Browsing: Abortion rights

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) emphasized the stakes of the 2024 election in a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday, warning that much more than abortion rights are at risk if former President Trump gets a second term. He told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell that reproductive freedom will be an “incredibly significant” issue in the race.…

Hillary Clinton cautioned on Wednesday that access to abortion care could be further at risk after oral arguments in a Supreme Court case over an Idaho law limiting abortion. The court seemed uncertain if a federal law ensuring access to lifesaving care included access to abortion care when necessary, though the justices…

A divided Supreme Court seemed skeptical that Idaho’s strict abortion ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law, but there appeared to be a split by gender as well as ideology during the nearly two hours of argument.  The four female justices, including conservative Amy Coney Barrett, strongly opposed Idaho’s assertion that…

Vice President Harris will address abortion access Monday afternoon in a campaign stop in La Crosse, Wis., during her third visit to the critical swing state this year. Harris has taken the lead in the White House’s efforts to restore national protections for reproductive rights. The issue has taken on greater urgency for abortion-rights advocates…

An abortion-rights group is attacking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as extreme and unfit to serve over abortion rights, as the health issue takes focus in the presidential election. Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Fund put out an ad Monday in Michigan and Wisconsin — two battleground states — looking to portray the independent candidate as…

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) revealed on Sunday that state lawmakers will introduce a bill this week to support women traveling from Arizona seeking abortion care, in response to the implementation of one of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law that limits access…

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs expressed confidence on Tuesday that voters will have the chance to make abortion rights a part of the state's constitution in November. This could reverse a decision from the state's Supreme Court that effectively bans nearly all abortions in the state. Hobbs spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper shortly after the state's highest court dismissed arguments for a 15-week…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, shared her views on abortion in a detailed online post following the national attention to the Arizona Supreme Court's abortion law on Tuesday. “People are asking about my views on abortion,” Shanahan’s post on X, formerly Twitter, began. Shanahan, recently named Kennedy’s vice-presidential candidate, is a mother to one…

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed a law from 1864 that makes carrying out an abortion a serious crime. What does this mean? The decision, with a vote of 4-2, dismissed attempts to ban abortions after 15 weeks and effectively makes the medical procedure nearly completely against the law in the state. The law dates back to the time of the Civil War and was passed many years before Arizona became a state in 1912. The…

Both Arizona Senate candidates opposed the state Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday that upholds one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. The decision enforces a law from 1864 that prohibits abortion access in all situations except to save the mother's life. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and GOP candidate…