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Vice President Harris will visit Arizona on Friday “to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms,” the White House announced just after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that made performing an abortion a felony, including only a narrow exception to…

The law dates back to a time before Arizona was even a state, and is now being used to essentially erase reproductive freedom in the state.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized former President Trump in a recent interview, asserting that he is attempting to present a moderate stance on abortion and indicating that his official stance does not represent any genuine 'belief.' “First, I want to emphasize that the issue of a woman's right to choose is a matter of democracy. It's…

Women living in states where abortion is restricted or banned are more likely to report that either they or someone they know had difficulty accessing abortion services, according to a new survey published Friday from health research group KFF.  Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal constitutional protections…

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is focusing on races in states where abortion is on the ballot in 2024. In a Friday memo, first obtained by Politico, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) noted the multiple states in the U.S. that either will have measures in favor of abortion rights on the ballot…

“I’m running to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. So women have a federal guarantee to the right to choose. Donald Trump doesn’t trust women. I do,” Biden says in his short ad, following a clip of Trump saying he is “proud” to have ended the nearly 50-year-old law.

Groups working to protect abortion rights in Arizona's constitution stated on Tuesday that they have gathered enough signatures to put the amendment on the ballot in November. Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition including the ACLU of Arizona, Reproductive Freedom for All Arizona, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, announced they have collected…

Congressional Democrats are planning on how to overturn the Comstock Act, the 19th century law targeted by conservative activists to possibly impose a national abortion ban. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) expressed in a New York Times opinion piece on Tuesday her intention to introduce a bill to remove the Comstock Act as a means to restrict reproductive freedom.

In a memo exclusively seen by The Hill on Tuesday, Florida Democratic Senate candidate and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) described two significant decisions on abortion from the state’s Supreme Court as a “game changer” for the Sunshine State’s Senate race in November. Mucarsel-Powell’s campaign also said incumbent Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was “vulnerable” on abortion and tied…

An 11-year-old boy, who reportedly informed a doctor that he deliberately contracted HIV from his 18-year-old girlfriend “to become buddies”, has stirred up a commotion on social media, according…