Reproductive Rights Today

Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s impending ruling on an abortion pill case, a study published Monday found that medication abortion after in-person screening is safe and effective. 

Nevada made history in 2019 with the only female-majority legislative body in the United States. State Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, a Democrat, was first elected in 2016 and became pregnant with her first child during the 2021 legislative session. She was pregnant with her second during last year’s session. As Cannizzaro told the Nevada Current, she had been concerned she would not be able to have the kids she wanted while serving her state.

Sriha Srinivasan remembers how surprised her mom was two years ago when she learned that birth control pills weren’t sold in stores without a prescription in the United States.

Americans are concerned about menstrual data collected by period-tracking apps, but few users took steps to shield their privacy after Roe v. Wade fell in June 2022, according to new research.

The latest national maternal mortality rates show that pregnancy-related deaths decreased in the U.S. But a state-by-state look at aggregate data reveals that the Southeast is still heavily affected by the crisis.  

Abortion questions will officially be on the ballot this fall in three states — Florida, New York and Maryland. Reproductive rights supporters in Colorado, South Dakota and Missouri recently submitted their petition-signatures to election officials. 

Lawmakers who oppose abortion often invoke their faith — many identify as Christian — while debating policy. 

The majority of residents in all but five states believe abortion should be broadly legal, a new survey found. 

Less than a month after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 19th-century abortion ban, both chambers of the state’s legislature have voted to repeal the law. 

Florida and North Carolina were considered abortion access points in the Southeast after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. 

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion nearly two years ago, more than a dozen state legislatures have enacted laws that protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state investigations.    

The Starts With Us civic experiment on abortion began with a hypothesis that was reflected in the session’s first working title: Abortion Access & Limits.