Reproductive Rights 2024
Follow the latest Reproductive Rights 2024 news, videos, and analysis from ABC News.
October 28, 2024 at 7:35 PM

In 2024, abortion rights initiatives are on the ballot in 10 states

There are 10 states with abortion rights initiatives in the 2024 election.
October 28, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Signs supporting the Right to Abortion Initiative are displayed during a rally on Sept. 5, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana.
October 24, 2024 at 2:36 PM

Where Trump and Harris stand on abortion rights and what's at stake in the election

ABC’s Rachel Scott, Elizabeth Schulze, Devin Dwyer, and abortion provider Dr. Bhavik Kumar on where things stand in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned in 2022
October 24, 2024 at 2:36 PM
VIDEO: Where Trump and Harris stand on abortion rights and what's at stake in the election
October 11, 2024 at 4:44 PM

Abortion is now the most important election issue for young women, poll finds

Abortion has emerged as the most important issue in the November election for women under age 30, according to a new survey by KFF published Friday.
October 11, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Abortion rights Activists rally outside the State Capitol in support of abortion rights in Atlanta, May 14, 2022.
October 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM

Melania Trump speaks out about abortion stance

The former first lady spoke in a Fox News interview about her views on abortion rights, saying, “I believe in individual freedom.”
October 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM
VIDEO: Melania Trump speaks out about abortion stance
1 month ago

Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in new memoir

In her upcoming memoir, the former first lady reportedly writes that a woman’s autonomy should be “free from any intervention or pressure from the government.”
1 month ago
VIDEO: Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in new memoir
1 month ago

How will reproductive rights impact the 2024 election?

Americans feel what happens on the question of abortion will be very different if Democrats win or if Republicans win.
1 month ago
How will reproductive rights impact the 2024 election?
2 months ago

Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on abortion

Abortion is a key issue in the 2024 presidential election: Here's where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand
2 months ago
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2 months ago

Women’s reproductive rights to take center stage at the DNC

Jenny Lawson, executive director of Planned Parenthood Votes, says the issue is the “cornerstone of VP Harris’s campaign.”
2 months ago
VIDEO: Women’s reproductive rights to take center stage at the DNC
2 months ago

Reproductive rights at the DNC

Democratic pollster Tricia Mclaughlin and Republican strategist Aileen Cardona-Arroyo discuss reproductive rights and how both campaigns are addressing the issue.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Reproductive rights at the DNC
3 months 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.
3 months 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)
3 months 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.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Arizona residents to vote on abortion rights in November
3 months ago

Where Harris' agenda could break from Biden's on key issues for voters

After years of supporting President Joe Biden's policy agenda as his deputy, Vice President Kamala Harris must articulate her own agenda for her presidential campaign.
3 months ago
(FILES) US President Joe Biden looks on as US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during National Small Business Week in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2023. Joe Biden on July 21, 2024 dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House.
4 months ago

VP hopefuls modify their stance on abortion to more closely align with Trump

Some of those under consideration of being former President Donald Trump's running mate have begun moderating their stance on abortion to fall in line with him.
4 months ago
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a hearing, March 7, 2024, in Washington.
4 months ago

Pence, anti-abortion Republicans denounce Trump-backed RNC platform

Former Vice President Mike Pence has joined a faction of conservatives decrying the 2024 RNC platform rubber-stamped by Donald Trump because of softened abortion language
4 months ago
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands at the podium after announcing he will discontinue his presidential campaign, during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 28, 2023.
4 months ago

After Alabama court ruling, Nikki Haley agrees that 'embryos, to me, are babies'

Nikki Haley said in a new interview that she agrees with an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered children in the state
4 months ago
Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally in Dallas, TX, Feb. 15, 2024.
4 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.
4 months ago
The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a decision in a key case this year.
4 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.
4 months ago
Welcome to Pollapalooza, 538's roundup of the latest polls.
5 months ago

Trump yet to clarify his abortion pill policy as SCOTUS rules on mifepristone

As the Supreme Court upheld access to the abortion pill mifepristone in an unanimous decision, Donald Trump has yet to disclose his own abortion pill policy.
5 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas.
5 months ago

Biden says 'fight for reproductive freedom continues' despite SCOTUS ruling

President Joe Biden reminded voters that the fight for women's reproductive freedom is not over despite the Supreme Court's ruling on mifepristone.
5 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks at a "Reproductive Freedom Campaign Rally" at George Mason University, Jan. 23, 2024, in Manassas, Va.
5 months ago

