Abortion Battle
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September 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM

Texas sues to stop rule that shields medical records of women who seek abortions

Texas is suing to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to get an abortion where it is legal
September 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM
FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
September 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM

Judge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions

Two more Ohio abortion restrictions have been blocked in court as the legal impacts of a 2023 constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to the procedure continue to be felt
September 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM
FILE - Buttons in support of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, sit on display at a rally held by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)
August 25, 2024 at 10:38 PM

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump wouldn't support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk
August 25, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with reporters at a campaign event at ll Toro E La Capra, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
August 24, 2024 at 3:29 PM

Nebraska dueling abortion amendments on November ballot

Voters in Nebraska will choose between an expansion of abortion rights or a 12-week ban in the Constitution, with exceptions for rape, incest and to save the mother’s life.
August 24, 2024 at 3:29 PM
VIDEO: Nebraska dueling abortion amendments on November ballot
August 24, 2024 at 2:32 AM

Judge blocks 24-hour waiting period for abortions in Ohio

A county judge in Ohio has temporarily blocked several state laws that combined to create a 24-hour waiting period for obtaining an abortion in the state
August 24, 2024 at 2:32 AM
August 23, 2024 at 9:17 PM

Ohio judge strikes down parts of state's 6-week abortion ban

A judge on Friday temporarily blocked parts of Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, including a minimum 24-hour wait period before receiving an abortion.
August 23, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Abortion rights supporters celebrate winning the referendum on the so-called Issue 1, a measure to enshrine a right to abortion in Ohio's Constitution, in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023.
August 22, 2024 at 7:45 PM

Arkansas Supreme Court rejects putting abortion on state ballot

Eight states will still have abortion ballot initiatives in the upcoming election.
August 22, 2024 at 7:45 PM
VIDEO: Arkansas Supreme Court rejects putting abortion on state ballot
1 month ago

Abortion access will be on Missouri ballot, could overturn state's abortion ban

Missouri voters will get to decide in November whether to enshrine abortion rights into their state's constitution.
1 month ago
Protesters gather on the lot of Planned Parenthood after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in St. Louis, Mo., June 24, 2022.
1 month ago

Abortion access will officially be on Arizona’s ballot in November

An amendment that would create a right to an abortion in Arizona’s constitution will appear on the state’s ballot this November.
1 month ago
Abortion rights activist protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2024. (Photo by Aashish Kiphayet / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)
1 month ago

Arizona residents to vote on abortion rights in November

Arizona’s secretary of state tells ABC News voters could establish the right to an abortion up to around 24 weeks of pregnancy on Election Day.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Arizona residents to vote on abortion rights in November
1 month ago

Inside Project 2025: Former Trump official outlines hard right turn against abortion

Former President Donald Trump has distanced himself from a Heritage Foundation document that outlines positions on abortion and a range of other social issues.
1 month ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
1 month ago

Woman sues Kansas hospital over alleged denial of emergency abortion

A Missouri woman is suing a Kansas hospital where she says she was denied an emergency abortion after she went into premature labor at 18 weeks of pregnancy.
1 month ago
Mylissa Farmer speaks at an "abortion is healthcare" rally in front of the Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in cases centering on whether a federal law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act supersedes Idaho's law banning most abortions, on April 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
1 month ago

Abortion-rights ballot measures may not help Democrats as much as they think

Most abortion-rights measures on the ballot this fall are likely to pass, but there’s no guarantee that their success will rub off on Democratic candidates.
1 month ago
Anti-abortion protesters stand outside of the Fiserv Center as the Republican National Convention begins on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis.
1 month ago

Woman charged with murder for taking abortion pill sues prosecutors

A Texas woman who self-managed her abortion is suing the local sheriff and prosecutors after she was held in jail on a murder charge, which was later dismissed.
1 month ago
Demonstrators march and gather near the Texas Capitol following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Lizelle Gonzalez, a Texas woman who was charged with murder over self-managing an abortion and spent two nights in jail, sued prosecutors Thursday, March 28, 2024, along the U.S.-Mexico border who put the criminal case in motion before it was later dropped.
2 months ago

