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House Democrats approved a bill to protect abortion rights, a symbolic response to the Supreme Court’s refusal to block a Texas law banning most abortions.

Legislation passed by the House on Friday would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion

Texas abortion providers are again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a new state law banning most abortions.

A group of abortion providers and advocates asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quickly review their challenge to a highly restrictive abortion law in Texas.

Florida will consider an abortion bill similar to one signed into law in Texas that would ban most abortions in the state

A federal appeals court on Tuesday will consider whether Missouri can implement a sweeping law aimed at limiting abortions

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a Mississippi abortion case challenging the decades-old protections of Roe v. Wade.

An Illinois clinic, emblematic of a state that has deemed itself a safe haven for abortion care, is feeling the reverberations of the Texas law in the form of dozens of women forced to travel hundreds of miles just to secure an appointment.

A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has all but dared supporters of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure to try making an early example of him by filing a lawsuit — the only way the restrictions can be enforced. The state’s largest anti-abortion group said Monday that...

One of the country’s top abortion-rights activists is warning that the Supreme Court’s recent inaction on Texas’ extremely restrictive new abortion law could signal the end of judicial checks and balances on the issue.

Though many Californians jetted to Texas for a lower cost of living and tech jobs around Austin, some of them are now reconsidering their choice, says Washington Post Tech at Work writer Danielle Abril. The law bans abortions after 6 weeks, before many women even know they’re pregnant.

Business-software company Salesforce says it will help employees leave Texas if they are worried about a new law that severely restricts abortion in the state.

In a message to employees, Salesforce said on Friday that it will help employees and their families relocate if they’re concerned about reproductive care.

Abortion clinics in neighboring Oklahoma and nearby Kansas say they’re still seeing a high volume of patients from Texas as a new state law there banning most abortions remains in effect.

In a medication abortion, a pregnant person can end their pregnancy by taking mifepristone and misoprostol pills after medical consultation. Danielle Campoamor explains how the drugs work and how to check if they are legal in your state.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said someone seeking an abortion has “at least six weeks” to terminate the pregnancy under the state’s new abortion law. But that’s not how pregnancy works.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas over S.B. 8, the state’s controversial law banning abortions before many people know they’re pregnant.

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”

The Supreme Court, stacked 6-3 with conservative justices had rejected a bid to block the controversial Texas abortion law from taking effect.

Foes of the new Texas law that bans most abortions have been looking to the Democratic-run federal government to swoop in and knock down the most restrictive abortion law in effect in the country.