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An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood in March 2023. Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit on Thursday, challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law.

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion

9:11pm April 25, 2024

by The Associated Press

The lawsuit comes after federal regulations were published on implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The language means workers can ask for time off to obtain and recover from an abortion.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case from Idaho that centers on abortion rights.

Supreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions

1:57pm April 24, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.

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Pope Francis remains popular among U.S. Catholics, with 75% having favorable views of him, according to a Pew Research report. But many self-identified Catholics disagree with various teachings of their church.

6 in 10 U.S. Catholics are in favor of abortion rights, Pew Research report finds

1:13pm April 12, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Although the Catholic Church officially opposes abortion, the report says there's far greater diversity of opinion among laity in the U.S.

Packages of mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Md.

Politics & Government

Why anti-abortion advocates are reviving a 19th century sexual purity law

4:11pm April 10, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Comstock Act is the latest front in the fight over reproductive rights. Here's what you need to know about the 1873 law and the consequences if it's enforced the way some conservatives would like.

Former President Donald Trump says abortion policy should be left to the states.

Politics & Government

Trump declines to back nationwide abortion ban, says it should be left to the states

11:42am April 08, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Pressure has mounted on Trump to make his own views on abortion public after the Florida Supreme Court allowed the state's six-week ban on abortion to go into effect.

The share of abortions that are performed with medication alone (a combination of mifepristone and misoprosotol) increased between 2020 and 2023.

Health & Safety

Despite bans in some states, more than a million abortions were provided in 2023

12:02am March 19, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.

Most Americans also say women should be allowed to travel for medical care – including an abortion, a new KFF poll finds.

Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies

5:39am March 07, 2024

by Maria Godoy

The majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages, a KFF poll finds.

French lawmakers applaud after National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet announced the result of the vote during a joint session of parliament in the Palace of Versailles, southwestern of Paris, on Monday, to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution.

World News

France makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitution

2:57pm March 04, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

French lawmakers passed a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, a historic move prompted by concerns over the rollback of abortion laws in the U.S.

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal

4:16pm March 01, 2024

CVS will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Walgreens will start in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois.

Allie Phillips, 28, is running to represent Tennessee's District 75. She also cares for four children at her in-home daycare in Clarksville during the week.

Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office

5:00am February 05, 2024

by Katia Riddle

Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed.