Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and other states have put forth or are gathering signatures to allow residents to vote on abortion ballot measures.
Now, some states are voting to extend and protect access to abortion.This week, seven states voted in support of such measures. And voters in Missouri, a state that has long restricted access, have voted to overturn its ban. It’s not all good news for proponents of reproductive rights—s...
Earlier this past summer, the conservative state of Kansas voted to protect access to abortion. Breanna and Kyle O'Brien, two devout Catholics, made a decision to terminate their first pregnancy in June after discovering their child was diagnosed with two rare and severe genetic conditions. The ...
There are ballot measures in 10 states this election that would increase abortion access. In Arizona, Florida, Missouri and South Dakota, the amendments would reverse existing abortion laws and essentially protect abortion rights until fetal viability, with some exceptions after that point. The measure...
Speaking of the Southern Baptists:Yesterday, the convention voted to oppose in-vitro fertilization in a move that “may signal the beginning of a broad turn on the right against IVF, an issue that many evangelicals, anti-abortion advocates and other social conservatives see as the ‘pro-life...
Most Republican-controlled states have passed abortion restrictions since then, including 14 that ban it at every stage of pregnancy. Most Democratic-led states have laws or executive orders to protect access. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered ...
Ottis Farris, 57, an Auburn resident, said he voted for Trump a third time this November because the country “is in need of severe change.” “The question being put out to everybody is, ‘Are you better off now than you were four years ago?...
Tim Walz's views and record on abortion and IVFAs governor, Walz signed legislation codifying abortion rights in 2023, making Minnesota the first state to do after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The legislation also protects access to contraception, fertility treatments, sterilization ...
The South Carolina Republican Party voted in 2019 to cancel its 2020 presidential primary, giving the state’s delegates to the incumbent, Trump. Meanwhile, Biden’s convincing victory in South Carolina in 2020 marked his first nominating contest win that year and sent him on a path to the De...
Polling shows a significant gender gap in the contest with Harris generally having a much better rating among women than Trump has. Part of that may be the result of the GOP's fight to restrict abortion rights, which has been disastrous for Trump's party. But Trump's divisive leade...