The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.

Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.

New research published in the American Sociological Review has highlighted the significant economic and educational advantages for women who had access to abortion during adolescence. The study found that women who lived in areas with fewer abortion restrictions as teenagers,

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti-abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many in the movement once deemed “the most pro-life president” in the nation’s history.

The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone in the United States, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday.

Washington State’s program is the first, but other states are expected to try allowing pharmacists to prescribe the pills to counter growing efforts to curtail abortion access.

President-elect Trump is expected to reinstate a controversial policy soon after taking office that would further bar foreign nongovernmental organizations that perform, counsel on or provide

The amendment would ensure a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” protecting abortion in the first two trimesters and in the third trimester with some restrictions.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 ...

Anti-abortion groups have invested so much in the Comstock strategy that they haven’t wanted to wait for Trump. That’s the takeaway from New Mexico litigation that resulted in a major decision from that state’s Supreme Court last week.

Montana voters approved a constitutional amendment in November to protect access to abortion. What would federal anti-abortion laws mean for Montana's new amendment?

Judge Kacsmaryk rules in favor of Idaho, Missouri, Kansas FDA have regulatory approval to mifepristone in 2000 Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can ...