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Nevada approves abortion rights ballot measure
Nevada voters have passed a ballot measure to protect abortion rights, one of 10 abortion-related measures up for a vote in the U.S. A Nevada law from 1990 protects abortion until 24 weeks of ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Maryland voters pass abortion rights amendment
A proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining the right to “reproductive freedom” has passed. Reproductive rights advocates say that the amendment will protect abortion access in the state ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Colorado green lights measure to enshrine abortion
The ballot measure enshrining the right to an abortion in the Colorado state constitution has passed. The initiative — called Amendment 79 — makes abortion a constitutional right in Colorado and ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Voters decide on abortion rights in 10 states
Voters in 10 states voted on enshrining reproductive rights in their state's constitution. "CBS Mornings Plus" co-anchor Adriana Diaz breaks down the results.Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Analyzing the results of abortion measures on 10 states' ballots
Abortion rights were on the ballot in ten states nationwide on Election Day. CBS News correspondent Danya Bacchus reports on how the states voted.Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Abortion protection measures pass in many states
Measures that protect and expand abortion rights passed in a number of states, including Arizona and Missouri. But an amendment to expand abortion rights in Florida failed to gain the 60 percent ...Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
How Could Trump and Abortion Rights Both Win?
Making sense of this election’s very strange abortion politics.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Abortion opponents unveil strategy to undermine state protections
Anti-abortion groups are plotting an aggressive postelection strategy to undo federal and state protections for abortion, including ballot measures passed in the past two years after the end of Roe ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
Idaho women denied abortions testify in trial
Four women who were denied abortions in Idaho began testifying on Tuesday in a case that seeks to clarify medical exceptions under the state's near-total ban. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes ...Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
Update on Idaho's near-total abortion ban trial
The trial over Idaho's near-total abortion ban continued in Boise on Wednesday. The four women involved in the case are asking a judge to clarify and expand exceptions to women who need medical ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Latest news on Idaho's strict abortion ban
Four women who sued over Idaho's strict abortion ban are in court to make their case for more clarification, and the expansion of some exceptions under the new law. CBS News' Nicole Valdes has more.Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
What's next in Florida's battle over abortion
Florida's abortion rights groups are taking stock after a narrow loss in last week's ballot referendum but say the fight to overturn the state's six-week abortion ban isn't over. Florida became ...Politics - The Hill - November 16 -
The Declining Population Argument Against Abortion Returns
Three states are calling on the federal courts for help in making women have more babies.Top stories - The New York Times - November 19 -
Wyoming’s Abortion Bans Are Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
The ruling found that two state laws — one barring use of abortion pills, and one banning all forms of abortion — violated the state Constitution’s “fundamental right to make health care decisions.”Health - The New York Times - November 19 -
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws
A judge has struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.Top stories - CBS News - November 18 -
Oregon stockpiling abortion drug, governor announces
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) announced her state has secured a new supply of the abortion pill mifepristone to last nearly through the entirety of the second Trump administration. In the ...Politics - The Hill - November 19 -
Legal challenges loom as abortion is enshrined in Arizona's constitution
Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election resultsHealth - ABC News - Yesterday -
The Dobbs effect: Why abortions have risen across America
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many expected abortion rates to drop. Instead, they rose. Here's why.Politics - NBC News - Yesterday -
Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
Anti-abortion advocates say they will quickly dismantle some of President Joe Biden's abortion policies once President-elect Donald Trump makes his return to the White House next yearHealth - ABC News - November 9 -
Majority supports Florida abortion amendment, but not enough to pass: Poll
A ballot measure to enshrine abortion protections in Florida’s Constitution does not have enough support to pass, according to a new poll. The survey from St. Pete Polls conducted for ...Politics - The Hill - October 28 -
Fight intensifies over Florida ballot measure that would guarantee abortion rights
Next week, Florida voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution, through a ballot measure that's opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.Top stories - ABC News - October 30 -
The day Roe died: inside Arkansas’s last abortion clinic
Patients left behind accounts of their experiences at the Little Rock Family Planning Services clinic before it was shut down. How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s abortion ballot Eight ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
'I'm not a one-issue voter, but this is huge': Women on how abortion shaped their vote
It is the first presidential election since the top court overturned Roe v Wade, which protected the nationwide right to an abortion.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
High-profile Democrats lean into guilt in pursuit of male voters on abortion
High-profile Democrats in the home stretch of the presidential race are laying down a guilt trip on male voters: Vote for Vice President Harris and abortion rights, or you are letting down your ...Politics - The Hill - October 30 -
Emma Barnett: I spent day at abortion clinic ahead of protest ban
As a ban on protesting within 150m of abortion clinics is introduced, the BBC speaks to anti-abortion activists.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
Abortion-related ads in Nebraska prompt tension between health department and doctors
Two abortion measures are on the Nebraska ballot. Its health department issued an alert suggesting that ads about Nebraska's abortion law had created “confusion.”Politics - NBC News - October 31 -
What Data Shows About Late Abortions as States Prepare to Vote on Measures
Both sides are trying to make their opponents sound extreme. Here is what studies and data show about when and why abortions happen later in pregnancy.Top stories - The New York Times - October 31 -
Cecile Richards Is Trying to Ensure Abortion Stories Break Through
The reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards started a media project that merges activism and journalism on Instagram and TikTok, just days ahead of the presidential election.Business - The New York Times - October 31 -
Harris leans into economy, abortion rights in new ads in final days of campaign
Harris' closing ads are emphasizing issues of abortion access and her economic proposals in the final full week of the 2024 presidential campaign.Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
Amazon donates to group backing hardline anti-abortion Republican
DoorDash and CVS also contributing funds to Raga group trying to re-elect Todd Rokita, who favors total abortion ban. Amazon, DoorDash and CVS Health are among major US companies publicly committed ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
What a potential Harris administration could actually do to protect abortion access
A Harris administration would likely find it difficult to restore a national right to abortion. But it could take several other steps to protect access.Business - CNBC - November 1 -
Birth control on the ballot as abortion bans increase barriers to family planning
Millions of Americans will be able to vote on November ballots whether to protect access to birth control such as IUDs, the pill and emergency contraception.Politics - NBC News - November 1 -
New lawsuit challenges Louisiana's classification of abortion pills as 'controlled substances'
A group of Louisiana healthcare providers and advocates are suing the state over a law that classifies abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances.Politics - NBC News - November 2 -
In states without abortion on the ballot, the issue is still driving votes
Most states with abortion bans don't allow citizen-led ballot measures. But abortion rights supporters are still finding ways to push for change.Top stories - NBC News - November 2