NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Colleen McNicholas, who works for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, following her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
President Biden is under pressure from people in his own party who say he's not meeting the moment, saying he hasn't been forceful enough on gun legislation and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Some who are struggling to conceive worry that the battle over abortion could put fertility treatments like IVF in jeopardy. The argument that life begins at conception could restrict such processes.
When law enforcement requests it, Google usually hands over location and search data collected through its smartphone apps. Will that now be used against people seeking abortions in some states?
States can now enforce laws that criminalize abortion. But a Texas law that outsources enforcement to civilians could have legal immunity that other laws don't, pushing more states to follow suit.
A new Supreme Court case could radically change congressional and presidential elections by giving broad, largely unchecked power to state legislators in deciding how those elections are run.
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices sided with coal companies in a recent case over the EPA's authority. But market forces have pushed the ongoing decline of coal power.