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[Photo: Missouri Governor Mike Parson speaks at a press conference.]

Everything You Need to Know About the Extreme Abortion Bans Sweeping the Country (Updated)

Brie Shea & Imani Gandy

States are clamoring to pass unconstitutional pre-viability abortion bans in the hopes that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority will kill Roe v. Wade.

[Photo: Missouri Governor Mike Parson answers questions during an interview.]

Missouri Republicans Rush to Criminalize Abortion Care (Updated)

Auditi Guha & Missouri Republicans Rush to Criminalize Abortion Care (Updated)

A bill moving quickly through Missouri's legislature would all but end legal abortion in the state.

[Photo: A gloomy sky looms over the Supreme Court building.]

The Roberts Court Could Take Up a Challenge to ‘Roe’ Sooner Than We Think

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Unconstitutional abortion bans are sweeping the nation. It's only a matter of time before one ends up before the Supreme Court.

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Alabama’s Total Abortion Ban and the Red Flag You Missed (Updated)

Grace E. Howard & Meghan Eagen-Torkko

Six years ago, pregnant people were the canaries in the coal mines of the erosion of civil rights, but it was a warning too many people missed.

[Photo: An abortion care provider holds the hand of a young woman during an abortion procedure. ]

I Used to Think Abortion Was Murder. Now I Work at an Abortion Clinic.

Hanz Dismer

How I stopped passing judgment on abortion care patients and started listening.

[Photo: Split-screen image of House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (L) and United States Representative Mark Meadows.]

Anti-Choice Lawmakers Cheer FDA Crackdown on Medication Abortion Imports (Updated)

Dennis Carter

Major medical associations have argued that medication abortion is safe for home use and should be more widely available.

[Photo: Senator Stephen R. Archambault speaking during a committee hearing.]

Rhode Island Democrat Threatens Safeguards for ‘Roe’ at the Last Minute (Updated)

Auditi Guha

Rhode Island state Sen. Stephen R. Archambault, widely considered a pro-choice legislator, announced on Facebook that he would side against the Reproductive Health Care Act.

[Photo: Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton passionately challenges a ruling made by Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth.]

Legislative Lowlights: Alabama GOP to Make Abortion a Criminal Act (Updated)

Brie Shea

In Louisiana, Democrats continued to join Republicans to push through anti-choice laws.

[Photo: An OB-GYN doctor gives a young, pregnant migrant woman a check-up.]

OB-GYN Says U.S. Marshals Service Is Shackling Detained Pregnant Migrants

Tina Vasquez

The doctor told Rewire.News that as recently as March, a woman in USMS custody experienced birth complications exacerbated by a delay in care “the patient asked for over and over again."

[Photo: A pregnant migrant woman stands in line with other immigrants awaiting inspection.]

Meet the Federal Agency Helping to Criminalize Pregnant Migrants

Tina Vasquez

Pregnant asylum seekers in Texas are held in federal custody and must sometimes endure life-threatening circumstances, according to one advocate, because of the way the United States has chosen to criminalize those seeking asylum.

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