Abortion
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Youngkin again looks to cut assistance for abortions for severe fetal diagnoses
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is trying to again block state funding for low-income people seeking abortions when faced with severe fetal diagnoses.
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Voting begins in Virginia special elections to decide control of General Assembly
Narrow majorities in the Virginia House and Senate raise the stakes of a trio of special elections where turnout will be key.
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Virginia advocates, lawmakers look to address high Black maternal mortality rate
Black Americans face a US health care system still impaired by structural racism and implicit bias. The situation is especially dire for Black people going through pregnancies.
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Crisis pregnancy centers give questionable advice on unproven ‘abortion pill reversal,’ study finds
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that 30% of these anti-abortion ‘fake clinics’ promote “abortion pill reversal,” a treatment that’s not backed by science and does not meet clinical standards.
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What to watch on reproductive rights in Virginia’s 2025 legislative session
For this year’s upcoming General Assembly session in Virginia, there will be a lot of focus on advancing an abortion-care state constitutional amendment, but legislators are also working on bills to bolster women’s reproductive rights in other ways.
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Virginians one step closer to voting on abortion, voting rights, and gay marriage constitutional amendments
Virginia House committee advances three constitutional amendments on abortion, voting rights, and marriage equality.
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Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban
In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock — a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
The proposal comes days before Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris affixes her presidential campaign to a promise of expanding women’s health care access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to undo nationwide abortion rights two years ago.
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New report: estimated 134 rape-induced pregnancies happened daily in Trump abortion-ban states
A new analysis by the Center for American Progress Action shows the devastating day-to-day reality of state abortion bans.
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Kamala Harris wants to end the Senate filibuster to restore national abortion rights
The Senate filibuster rule requires a 60-vote threshold for most legislation to pass, making it virtually impossible to pass abortion rights legislation due to Republican opposition. Without the filibuster, a law restoring Roe v. Wade could pass with a simple majority, or 51 Senate votes.