Trump to speak with Christian group that calls for abortion to be 'eradicated'

The former president is scheduled to speak virtually at an event hosted by The Danbury Institute, which says it believes “that the greatest atrocity facing our generation is abortion."
5 months ago
VIDEO: Trump to speak with Christian group that calls for abortion to be 'eradicated'
5 months ago

Abortion-rights ballot measures are leading in the polls

What the polls say about 2024 abortion-rights ballot measures in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and South Dakota.
5 months ago
Several abortion-rights ballot measures are on the ballot this year.
5 months ago

Democrats go on offense as the GOP opens the door to birth control restrictions

Trump opened the door to restricting access to birth control after Virginia's governor vetoed bills that would have established the right to contraception.
5 months ago
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin delivers the VCU commencement address, May 11, 2024, in Richmond, Va.
5 months ago

Facing backlash, Trump walks back comments on restricting contraceptives

Former President Donald Trump is walking back his comments suggesting he's open to restricting contraceptives.
5 months ago
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Wildwood, N.J., May 11, 2024.
6 months ago

Biden blames Trump as 6-week Florida abortion ban takes effect

Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Florida on Wednesday as the state’s new ban goes into effect, outlawing nearly all abortions at six weeks.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Biden blames Trump as 6-week Florida abortion ban takes effect
6 months ago

Trump 'ripped away' abortion rights, Biden argues as he urges women to back him

Biden will travel to Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday to deliver remarks on abortion access a week before the state's six-week ban goes into effect
6 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks about reproductive freedom in Tampa, April 23, 2024.
6 months ago

Abortion could dominate the election in Florida. Will that help Dems flip the state?

Democrats say Florida's proposed abortion amendment in November's election can help flip the state in the 2024 election, as Biden tries to beat Trump
6 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks, April 22, 2022, in Seattle.
6 months ago

Arizona Republicans block another Democratic effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban

Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal an 1864 abortion ban
6 months ago
People protest after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances, in Peoria, AZ, April 14, 2024.
7 months ago

Kamala Harris ties Trump to Arizona's strict new abortion ban during campaign visit

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled Friday to Tucson, Arizona, after the state's highest court upheld an 1864 abortion ban.
7 months ago
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on reproductive freedom at El Rio Neighborhood Center in Tucson, Ariz., April 12, 2024.
7 months ago

Kari Lake says Arizona's abortion ban is 'out of line' after praising it in 2022

After Arizona's 19th-century abortion ban roiled the politics of the state, Kari Lake released a lengthy new video about where she stands on abortion access
7 months ago
In this Feb. 29, 2024, file photo, Arizona Republican U.S. Senate candidate and far-right election denier Kari Lake appears at a news conference, in Phoenix, Arizona.
7 months ago

Colorado abortion access amendment has enough signatures for ballot, organizers say

The Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom coalition said Friday they have collected over 225,000 signatures for their abortion access ballot initiative.
7 months ago
Abortion rights activists march in protest after the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the Supreme Court, in Denver, June 24, 2022.
7 months ago

Trump says Arizona abortion ban ruling goes too far, again touts role in ending Roe

Trump said on Wednesday that a new court ruling in Arizona upholding a near-total ban on abortion in the state had gone too far and "needs to be straightened out"
7 months ago
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks as he arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, GA, April 10, 2024.
7 months ago

Trump's abortion position leaves key questions unanswered on major campaign issue

Trump's position on abortion did not address some of the key questions that have come to define the debate since Roe v. Wade was overruled in 2022
7 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 2, 2024.
7 months ago

Trump keeps teasing an announcement on abortion 'soon' but dodges on specifics

Trump has repeatedly teased an announcement on abortion bans after months of dodging questions about his stance on the specifics, including on Florida's laws
7 months ago
Former President Donald Trump addresses the 2024 National Religious Broadcasters Association International Christian Media Convention, as part of the NRB Presidential Forum in Nashville, TN, Feb. 22, 2024.
7 months ago

How abortion may motivate young people to vote

As election season heats up, two young activists on both sides of the abortion debate have been hitting the ground encouraging their peers to come out to the polls.
7 months ago
VIDEO:  How abortion may motivate young people to vote
7 months ago

Fla. voters will consider abortion rights ballot measure in November, court rules

