The results were clear: States with more abortion protections tended to fare better in terms of gender equality. [ READ MORE: The Best States for Gender Equality ] Those states that top the list of Best States for Gender Equality, which include Maryland, Maine, Illinois and Oregon, tend to...
The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision that overturnedRoe v. Wade, striking down constitutional protections for abortion,left the issue to individual states. The result has been a patchwork of laws and executive orders around the country that either restricted or expanded access to the procedure, depen...
Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and other states have put forth or are gathering signatures to allow residents to vote on abortion ballot measures.
“As more states put forward these bans and restrictions on abortion care, we know that more patients will be forced to travel,” Welch says. She adds that with 18 health care centers in Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ attention shifts to making sure “...
[and] gender expression." While its broad scope makes itlegally complicated, and has promptedattacks based on its non-abortion-related provisions, the proposal was designed to shore up legal protections for access to abortion rights along with protections for transgender health care, a...
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.
Graham, who just last month said the Supreme Court made the correct decision by leaving abortion decisions up to states, last week said he didn’t see a contradiction and was motivated to act following attempts by Democrats to enshrine abortion protections into federal law. ...
Colorado’s top election official confirmed in May that a measure to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution, including requirements that Medicaid and private health insurers cover it, made the ballot for the fall election. Supporters said they gathered more than 225,000 signatures, ...
The rate of incarceration in states with restrictive or total bans on abortion is more than one and a half times higher than the rate of incarceration for states with abortion protections. “It’s very much a racial justice issue because Black and Hispanic women are very disproportionately ...
Donald Trump and J.D. Vance have said states with abortion bans should be able to monitor women’s pregnancies.