Tag: Abortion

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told his Republican colleagues Tuesday that part of the August recess will be canceled.

Mitch McConnell takes victory lap over judiciary wins at anti-abortion gala

Kimberly Leonard · June 4, 2019 1:13 am

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during the Hudson Institute's 2018 Award Gala.

Nikki Haley: Being pro-abortion ‘is not real feminism’

John Gage · June 3, 2019 8:17 pm

CORRECTS JOHN MILKOVICH TO D-SHREVEPORT - Sen. John Milkovich, D-Shreveport, left, and Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, speak outside the State Capitol, after the House passed Milkovich's 'fetal heartbeat' bill that would ban abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy, if upheld by the courts, sending it to the governor's desk without exceptions for victims of rape and incest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. Hodges handled the bill on the House side for its passage. Gov. John Bel Edwards, the only Democratic governor in the Deep South, supports the ban and intends to sign it into law.

Democrat: Abortion is ‘modern-day genocide’

John Gage · June 3, 2019 7:26 pm

Activist fringes dominate abortion debate as voters favor the middle

Kimberly Leonard · June 3, 2019 12:01 am

Ann Dowd accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for "The Handmaid's Tale" at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.

‘This is happening’: Producer and actress with ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ think the show is turning into real life

John Gage · June 2, 2019 7:56 pm

The Illinois legislature is expected to return later this month to close a deal to subsidize nuclear plants, as Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, legislators, environmental groups, and labor unions are motivated to preserve thousands of jobs.

Illinois expands abortion rights amid stringent bans across the US

Cassidy Morrison · June 1, 2019 4:55 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a campaign event at the Unity Freedom Presidential Forum Friday, May 31, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif.

Kamala Harris: Alabama anti-abortion law supporters ‘couldn’t care less’ about babies

Naomi Lim · June 1, 2019 1:11 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a probable lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Newsom ‘welcoming women to California’ for abortions

Caitlin Yilek · June 1, 2019 1:26 am

FILE - In this May 17, 2019 file photo, Teresa Pettis, right, greets a passerby outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis. Pettis was one of a small number of abortion opponents protesting outside the clinic on the day the Missouri Legislature passed a sweeping measure banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood says Missouri's only abortion clinic could be closed by the end of the week because the state is threatening to not renew its license, which expires Friday, May 31.

Judge rules Missouri’s last abortion clinic will remain open — for now

Cassidy Morrison · May 31, 2019 8:45 pm

Gaslighting on abortion

Alexandra DeSanctis · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

Alabama legislator reveals rape threats against his wife over anti-abortion vote

Julio Rosas · May 31, 2019 1:46 am

NBCUniversal threatens to boycott Georgia over abortion law

Tim Pearce · May 30, 2019 11:16 pm