Arkansas residents petition to vote on abortion rights amendment

Abortion rights advocates in Arkansas are petitioning to add an amendment to the state constitution for November’s ballot.
2 months ago
Chelsea (left) and Thomas Stovall (right), volunteer canvassers for the Arkansas abortion rights petition, say they changed their view on abortion after not being able to terminate their pregnancy in the state, despite a fatal fetal anomaly.
2 months ago

DeSantis calls out Trump abortion comment as 'mistake': He's 'different' than in 2016

DeSantis criticized Trump for calling Florida's six-week abortion ban "terrible," with DeSantis accusing his 2024 rival of being "a different candidate" than 2016
2 months ago
Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks with ABC News Live Prime anchor Lindsey Davis during an interview, Sept. 20, 2023 in Midland, Texas.
2 months ago

Arizona abortion rights group submits signatures for ballot initiative

Arizona for Abortion Access collected over 800,000 voter signatures for a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Arizona abortion rights group submits signatures for ballot initiative
2 months ago

Arizona voters 1 step closer to enshrining abortion in state constitution

An Arizona abortion rights group submitted a petition on Wednesday for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution.
2 months ago
Arizona for Abortion Access holds a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 abortion ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives, April 17, 2024, in Phoenix.
2 months ago

Arkansas abortion fight

In the red state of Arkansas, canvassers are attempting to put abortion rights on the ballot.
2 months ago
VIDEO:  Arkansas abortion fight
2 months ago

Iowa Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban to take effect

Republican lawmakers passed the restriction last year but a lower court blocked enforcement of the law.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Iowa Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban to take effect
2 months ago

Chloe’s Story

Chloe Partridge recounts having to carry her non-viable fetus to full-term due to restrictive Arizona abortion laws.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Chloe’s Story
2 months ago

Kiersten’s Story

Texas woman fights back against the state’s abortion laws after a “traumatizing” hospital experience
2 months ago
VIDEO: Kiersten’s Story
2 months ago

What's next for abortion rights in America?

A leaked draft opinion indicates the Supreme Court could rule in favor of a Mississippi law and overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming months, leading to a country-wide overhaul of abortion rights.
2 months ago
A leaked draft opinion indicates the Supreme Court could rule in favor of a Mississippi law and overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming months, leading to a country-wide overhaul of abortion rights.
2 months ago

Kelly’s Story

Alabama woman Kelly Shannon describes anger and confusion after she was denied a medical exception for a termination.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Kelly’s Story
2 months ago

Texas mother forced to carry nonviable pregnancy to term due to abortion bans

Kylie Beaton's second child was diagnosed with alobar holoprosencephaly, a brain-development condition in which a fetus's brain does not divide into two hemispheres.
2 months ago
Kylie Beaton's second child was diagnosed with alobar holoprosencephaly, a brain-development condition in which a fetus's brain does not divide into two hemispheres.
2 months ago

Allie’s Story

Tennessee woman Allie Phillips had to travel hundreds of miles to receive abortion care for her non-viable fetus - putting her life in the balance.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Allie’s Story
2 months ago

Jennifer’s Story

Idaho couple Jen and John Adkins describe the anguish they felt when fleeing their home state to terminate their non-viable pregnancy.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Jennifer’s Story
2 months ago

Jessica’s Story

“It felt like a dystopian nightmare,” says Texas woman Jessica Bernardo. She and her husband had to flee the state of Texas to save her life.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Jessica’s Story
2 months ago

US Supreme Court issues a decision allowing emergency abortions in Idaho

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court issuing a decision allowing emergency abortions in Idaho, many abortion rights groups criticized Thursday's ruling, saying it was far from a win for abortion rights.
2 months ago
VIDEO: US Supreme Court issues a decision allowing emergency abortions in Idaho
2 months ago

Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho

Despite the state’s near total abortion ban, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing emergency access to continue. Our panel weighs in.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho
2 months ago

'We deserve better': Groups react to new SCOTUS abortion ruling

Pro-abortion advocates criticized the U.S. Supreme Court and said its new ruling was not a win for abortion rights.
2 months ago
A view of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2024.
2 months ago

Supreme Court decision on Idaho abortion case angers advocates on both sides

The decision to send the case back to lower courts leaves many advocates frustrated.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court decision on Idaho abortion case angers advocates on both sides
2 months ago

Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho if woman's health at risk

