West Virginia is among the25 states that do not allow citizen initiativesor constitutional amendments on a statewide ballot, an avenue of direct democracy that has allowed voters to circumvent their legislatures and preserve abortion and other reproductive rights ...
“People who claim to be pro-life, who advocated for these abortion bans, often suggest that these policies are designed to protect children, women and families,” said Madden, the researcher. But the weakness of the safety net shows “the hypocrisy of that argument.”...
suggesting that the rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors." Victims of rape who become pregnant in states with abortion bans sometimes seek a self-managed abortion or try to travel—often hundreds of miles—to a state where abortion is legal, but this leaves...
Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and other states have put forth or are gathering signatures to allow residents to vote on abortion ballot measures.
In March, Trump suggested he would support a national abortion ban around the 15-week mark in a New York radio interview with WABC. "The number of weeks now, people are agreeing on 15. And I'm thinking in terms of that. And it'll come out to something that's very reasonable." ...
not someone can have an abortion in the last three months of pregnancy should be "left to the person and their doctor" or "regulated by the government," while half were asked the same question without the phrase "in the last three months of pregnancy.” The results suggested ...
“Our coalition stands by our belief that abortion is healthcare, and healthcare is a human right,” added Rosenbaum. The complaint is seeking an order directing FDA to follow the “science and the law” and remove the REMS restrictions. Last month, a group of 25 House Republicans also ...
The athletes hail from 46 states and the District of Columbia, but some states have more representation than others, such as one state that one in five athletes on Team USA call home. The four states not represented in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics include Idaho, North Dakota, West Virginia and ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new abortion laws Tuesday, including some that deliberately clash with restrictions in other states — a sign of the coming conflicts that must be sorted out as lawmakers ru
The issue of abortion will be before voters in at least four states this year, and possibly more. Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S.