Harris Tells Radio Host Filibuster Should End for Abortion Rights
2024 Elections
Harris Tells Radio Host Filibuster Should End for Abortion Rights
2024-09-24 21:28:34
by Dan McCue

MADISON, Wis. — Vice President Kamala Harris made headlines on Tuesday by telling a Wisconsin Public Radio host she supports eliminating the Senate filibuster in order to codify abortion rights across the nation. “I think we should eliminate the filibuster... Read More

Court Challenges Done, Push For, and Against, Arizona’s Proposition 139 Has Begun
In The States
Court Challenges Done, Push For, and Against, Arizona’s Proposition 139 Has Begun
2024-09-04 21:40:59
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists in Arizona are united in one thing with just 62 days left until the general election — both sides are determined to reach as many like-minded voters as they can to try to sway... Read More

Biden Campaign Redoubling Effort to Keep Abortion Rights Front of Mind for Voters
Political News
Biden Campaign Redoubling Effort to Keep Abortion Rights Front of Mind for Voters
2024-06-17 20:16:03
by Anna Claire Miller

WASHINGTON — With the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade fast approaching, the Biden-Harris campaign is organizing volunteers to share what they’ve experienced since that ruling went into effect. Decided on June 24, 2022,... Read More

Senators Say State Abortion Ban Causing Exodus of Women’s Health Care Providers
U.S. Senate
Senators Say State Abortion Ban Causing Exodus of Women’s Health Care Providers
2024-05-22 18:44:32
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A trio of Democratic senators assailed abortion bans in Republican-led states on Tuesday, pointing to a new report that suggests those laws are forcing women’s health care providers to turn away patients, shut down practices and abandon those... Read More

Abortion-Rights Supporters Prevailed in All Midterm Ballot Measures
2022 Elections
Abortion-Rights Supporters Prevailed in All Midterm Ballot Measures
2022-11-09 21:33:22
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t just the control of the U.S. House and Senate that was hanging in the balance as voters went to the polls Tuesday. In states across the nation ballots were cast on a range of health care... Read More

Abortion-Rights Protesters Arrested After Disrupting Supreme Court Hearing
Supreme Court
Abortion-Rights Protesters Arrested After Disrupting Supreme Court Hearing
2022-11-03 19:47:53
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Three female protesters were arrested Wednesday at the Supreme Court after interrupting a hearing to denounce the recent Dobbs decision that eliminated a constitutional right to abortion. The women stood up one after the other during the first... Read More

Biden Signs Order on Abortion Access After High Court Ruling
Abortion
Biden Signs Order on Abortion Access After High Court Ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the... Read More

What They’re Saying About the Supreme Court Leak and the Draft Decision
Supreme Court
What They’re Saying About the Supreme Court Leak and the Draft Decision
2022-05-03 14:41:40
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The story hit like a lightning bolt shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday night: a draft opinion leaked to Politico indicated that in a preliminary vote on a Mississippi abortion case, the Supreme Court had voted to overturn Roe... Read More

Majority of Voters Support A Woman’s Right to Choose, National Poll Finds
Civil Rights
Majority of Voters Support A Woman’s Right to Choose, National Poll Finds
2019-05-22 19:17:10
by Dan McCue

A majority of American voters believe the U.S. Supreme Court was right in 1973 when it ruled in Roe v. Wade that women have a constitutionally-protected right to have an abortion, and most also believe the current generation of justices... Read More

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