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Abortion Rights Debate Shifts to Pregnancy and Fertility as Election Nears

Two years after Roe was struck down, the conversation has focused on the complications that can come with pregnancy and fertility, helping to drive more support for abortion rights.

Montana Abortion Rights Groups Submit Signatures for a Ballot Measure

The measure would affirm the right to abortion in the State Constitution. Democrats hope that it will help Senator Jon Tester in his bid for re-election.

The case centered on mifepristone, a drug long approved by the F.D.A. Here���s the latest.

Abortion Rights Groups Celebrate Supreme Court Ruling but See Long Fight Ahead

Supporters of abortion rights hailed the ruling on a challenge they said was fueled by junk science, but warned that it only maintained the status quo as more challenges loomed.

Texas Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on Exceptions to Abortion Ban

The court on Friday unanimously reversed a ruling that had expanded the definition of what counts as a medical emergency under the state���s strict abortion ban.

The Unlikely Women Fighting for Abortion Rights

The end of Roe has turned women who terminated pregnancies for medical reasons into a political force.

Missouri and South Dakota Join States Pursuing Abortion Rights Referendums

Both states are reliably Republican and have abortion bans that are among the strictest in the nation.

Supreme Court Case on Idaho���s Abortion Ban Reveals Language Debate

The word choice is not merely a question of semantics but gets to the heart of the ultimate goal of the anti-abortion movement: fetal personhood, and prohibiting abortion entirely.

Abortion restrictions have changed the medical care in emergency rooms, too.

In Utah, the Town of Alta Thinks Small, With a School to Match

As a throwback ski destination, Alta, thinks small, with a one-room public school to match.