Abortion Policy
Trump, contending with unpopular GOP abortion bans, turns focus to women
There was one group of voters that Donald Trump couldn’t seem to get off his mind last weekend: women. In overnight social media posts and at a rally in a battleground state, the Republican presidential nominee said that if elected, he would “protect” and “take care of” women and they will “no longer be thinking […]
Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election?
Editor’s note: This five-day series explores the priorities of voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as they consider the upcoming presidential election. With the outcome expected to be close, these “swing states” may decide the future of the country. Dr. Kristin Lyerly’s placenta detached from her uterus when she was […]
GOP senator blocks resolution stating the right to emergency care includes abortion
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats attempted to pass a resolution Tuesday addressing abortion access in emergency medical situations, but Republicans blocked it from moving forward. The floor action followed months of unsuccessful attempts by congressional Democrats to approve legislation on various reproductive rights, including access to birth control and in vitro fertilization. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., […]
Harris says she’d back an elimination of the filibuster to restore abortion rights
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Tuesday during a radio interview that she supports changing a Senate procedure in order to codify the right to an abortion. Vice President Harris said she is in favor of ending the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, known as the filibuster, to advance abortion rights legislation. But […]
Democrats can’t count on abortion ballot measures to win elections for them
Ten states will vote on ballot initiatives on abortion this November: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada and South Dakota. Many political analysts and pundits view abortion as a partisan issue, fueling speculation that direct votes on abortion rights will boost Democrats’ chances up and down the ballot in November. Some Democratic strategists are hoping that turnout from the ballot initiatives will swing elections […]
Campaigns battle over the fate of 2 AZ Supreme Court justices who ushered in the 1864 abortion ban
Judicial retention elections usually aren’t the sexiest items on the ballot, but this year two campaigns are fighting to persuade voters to either retain or throw out two Arizona Supreme Court justices. At the same time, voters will be considering a constitutional amendment that would essentially give judges lifetime appointments. Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn […]
Harris, Trump campaigns scuffle over migrants and abortion bans 7 weeks out from election
WASHINGTON — With seven weeks until Election Day, the campaign machines for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump appealed to coveted voters in the battleground states with events and rallies targeting the Black and Gen Z populations, rural voters and conservative Christians. The Trump campaign set its eyes on Michigan Tuesday, as […]
In vitro fertilization bills from both Democrats and GOP blocked in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — The closely divided U.S. Senate gridlocked Tuesday over the best way to provide nationwide protections for in vitro fertilization, despite lawmakers from both political parties maintaining they want to do so. Republicans voted against advancing a Democratic bill that could have prevented states from enacting “harmful or unwarranted limitations” on the procedure and […]
Arizona’s abortion restrictions actively harm women and their doctors
This year is only a little more than halfway over, but it’s already been a rollercoaster for reproductive health care access in Arizona. In April, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a 160-year-old abortion ban can again be enforced in the state — a ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of […]
Women who had abortion access when they needed it fight for future generations
A generation of Arizona women who were young when Roe v. Wade was decided and who believe their lives were saved by the landmark abortion rights decision are fighting for their children and grandchildren to have those same rights. Val Smith remembers when her 15-year-old neighbor — a year older than her — had to […]
Arizona ballot measure leader says abortion ‘is not a dirty word’
Three months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion, Arizona’s former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks. When the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision came down in June 2022, GOP Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked the judiciary to lift a block on a […]
Abortion is front and center at the DNC — and the message is about freedom
CHICAGO — On Monday, three women and one man shared their stories of abortion, pregnancy and miscarriage, and the protections they had lost when Roe v. Wade fell. The next night, Kate Cox, who sued the state of Texas last year when she could not qualify for an abortion, cast one of her state’s votes in […]