abortion access

Abortion bans are top of mind for young women in North Carolina as they consider Harris or Trump

12:34pm October 25, 2024

TikTok videos of women turned away from emergency rooms because of state abortion bans haunt one young female voter in North Carolina. Young women in the crucial swing state say abortion is the top issue that's driving them to vote for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November.

North Carolina lawmakers appeal judge's decision blocking abortion-pill restrictions

8:07am June 24, 2024

by Associated Press

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are appealing portions of a federal judge's order this month that blocked several state laws that restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed.

The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

6:04pm May 28, 2024

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., spoke with students as a surrogate for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at college campuses across Wisconsin, a state that had the highest youth turnout in the country in the 2022 midterms.

Six months out from the election, Wisconsin students weigh voting for Biden

5:01am May 04, 2024

Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.

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Choropleth map showing the average distance a person in each U.S. county has to travel, after the Arizona and Florida abortion bans take effect, to reach an abortion provider

How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map

5:06am April 11, 2024

How far do women have to travel to access abortion care? An economics professor has been tracking that data since 2009. Interactive maps show how access has changed dramatically since 2021.

California legislators in 2019 passed the law that requires all the state's 33 public university campuses to provide abortion pills. It took effect in January 2023, but LAist found that basic information for students to obtain the medication is often nonexistent.

California colleges provide abortion pills but many fail to make students aware

5:01am April 04, 2024

Despite a law mandating that they offer the pills, many campus health clinics don't publicize that they have them, leaving students struggling to track them down off-campus.

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Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton, on June 25, 2022, in Glastonbury, England.

Olivia Rodrigo concertgoers got a show — and free emergency contraceptives

3:49pm March 13, 2024

by Diba Mohtasham

As part of an initiative for reproductive health care access, advocacy groups handed out emergency contraception pills and condoms to fans at the Olivia Rodrigo concert in St. Louis on Tuesday night.

A view of the Montana State Capitol on May 3, 2023, in Helena, Montana.

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional

7:16pm February 29, 2024

by Shaylee Ragar

The decision cited a 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling that said the state Constitution's right to privacy includes a woman's right to abortion access.

Kirsten Engel, an Arizona Democrat running for U.S. House, speaks during a Women's March rally in Phoenix on Jan. 20.

Politics & Government

House Democratic candidates make abortion access top focus of '24 campaigns

5:00am January 28, 2024

by Susan Davis

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

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A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2022.

Threats to abortion access drive demand for abortion pills, analysis suggests

11:02am January 02, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Requests for abortion pills from people who were not yet pregnant spiked when patients appeared to perceive threats to abortion access, new research has found.