One of the most revealing moments of the 2024 election on abortion came when Missouri, one of the most conservative states in the union, approved a ballot initiative creating constitutional reproductive rights.

After voters in seven states enshrined abortion rights in their state constitutions, GOP lawmakers have moved forward with bills to curtail them.

A new Missouri law allows the attorney general to challenge temporary injunctions, a move inspired by a pending abortion-rights case. But a lawsuit filed Friday argues that the law violates the constitution in multiple ways.

For Republicans eyeing state offices in 2026, this election is a clarion call to rethink their approach to an issue that now helps shape electoral outcomes. Abortion was one of the issues that dominated the Wisconsin court race.

Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence

Although regional or state attitudes have come together in the US on many issues, states still have distinctive political personalities on abortion.

The proposed amendment, if passed by the Senate and approved in a statewide election, would repeal the reproductive rights measure passed by voters in November. It would allow some exceptions in the first 12 weeks of gestation,

The Colorado legislature’s two-week-long budget blitz has (mostly) ended, and we’re now in the final weeks of the 2025 legislative session.