Abortion

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Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight

Texas health officials are overhauling a program designed to steer people away from abortion following a ProPublica and CBS News investigation that found that the state had funneled tens of millions of taxpayer dollars into the effort while providing little oversight of the spending.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-funding?

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Report: Alabama continues to lead nation in prosecutions of pregnant women

Alabama continues to lead the nation in prosecutions of women in relation to pregnancy, pregnancy loss and birth, according to a report released Tuesday.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/03/repub/report-alabama-continues-to-lead-nation-in-prosecutions-of-pregnant-women/?

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Wisconsin Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions after a nearly monthlong pause

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed scheduling abortions on Monday after a nearly monthlong pause due to federal Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill that took effect at the beginning of October.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-abortion-trump-medicaid-resume-d27000f1b7d32f870368f808609536a3?

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South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits

A group of South Carolina senators plans to consider a proposal that could introduce the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation. The bill, which faces a long legislative process, highlights ongoing divisions in conservative states over abortion. Read more.

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⚡️ Abortion rights groups wade in

Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly known as NARAL) is throwing its support behind Gov. Mills in the Maine Senate race. Why it matters: It's the second major abortion rights organization to back Mills in the race that's pitting leadership against the party's progressive wing. EMILYs List, a Democratic group that works to elect pro-abortion rights women candidates, claimed in an internal polling memo in November that Platner is a political liability. The memo highlighted comments Platner made in deleted Reddit posts about victims of sexual assault. Platner apologized for his posts in October, after they became stories. Zoom out: Reproductive Freedom for All's endorsement of Mills is part of the group's first slate of 2026 picks, first shared with us, that also includes former Gov. Roy Cooper in North Carolina, former Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio and Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire, all Democrats. "Sherrod Brown, Roy Cooper, Janet Mills, and Chris Pappas are the champions we need in the Senate to defend our reproductive freedom and hold the Trump administration accountable," Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All, said in a statement to us. "The last three election cycles have shown that voters will keep showing up to support candidates who will fight for abortion rights — and Reproductive Freedom for All is ready to help deliver historic victories and flip the Senate in 2026." — Kate Santaliz

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Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that two laws barring the procedure, including the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, violate the state constitution.

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-wyoming-ruling-legal-a8396f0ed4a3229eed5e9fea575be63e?

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Abortion access

Dozens of abortion clinics closed after the Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion in 2022 — mostly in states that enacted bans. But the churn has continued, and now states with policies that protect abortion rights are trying to do more with less.

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Abortion accesser

Dozens of abortion clinics closed after the Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion in 2022 — mostly in states that enacted bans. But the churn has continued, and now states with policies that protect abortion rights are trying to do more with less.

What a shame. All of you in favor of abortions cheer up. It shouldn't be to long before it will be business as usual.  Women that want to terminate their child will not go quietly. 

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Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions.

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-mail-louisiana-ruling-40d60a9bf6212480e527480757b603c3?

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💊 Abortion pill chaos

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Nationwide access to abortion pills is again in legal limbo, causing confusion for pharmacies and telehealth companies, even in states where abortion is legal, Axios' Maya Goldman and Peter Sullivan write. Almost two years after the Supreme Court threw out a case challenging mail-order mifepristone, providers are scrambling to respond, and patients are left wondering what's coming next. ⚖️ While the Supreme Court yesterday froze a circuit court decision dramatically dialing back access to the drug, it could rule as soon as next week that abortion pills can only be dispensed in person. The bottom line: The circuit court decision puts abortion access front and center in an election year and places the Trump administration in a political bind.

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Idaho judge ruling allows abortion if it protects mother’s health, prevents self-harm

A pregnant woman may receive abortions in many cases if there are serious risks to her health or if there’s a high risk she will harm herself, an Idaho federal judge has ruled. 

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/08/14/repub/idaho-judge-ruling-allows-abortion-if-it-protects-mothers-health-prevents-self-harm/?