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[Photo: Illustration of a United States map depicting Illinois in blue and surrounding states in red.]

Pro-Choice Bills Could Cement Illinois as the Midwest’s Abortion Care Oasis (Updated)

Erin Heger

Illinois Democrats' pro-choice push could help providers cope with an influx of out-of-state patients by expanding the number of medical professionals who can provide in-clinic abortion services.

[Photo: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signs legislation in front of the media.]

These Six Newly Elected Democratic Governors Are Already Moving to Enact Their Agenda

Lauren Holter & These Six Newly Elected Democratic Governors Are Already Moving to Enact Their Agenda

Democratic governors in Illinois, Maine, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, and California are seeking to expand health-care access and LGBTQ protections.

[Photo: House of Representatives chamber of the Kansas State Capitol.]

Legislative Lowlights: Republicans Use Secular Humanism to Attack LGBTQ Rights

Brie Shea

State-level GOP lawmakers are taking policy advice from an electronic dance music producer who wants to ban same-sex marriage in the United States.

[Photo: Evelyn Hernández Cruz's family members hug her as she is released from prison.]

Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

Kathy Bougher

“In 2019 we shouldn’t be fighting for the presumption of innocence when a woman loses a pregnancy."

[Photo: A woman of color looks sad and worried as she listens to her doctor.]

States Are Violating Medicaid Requirements by Refusing to Fund Some Abortions, Government Report Finds

Jo Yurcaba & The Republican Who Could Be Virginia Governor Compared Aborted Fetuses to Dead Soldiers

Medicaid recipients in a number of states will be left without the abortion coverage the law guarantees them unless CMS takes action.

[Photo: Deb Haaland stands during the 116th Congress swearing-in ceremony.]

Native Leaders Brief Congress on Reproductive Health Priorities

Katelyn Burns

"It's high time we address the needs of Native women."

‘Uteruses Are Being Penalized’: Massachusetts Sees Pro-Choice Legislative Blitz

Auditi Guha

Massachusetts Democrats are primed to pass a series of pro-choice bills, including one that would provide medication abortion at colleges across the state.

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These Pro-Choice Bills Could Change the Abortion Landscape

Auditi Guha

Democratic gains in the 2018 midterms have produced a range of pro-choice bills across the United States that would repeal abortion restrictions and open up abortion access.

[Photo: Chief Justice John Roberts looks into the distance concernedly.]

We Can Thank Kavanaugh for Roberts’ Decision to Temporarily Block Louisiana’s Anti-Abortion Law

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Thursday's Supreme Court order means that, for now at least, abortion access in Louisiana has not yet been further compromised.

[Photo: Speaker of the House Kirk Cox speaking to the press, calling for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign.]

The Republican Who Could Be Virginia Governor Compared Aborted Fetuses to Dead Soldiers

Dennis Carter

Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox, third in line to become Virginia's governor, is backed by an anti-choice group that believes life begins at fertilization.

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