Texas already has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Anti-abortion advocates are working to close the remaining loopholes.

Most analysts blame the economy for that, but the party’s central emphasis on abortion rights probably made it more difficult for voters to identify Harris with her economic agenda. Nearly eight in 10 voters who named the economy as their top issue voted for Donald Trump, while only 23% of voters named abortion as one of their top three issues.

Conservative Republicans seem to be embracing health secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out of loyalty to President Donald Trump.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court general election set to be held in April will determine ideological control of the court.

Anti-abortion lawmakers rallied for the march for life at the Statehouse on Kansas Day, despite expletive-filled yelling from a Satanist heckler.

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, according to an October 2024 study.

Trump’s nominee for HHS secretary said he supported policies that restrict abortion and said he didn’t know whether federal law allows emergency abortions in states that ban the procedure.

Previous House proposals also would bar voters from considering abortion issues. However, the Senate has blocked voters regaining any right to ballot initiatives.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alternating views on vaccines, reproductive rights and public health issues were a central focus at his first confirmation hearing Wednesday, with Democratic senators expressing dismay at his nomination and Republicans signaling he’ll likely have their support.

The North Dakota Supreme Court on Friday declined to reinstate a near-total abortion ban as the state’s appeal proceeds. In a Friday majority opinion by Justice Daniel Crothers, the court appeared skeptical of several of the state’s core arguments defending the law,

Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel bring their political histories — and partisan backers —to the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.