Here’s How Trump Could Still Ban Abortion Pills Nationwide
Despite the Supreme Court unanimously rejecting an attack on abortion pills this week, pro-choice advocates are cautioning against calling the decision a win — and for good reason.
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Southern Baptist Convention Votes To Oppose IVF As Not 'God-Honoring'
The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution Wednesday opposing the use of in vitro fertilization to conceive children, suggesting it is not a “God-honoring” process and that the U.S. government should thus work to “restrain” it.
Senate Republicans Block Bill Codifying Right To Contraception
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation guaranteeing access to contraception, calling it unnecessary and accusing proponents of the bill of staging a political stunt ahead of the November elections.
Melinda French Gates Is Now Funding Reproductive Rights Initiatives
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Tuesday that over the next two years, her charity will dole out $1 billion to initiatives focused on women, including those working to protect reproductive rights in the United States.
Senate GOP Campaign Chief Says Candidates Need To Tailor Abortion Messages To States
The senator in charge of making sure Republicans win back control of the Senate said Thursday that GOP candidates need to adapt their abortion messages to their states this fall but also include widely supported exceptions to abortion bans.
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer hammers Trump over abortion: ‘He’s lied over and over again’
One of the Democratic Party’s rising stars was on Donald Trump’s case over what she said were the “lies” the former president told the American people for years about his stance on reproductive rights.
Trump and GOP retreat from near-total abortion ban in Arizona
Donald Trump and his party led an all-hands retreat from the furthest reaches of the pro-life standpoint this week after an Arizona Supreme Court decision snapped back into place the state’s century-old abortion ban which bars the practice in almost all cases.
Donald Trump's New Abortion Statement Doesn't Answer 3 Key Questions
Donald Trump’s new comments on abortion on Monday drew the ire of social conservatives after he suggested that it should be left up to the states to decide how to handle the hot-button issue, which has energized Democrats and put Republicans on the defensive ahead of November’s presidential election.