abortion

ELIZABETH, NJ — Family planning clinics that receive federal funding will no longer be permitted by the Trump administration to provide abortion referrals. If they do not comply, they will lose their funding. The Department of...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — As more than a dozen states are restricting abortion, there are several states expanding abortion access such as Maine, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Nevada, and Illinois. Last month, Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker...

MANHATTAN — It’s a private decision that’s been debated publicly for decades: a woman’s right to have an abortion. Progressive states like Illinois and New York have lately taken steps to protect a woman’s choice to have...

CHICAGO — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law last Wednesday that protects a woman’s “fundamental right” to abortion. The legislation, called the Reproductive Rights Act, would require all private health insurance plans...

Illinois has just become the most progressive state in the U.S. for women’s reproductive rights. Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker signed a sweeping abortion rights bill into law Wednesday establishing the “fundamental right” for women to...

Photo: A imaging table inside the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region, Missouri’s sole abortion clinic, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. May 28, 2019. (Lawrence Bryant, Reuters) LOUISIANA — Lawmakers are also moving...

Missouri’s only abortion clinic is fighting to keep its license. And if that’s not renewed, Missouri will become the first state in the nation in more than 45 years not to offer abortion. This Planned Parenthood...

Nationwide demonstrations being held this week in front of city hall buildings and the Supreme Court. Thousands are protesting the wave of new state laws banning abortion. But the loud cries coast to coast are muted...

Last week, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the most restrictive abortion law, House Bill 314, in the United States. The law strictly bans all abortions in the state, even in cases of rape and incest, except...

On Tuesday evening, the national issue of abortion rights, which has drawn massive protests and rallies over the years from both sides, would be addressed here, inside the house chamber. It is one of the areas...