Senate Democrats Block G.O.P. Effort to Criminalize Some Abortion Providers
The bill would require that infants born alive after an attempted abortion receive the same protection as any newborn baby, and threaten medical providers with prison time for failing to resuscitate them.
Senate Democrats Block Legislation To Save Lives Of Babies Who Survive Botched Abortions
Every Senate Democrat voted Wednesday afternoon against invoking cloture on legislation requiring that babies who survive botched abortions receive medical
Abortion survivor protection bill blocked by Democrats
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act failed to advance in the Senate in a partisan vote on Wednesday afternoon, failing to gain the necessary Democrat support to pass. The bill, which would require life-saving medical care for infants born after failed abortions,
First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate Democrats
U.S. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established penalties for health care professionals who don’t provide medical care for infants born following an attempted abortion,
Senate Democrats block GOP’s ‘born-alive’ abortion bill
Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get Democrats on the record as voting against a bill being framed as anti-infanticide.
The Powers Trump’s Nominees Will Have Over Abortion
Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.
Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.
All but one state that held legislative elections last fall in the Southeast saw losses of Republican women. In South ...
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Abortion Battle
Abortion-related ballot initiatives were voted on in 10 states during the election. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of where abortion currently stands in each state. Despite Kamala Harris' ...
Maryland enshrines access to abortion in state constitution after voters approve amendment
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a proclamation enshrining access to abortion into the state's constitution after voters ...
Missouri lawmakers are going after voter-approved abortion rights. Voters will likely reelect them
Missouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban ...
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Missouri voters protected abortion up to 'fetal viability.' Now GOP lawmakers want to define that
The constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters protects abortion access until the point of fetal viability, when a ...
Voters backed abortion rights but state judges have final say
With the arrival of new Chief Justice Cory Swanson, who ran as a judicial conservative for the nonpartisan seat and was sworn ...
What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state ...
Virginia Senate approves first step to get abortion and marriage on 2026 ballot
The Virginia state Senate completed the first step to send a set of amendments on abortion and marriage before voters in next year’s elections. Lawmakers pushed forward a trio of ...
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Colorado's Long History of Ballot Measures to Restrict Abortion
In 1967 – six years before Roe v. Wade was decided and before any other state changed its laws – Colorado legislators ...
Virginia Senate backs abortion, marriage, voting amendments to constitution
The votes followed an emotional floor debate on abortion — and an unusual parliamentary tussle over whether the Democratic ...
If Republicans were telling the truth about supporting abortion, Roe v Wade would be intact today
Attacks on our rights are still in full throttle. And the future of your reproductive health care access may lie in the hands ...