A Florida abortion ballot measure can move forward to a vote in November, the state Supreme Court ruled
7 months ago
An abortion rights activist holds a sign at a protest in support of abortion access, March To Roe The Vote And Send A Message To Florida Politicians That Abortion Access Must Be Protected And Defended, July 13, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
7 months ago

These states could vote on reproductive rights, abortion access in November

Here's a look at where reproductive rights might be on the ballot in November 2024.
7 months ago
Demonstrators participate in a abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court, March 26, 2024, in Washington.
7 months ago

How IVF and abortion access could shape the 2024 election

538's polling column examines Americans' opinions on IVF and abortion access, Trump and Biden's job approval ratings and college athlete unionization.
7 months ago
Welcome to Pollapalooza, 538's roundup of the latest polls.
8 months ago

Harris visits abortion clinic as Democrats bet big on reproductive rights in 2024

Vice President Harris' visit to an abortion clinic spotlights her role leading the Biden administration on an issue Democrats believe will be critical in 2024.
8 months ago
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during her visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on March 14, 2024.
8 months ago

Biden calls out conservative Supreme Court justices on reproductive rights

Biden briefly called out the Supreme Court's conservative-leaning justices over the loss of constitutional abortion protections.
8 months ago
Biden briefly called out the Supreme Court's conservative-leaning justices over the loss of constitutional abortion protections.
8 months ago

With Alabama IVF patient in attendance, Biden highlights reproductive care

Latorya Beasley was supposed to have an embryo transfer three days ago. On Thursday, the Alabama resident attended the State of the Union with the First Lady.
8 months ago
Maria Shriver, Kate Cox and Latorya Beasley (R) of Alabama sit in the House chamber before President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address in Washington, Mar. 7, 2024.
8 months ago

Biden, Democrats' SOTU guests spotlight reproductive rights fight

House Democrats have invited 28 advocates for reproductive rights to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday night.
8 months ago
Rep. Katherine Clark speaks during a news conference held by members of the Pro-Choice Caucus and Democratic Women's Caucus at the U.S. Capitol, on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
8 months ago

These 3 states saw largest increase in abortions after overturn of Roe v. Wade

New data released in the Society for Family Planning's WeCount report shows a surge in abortions in Illinois, Florida and California.
8 months ago
Protestors demonstrate at the March for Reproductive Rights organized by Women's March L.A., April 15, 2023, in Los Angeles.
8 months ago

Haley clarifies statement about Alabama supreme court ruling on IVF

When asked about the far reaching consequences of the ruling for women in Alabama, Nikki Haley attempted to frame the conversation as a debate over parental rights.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Haley clarifies statement about Alabama supreme court ruling on IVF
8 months ago

Professor calls Alabama Supreme Court ruling on frozen embryos 'uncharted territory'

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with Georgetown law professor Michele Goodwin on the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are children under state law.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Professor calls Alabama Supreme Court ruling on frozen embryos 'uncharted territory'
8 months ago

Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF embryos sparks outrage

Medical experts are protesting the state's highest court ruling which declared that frozen embryos qualify as people under state law.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF embryos sparks outrage
8 months ago

Trump privately signals support for 16-week abortion ban: Sources

Former President Donald Trump has privately expressed support for a 16-week abortion ban in conversations with allies and advisors, two sources tell ABC News.
8 months ago
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the press at Manhattan Criminal Court, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York.
9 months ago

Biden, at abortion rights campaign rally, interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters

They disrupted his major 2024 event with chants of "Genocide Joe."
9 months ago
President Joe Biden delivers remarks, during a campaign event focusing on abortion rights in Manassas, Va., Jan. 23, 2024.
9 months ago

Biden administration announces new actions to protect abortion on Roe anniversary

The Biden administration announced several actions to protect contraceptives, abortion access and emergency abortion care on what would have been Roe's 51st anniversary.
9 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room during an event to welcome mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting to the White House, Jan. 19, 2024, in Washington.
10 months ago

Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on abortion

Reproductive rights are among the most discussed issues in the 2024 presidential election.
10 months ago
Reproductive rights are among the most discussed issues in the 2024 presidential election.
1 year ago

Where the 2024 GOP candidates stand on the Kate Cox Texas abortion case

Kate Cox is the Texas woman who was denied an abortion by the state Supreme Court ruling after she learned of her fetus’ fatal diagnosis.
1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks during the fourth Republican candidates' presidential debate of the 2024 presidential campaign at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dec. 6, 2023.