The decision is a temporary win for the Biden administration.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho if woman's health at risk
2 months ago

Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho when health is at risk

The U.S. Supreme Court decided 5-4 to protect access to emergency abortions in every state, including those with an active ban.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho when health is at risk
2 months ago

Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho for now

The Supreme Court says emergency abortion access must be required in Idaho, for now, despite the state's strict ban on the procedure.
2 months ago
The Supreme Court, June 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
2 months ago

Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho

Officials at the Court are saying staffers "inadvertently and briefly" uploaded a document to its website that appeared to be a decision in Idaho's near total abortion ban legal battle.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho
2 months ago

Supreme Court accidentally uploads Idaho abortion ruling

ABC News' Asha Rangappa analyzes what the apparent ruling in Idaho’s near total abortion ban, "inadvertently and briefly" uploaded to the Supreme Court’s website, means.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court accidentally uploads Idaho abortion ruling
2 months ago

SCOTUS appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now: Report

The Supreme Court "inadvertently" uploaded what it said was a "document' related to a ruling in a yet-to-be-released, high-profile case over Idaho's ban on abortions.
2 months ago
Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill, April 25, 2024.
2 months ago

Supreme Court inadvertently uploads 'document' about ruling in Idaho abortion case

The court said a final opinion on the access question has not been released.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court inadvertently uploads 'document' about ruling in Idaho abortion case
2 months ago

As Trump weighs vice presidential pick, abortion becomes issue of focus

As former President Trump continues to weigh his options for vice president, the abortion stances held by prospective shortlist candidates have become an issue of focus.
2 months ago
Former President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Philadelphia, June 22, 2024.
2 months ago

Infant mortality increases over 12% in Texas after 2021 near total abortion ban

Infant mortality increased by 12.9% from 2021 to 2022 in Texas after Texas' near-total ban on abortion was enacted, according to a new study.
2 months ago
Stethoscope at an examination table in a hospital.
2 months ago

Kate Cox, Texas woman who fled Texas to get an abortion, announces she's pregnant

She said she needed an abortion to preserve her ability to have more children.
2 months ago
Kate Cox, the Texas woman who had to leave the state for an abortion after being denied one last year, introduces U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, at an event on reproductive rights at Ritchie Coliseum on the campus of the University of Maryland on June 24, 2024 in College Park, Md.
2 months ago

Where do legal challenges to abortion bans stand?

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a decision in a key case this year.
2 months ago
The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a decision in a key case this year.
2 months ago

DNC chair talks reproductive rights on Dobbs decision anniversary

DNC Chair Jamie Harrison discusses voter concerns on the 2-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
2 months ago
VIDEO: DNC chair talks reproductive rights on Dobbs decision anniversary
2 months ago

It may not end with abortion. Could other reproductive rights be at risk?

Could the overturn of Roe v. Wade could pose wider threats to reproductive healthcare? Will attacks on reproductive freedoms would not stop at abortion care?
2 months ago
Experts warn reproductive freedom is at risk in post-Roe v. Wade America.
2 months ago

Have lawsuits been successful in overturning abortion bans?

In the two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, litigation has been critical in restoring access to abortion care.
2 months ago
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 14 states have ceased nearly all abortion services.
2 months ago

Pritzker-backed group launches first paid ad campaign of 2024 cycle

The 60-second digital ad, released on the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision, is meant to show the "the stark reality pregnant women face in a post-Dobbs America."
2 months ago
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to auto workers before the arrival of President Joe Biden at the Community Complex Building in Belvedere, IL, November 09, 2023.
2 months ago

Biden campaign marking Dobbs anniversary

On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, The president is hoping to rally support for his campaign, promising to restore access to abortions if he's reelected.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Biden campaign marking Dobbs anniversary
3 months ago

A state-by-state breakdown of abortion laws 2 years after Roe v. Wade was overturned

Where does abortion stand in your state since Roe v. Wade was overturned two years ago? ABC News has a state-by-state breakdown of abortion laws in the U.S.
3 months ago
An abortion rights activist holds a sign at a protest in support of abortion access, July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
3 months ago

A Supreme Court abortion ruling that voters will be happy about

538's polling column examines Americans' opinion on access to the abortion medication mifepristone, the economy and threats to democracy, Pride month and polling itself.
3 months ago
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