics & Government

Key moments from Biden's 2024 State of the Union address you may have missed

12:32am March 08, 2024

by Lexie Schapitl

In his State of the Union address Thursday, President Biden highlighted key achievements of his first term and made the case that voters should give him a second. Here are six highlights.

An illustration of the blastocyst stage of embryo development at about five to nine days after fertilization. The outer layer will grow to form the placenta. The inner cells will become the fetus.

The science of IVF: What to know about Alabama's 'extrauterine children' ruling

4:42pm February 23, 2024

by Maria Godoy

Why are so many frozen embryos created? And how is the Alabama Supreme Court ruling likely to affect IVF in the future? Here's what you need to know.

Allie Phillips, 28, is running to represent Tennessee's District 75. She also cares for four children at her in-home daycare in Clarksville during the week.

Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office

5:00am February 05, 2024

by Katia Riddle

Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed.

Vice President Harris speaks about reproductive rights on Jan. 22, 2024 in Big Bend, Wis.

Why Vice President Harris went to Wisconsin today to talk about abortion

3:04pm January 22, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

The vice president is hitting the road to talk about reproductive freedom, an issue Democrats want to highlight in the 2024 election. Her first stop marks the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade.

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Kate Cox is about 21 weeks pregnant and her fetus has a condition that is almost always fatal. She is also having problems with her own health that has sent her to the emergency room multiple times.

Health & Safety

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman who sought abortion for complicated pregnancy

9:18pm December 11, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, is ill and carrying a fetus with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. She decided to leave Texas to get an abortion.