Though Trump has touted his role in helping overturn Roe v. Wade, there were tensions between him and the anti-abortion movement over a national abortion ban.
Not only is there the idea that a Trump-Vance administration will bring about a nationwide abortion ban, but also that birth control and even miscarriage or post-abortive care would either be unavailable or highly restricted.
Donald Trump’s transition team is quietly strategizing how to assuage the anti-abortion wing of the Republican Party amid concerns that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments supporting abortion access could complicate his confirmation as the president-elect’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
While Delaware's protections, known as shield laws, protect against "out-of-state investigations and prosecutions, professional discipline and civil liability related to reproductive health care," according to UCLA's Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy, the ACLU said the laws don't protect against action taken by the federal government.
Sales of birth control and emergency contraception -- morning-after pills like Plan B and Restart -- have spiked since President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, despite his assurances he won’t try to roll back access.
For one conservative Catholic family in Ohio, activism begins at home. Erin and Mike Young of Sunbury choose to live their anti-abortion beliefs through adoption, foster-parenting and raising their children to believe in the sanctity of life.
Arizonans overwhelmingly voted to make abortion a fundamental right, but overturning the state’s current 15-week gestational ban — and multiple other anti-abortion laws still on the books — isn’t automatic.
Despite his campaign promises to leave the issue to the states, President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will shape the national landscape around abortion and reproductive health.
Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election results. That certification Monday includes voters’ approval of a measure that expands abortion access from the current 15-week limit to the point of fetal viability.
The leader of Planned Parenthood Great Plains says the move is a ploy to prevent a Jackson County judge from potentially knocking down other abortion restrictions. Andrew Bailey says his office will continue to enforce laws requiring parental consent and outlawing coercion.
Maggy Krell, a former prosecutor from Sacramento, won a seat in the California Assembly by a landslide while campaigning for abortion rights in Nevada.
The new policy, which extends the limit from 15 weeks to the point of fetal viability, has been enshrined in the Arizona Constitution.