Abortion

Tennessee has a nearly total abortion ban and a porous safety net for mothers and young children. GOP state leaders in Tennessee and other states that banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 argue that they are bolstering services for families. Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press has found that from...

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that’s intended to protect prescribers in Democratic-controlled states from being punished by states with abortion bans.

Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Here’s what’s behind the trend.

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

When patients who have appointments at the Planned Parenthood in Carbondale, Illinois, are late, staff members often know where to find them — at the crisis pregnancy center right next door.

Trump could further restrict or effectively ban abortion on the federal level through methods that won’t require Congress to pass new legislation.

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in an election in which abortion rights were a heavy focus raises major questions about what might come next for abortion access in the U.S. 

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...