Supreme Court

After the leaked Roe opinion, Justice Thomas says the Supreme Court can't be bullied

1:02pm May 07, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at the same judicial conference as Thomas, called the leak of a draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade earlier this week "absolutely appalling."

A line of anti-abortion demonstrators watch as abortion rights demonstrators chant in front of an unscalable fence that stands around the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

7 persistent claims about abortion, fact-checked

1:34pm May 06, 2022

Several not-quite-right claims have continued to linger about abortion since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington.

U.S. would lag behind global abortion access if Roe v. Wade is undone, advocates say

12:09pm May 05, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Human rights organizations say there is an international trend toward expanding abortion access, as countries such as Mexico and Argentina have worked to decriminalize the procedure.

Activist Heather Booth and the Jane Collective, an underground abortion service, provided thousands of women with abortions before Roe v. Wade. Here, she speaks in 2015 during the memorial service for civil rights leader Julian Bond.

The abortion underground and what lessons can be learned from the Jane Collective

10:14pm May 04, 2022

by Fernando Alfonso III

Activist Heather Booth and the Jane Collective provided thousands of women with abortions before Roe v. Wade.

Planned Parenthood: Abortion will remain legal in North Carolina but the future is uncertain

11:03am May 04, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

A leaked draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the Roe v.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the leak of the draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade lawless and declined to answer questions about the impact of the draft ruling.

Senate Republicans zero in on the abortion decision leak, not its impact

6:25pm May 03, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

Top GOP lawmakers emphasized the unprecedented nature of the unauthorized disclosure of the high court's draft ruling on an abortion case instead of the possible impact on women or on the midterms.

Police move barricades in place as a crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, Monday night, May 2, 2022 in Washington.

National

Governors swiftly react to reports of leaked draft opinion of Roe v. Wade

4:48am May 03, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The U.S. Supreme Court has supposedly decided to overrule Roe V. Wade, according to a leaked first draft opinion obtained by Politico. The document has not been verified by NPR.

Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol on April 13, 2022 in Frankfort, Ky., as Kentucky lawmakers debate overriding the governor's veto of an abortion measure.

How Kentucky Republicans blocked all abortions for more than a week

6:51pm April 22, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Even without a Supreme Court ruling, a new Kentucky law shut down abortions for several days before a federal court stepped in. Abortion rights groups fear it's just the beginning.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks as President Biden reacts at an event celebrating Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

Jackson notes the progress she represents in her journey to the Supreme Court

4:14pm April 08, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

A day after the Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, she spoke at the White House with President Biden and Vice President Harris

Politics & Government

March polling indicated NC support for Jackson's court confirmation ahead of the vote

5:09pm April 07, 2022

by Paul Garber

President Joe Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has been confirmed by the Senate.