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Winning elections won’t save abortion access
These Democrats won with our pro-choice votes. Now that they are in power, it’s time to put power into action without delay.
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Shapiro vows minimum wage hike, abortion protections with Pennsylvania’s Democratic trifecta
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday vowed measures like raising the state minimum wage and protections for abortion following his party locking down the state House and Senate.
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Idaho rejects ballot measure adding abortion access protection
A ballot measure that would legalize abortion access up until fetal viability in Idaho, reversing the state’s current ban, is projected to fail, according to Decision Desk HQ. Voters rejected the ballot measure, which sought to establish protections around reproductive access in the Gem State up to viability, around 23 to 24 weeks, when the…
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Missouri rejects ballot measure to overturn abortion protections
Missouri voted to protect abortion access Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ projects, narrowly rejecting a ballot measure that would have reinstated a near-total abortion ban just two years after it was overturned. Missouri in 2024 became the first state to use a ballot measure to overturn a near-total abortion ban and put a reproductive freedom amendment…
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Virginia passes ‘reproductive freedom’ ballot measure
Virginia voters passed a “reproductive freedom” ballot measure Tuesday, enshrining current protections — including abortion — into the state constitution, Decision Desk HQ projects. The amendment puts protections for abortion, birth control, and in-vitro fertilization into the state constitution.
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Nevada approves abortion rights amendment
Nevada voters have approved a ballot measure protecting abortion up to the point of viability, officially adding the protection to the state constitution, Decision Desk HQ has projected. The measure allows the state to enact restrictions after viability is reached, which is usually around the 24-week mark, except when necessary to protect the life or health…
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The Trump administration needs to get serious about publishing abortion data
The CDC has published its annual abortion surveillance series since 1969 — that is, it did until 2025.
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Federal appeals court lifts Idaho ruling permitting abortions for women’s health
A federal appeals court paused a judge’s earlier ruling that ordered Idaho to allow exceptions to its abortion ban in cases where a doctor deemed it necessary to protect the mother’s health. In a 2-1 decision issued on Friday, the 9th U.S.
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Abortion wins elections. Why won’t Democrats say the word?
The midterms offer a key moment to fight back, but are candidates up to the task?
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Mifepristone detection study draws fire from Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats demanded answers Thursday from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin about an agency study to detect the abortion pill mifepristone in drinking water. Led by Sen.
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FDA: Mifepristone review won’t be done until March
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won’t publish its safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone until March, it disclosed in a Wednesday court filing, adding that it won’t impose any new restrictions on the pill before that point. The revelations are likely to further anger anti-abortion activists, who have been losing patience with the…
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Collins, Jackson clash in first Maine Senate debate: 3 takeaways
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson faced off Tuesday in the first debate of their neck-and-neck Senate race in Maine.
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Planned Parenthood Votes adds $1M to ad campaigns in Maine, Michigan
Planned Parenthood is investing an additional $1 million in ad buys to boost Democratic Senate candidates in Maine and Michigan. The latest investment in the states by Planned Parenthood Votes — a super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood — will fund digital ad campaigns targeting Sen.
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Alito’s first book pushes conservative justice into spotlight
Two decades after joining the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito joins the ranks of justices as authors. Alito’s first book, “So Ordered,” set for release Tuesday, is an adapted collection of speeches he’s given over the years commenting on abortion, originalism, threats to the judiciary and more.
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Alito says he has hunch who leaked Dobbs decision
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview that he has an “opinion” on who leaked the draft opinion of justices overturning Roe vs. Wade in 2022.
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Alito: Overturning Roe v. Wade took ‘courage’ from Supreme Court justices
Justice Samuel Alito said his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 alongside the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices, took “courage.” In a preview for his interview with CBS News, Alito was asked if there was a particular decision that took courage.
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Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers
Three attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging abortion shield laws in three Democratic-led states.
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Nevada abortion rights group launches $1M campaign on ballot measure
A leading abortion rights group in Nevada is launching a $1 million ad campaign to mobilize voters around a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution. Abortion is legal up to 24 weeks after conception in Nevada due to a 2024 ballot initiative that passed with 64 percent of the vote.
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FDA pick sidesteps tough questions
Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, avoided answering difficult questions from senators regarding vaccines and abortion.
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Anti-abortion group threatens to sue FDA over mifepristone
Students for Life America filed a notice of intent to sue the Food and Drug Administration over alleged inaction regarding the Endangered Species Act. The group claims that more than 50 tons of medical waste are involved in their complaint as part of their effort to restrict abortion drugs using environmental laws.
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Trump FDA pick tests Collins on abortion
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) faces a challenge regarding her stance on abortion as she evaluates Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Overton is scheduled to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday. The situation serves as a significant test of Collins' commitment to being an abortion-rights Republican amid the confirmation process for the FDA leadership position.
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Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined an emergency request from surrogate McKenna West to intervene in a custody dispute involving biological parents who had told her to get an abortion. West sought to overturn a parentage judgment issued in California in favor of the couple, but the case was not taken up by the Supreme Court.
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Family of Texas woman who died while pregnant sues Paxton, doctors over denied abortion
The family of Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old Texas woman who died from preeclampsia in 2024 while four months pregnant, filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after doctors denied her an abortion. Walker experienced seizures, blood clots, and a hypertensive crisis during her pregnancy and had requested an abortion multiple times.
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Hawley to push GOP officeholders, candidates to sign ‘Declaration for Life’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is collaborating with Christian groups to encourage Republican officeholders and candidates to sign a 'Declaration for Life' pledge aimed at supporting legislation to restrict abortion.
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Abortion rights group expands midterm battleground efforts
Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA) is investing about $1 million into a direct voter contact campaign across three priority House districts in Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada ahead of the November midterm elections. The group aims to expand its outreach efforts in these key battleground districts.
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Surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid abortion appeals custody case to Supreme Court
Surrogate McKenna West, who fled to Texas after refusing to abort a child diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, has filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to block a California court order recognizing the biological parents as the legal parents. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the custody battle, and a Texas judge ordered life-saving care for the child and prohibited removal from the state, but West was dismissed from the case and now seeks to participate in medical decisions and prevent the child from being moved to California for hospice care.
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