Abortion

Some states have added abortion rights to their Constitution, while two have rejected measures.

While there were perhaps more noteworthy or highly publicized races being determined on Election Day, there was one item New Yorkers may not have been as familiar with on the backside of their ballot.

While a majority of voters supported the ballot measure, the yes votes fell just short of the 60% needed to pass.

Much has been made of Proposal 1, a proposed amendment to New York’s constitution — but did you know there are five additional proposals up for vote as well? New York City voters have an additional five proposals on the back of their ballots this year which concern the city’s Charter. Each of these proposals were crafted by Mayor Eric…

New Yorkers could play an outsized role Tuesday in determining control of the U.S. House as Republicans cling to suburban seats they won two years ago by seizing on fears of crime, and Democrats try to claw them back by warning that a right-wing Congress might ban abortion. If everything goes their way, Democrats hope to pick off a handful of Republican...

On Election Day, voters in New York should be sure to check both sides of their ballot, as there are six measures to weigh in on. The first of which is Proposal 1, a a proposed constitutional amendment that has been dubbed the “Equal Rights Amendment.” Here’s what Proposition 1 states and why some people are fighting against it.

The last NBC News poll of the 2024 presidential campaign showed the election as neck and neck, and with razor-thin margins in critical battleground states, the Latino vote could be decisive. There are 36.2 million Latinos are eligible to vote in 2024, according to the Pew Research Center, the second-largest voting block in the country. Though Democrats have historically had...

John Legend recently shared more details about the late-term abortion his wife Chrissy Teigen had in September 2020 when they lost baby boy Jack: “She was bleeding out.”

The ad encourages people to vote “yes” on a ballot initiative that would override the state’s abortion ban.

On Election Day, voters in New York should be sure to check both sides of their ballot, as there are six measures to weigh in on. The first of which is Proposal 1, a a proposed constitutional amendment that has been dubbed the “Equal Rights Amendment.” Here’s what Proposition 1 states and why some people are fighting against it.

In a sharply worded ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker issued a temporary restraining order calling threats by the Florida Department of Health “unconstitutional coercion.”

Attention New York voters: Be sure to check both sides of your ballot come Election Day, with six ballot measures to weigh in on. The first is Proposition 1, which contains a clause that aims to protect abortion rights in the state’s constitution, though that word isn’t mentioned on the ballot. Critics say something else in Prop 1 has them...

Maryland is one of 10 states with abortion-related measures on the ballot in November, most of which would protect abortion rights.

A survey has found that abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30.

The issue remains legally and politically fraught two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and overruled the nationwide right to abortion.

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals.

The justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

Under the new law, the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol will be designated as Schedule IV controlled substances.

Abortion funds have been around for decades, but they got big boosts from donors around the time the Supreme Court ended a national right to abortion. But this year, some of the organizations have had to cap the aid they can give.

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.