Abortion access
First State Law to Criminalize Abortion ‘Trafficking’ May Inspire Others
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Amid a flood of residents fleeing states that ban abortions to seek legal procedures or medication elsewhere, Idaho has become the first state to try to stem that exodus — at least for minors. Abortion is illegal at all stages of pregnancy […]
Texas Abortion Ruling Nears, But Blue States Aren’t Waiting to Protect Pill Access
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. A federal judge in Texas soon could make one of the two pills used in medication abortions harder to come by, even in blue states that support abortion rights. Officials and advocates in those states aren’t waiting for the judge to rule. […]
Activists Aim for Supreme Court With Local Abortion Bans in Blue States
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Nearly 70 cities and counties across rural America have banned abortion in the past few years as part of a slow-burning conservative campaign to outlaw the procedure everywhere. The ordinances, debated in states from California to Ohio, aim to prevent health clinics […]
As Abortion Measures Loom, GOP Raises New Barriers to Ballot Initiatives
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures. Some of the GOP proposals would […]
Looming Court Rulings to Decide Future of Abortion Pills
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States, has become more common since the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion this summer. But in federal courts and state legislatures, abortion opponents are trying […]
GOP Leaders in Some States Want to Add Abortion Ban Exceptions
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With Tennessee’s so-called trigger law already on the books, the state enacted its abortion ban almost immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June. Yet even as anti-abortion legislators and advocates celebrated, they considered […]
Abortion Advocates Aim to Outflank Lawmakers Using 2024 Ballot Measures
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Encouraged by six victories — and zero defeats — in this month’s midterm elections, abortion rights advocates are considering another round of ballot measures in 2024 that would enshrine reproductive freedom in state constitutions. This time, they’re mostly aiming at states with […]
Abortion Bumped Inflation to the Back Burner. Both Sides See Lessons for 2024.
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. The candidates and ballot measures that triumphed in the midterm elections prove that millions of voters are most energized by abortion access — not worries about inflation or crime. It’s a lesson that both sides of the abortion debate will take into […]
Abortion Access Hinges on State Elections
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. In the first national election since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in many states Tuesday will decide the future of abortion access, whether through ballot initiatives, gubernatorial and legislative races or choices for state courts. Five states — […]
Privacy, Stigma May Keep Workers From Using Abortion Travel Benefits
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Several major corporations, from Amazon to Walmart, are promising to pay travel expenses for employees and family members who must leave their home states to receive a legal abortion. But experts who advise those companies say their well-intentioned promises to invest in […]
More States Extend Postpartum Medicaid Since Roe’s Demise
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Restrictions on abortion likely will result in more unwanted pregnancies being carried to term. Experts predict that will worsen the nation’s already high rate of maternal deaths — unless states spend a lot more on health care and social and economic supports […]
Some Abortion Bans Put Patients, Doctors at Risk in Emergencies
Read more Stateline coverage on how states are either protecting or curbing access to abortions. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, emergency health care providers in states that ban abortion have had to make wrenching legal and ethical judgments before treating a pregnant woman whose health or life may be in peril. “It’s […]