National More Abortion Restrictions Have Been Enacted In The U.S. This Year Than In Any Other Legislatures across the country have passed a record 90 abortion restrictions and bans in 2021. Anti-abortion-rights activists hope a conservative Supreme Court will uphold those laws. Emma Bowman
National The Governor Of Texas Has Signed A Law That Bans Abortion As Early As 6 Weeks The new law prohibits abortion the moment a fetal heartbeat has been detected, before many women are even aware that they are pregnant. Jason Breslow Sarah McCammon
Health Biden Administration Moves To Undo Trump Abortion Rules For Title X The Trump administration tried to "defund" Planned Parenthood and other groups through changes to the Title X family planning program. The Biden administration is proposing reversing those rules. Sarah McCammon
National Utah Law Requires Biological Fathers To Pay Half Of Pregnancy-Related Medical Costs The legislation requires a biological father to pay 50% of a woman's pregnancy-related medical costs, including insurance premiums and hospital birth. It's believed to be the first such U.S. law. Rachel Treisman
Health Biden Administration Prepares To Overturn Trump Abortion Rule In a move requested by abortion rights advocates, Biden is preparing to overturn the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. aid to groups that provide or refer for abortion in other countries. Sarah McCammon
Health A Biden Promise About Overseas Abortion Funding Could Prove Difficult To Implement It's part of an ongoing back-and-forth: Republican presidents ban U.S. funds for foreign aid groups that 'promote' abortion, Democratic presidents revoke the ban. This time things could be different. Nurith Aizenman
National In Pennsylvania, Catholic Voters Are Targeted By Both Sides A common Catholic "sensibility" is at work among both pro-Trump and pro-Biden Catholic voters, with an emphasis on the dignity of the human person. Tom Gjelten
Politics With Roe v. Wade On The Line, Some States Take Steps To Protect Abortion Rights New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is backing legislation designed to codify Roe — the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide — in state law and expand abortion access. Sarah McCammon
National A Look At Amy Coney Barrett's Record On Abortion Rights President Trump promised to name Supreme Court justices who would oppose abortion rights. Activists says Barrett fits that mold. Her history as a federal judge offers potential clues to her views. Sarah McCammon
Politics Fact-Checking 6 Claims Pence Made About Biden's Record In His RNC Speech Pence warned that a Biden administration would threaten American freedoms and crumble the nation's economy. In making that case, Pence deployed several inaccurate or questionable claims. Sam Gringlas
