Browsing: Abortion

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The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state’s voters can vote on whether to protect abortion rights and legalize the recreational use of marijuana. This decision comes despite the state attorney general’s objections that these issues should not be on the November ballot.

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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the GOP’s approach to reproductive rights and said the party should work harder to understand where average Americans stand on these issues. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Dana Bash asked Lawler — one of just a handful of House Republicans to support legislation to…

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Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Wednesday that the high court will likely experience a rise in abortion-related cases in the future. Breyer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the “harmful” decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade — ending the federal right to abortion access — would not reduce the number of abortion-related cases brought before…

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Former President Trump suggested Tuesday he’s considering support for a ban on abortions at 15 weeks, laying down a potential marker on an issue that has galvanized Democrats following the end of Roe v. Wade. “We’re going to come up with a time — and maybe we could bring the country together on that issue,”…

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Abortion procedures rose in the U.S. last year, even with state abortion bans passed following the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. An estimated 1, 026,690 abortions were reported in the formal health care system in 2023, according to research from the Guttmacher Institute published Tuesday. It’s the highest…