Abortion

Voters are about to decide a fierce battle over whether Florida should protect abortion in the state constitution.

John Legend recently shared more details about the late-term abortion his wife Chrissy Teigen had in September 2020 when they lost baby boy Jack: “She was bleeding out.”

NBC6 Investigates finds that the Florida Department of State report on alleged Amendment 4 petition fraud contains misstatements, questionable methodology and inaccurate numbers. Days after their release, those same numbers appeared in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the abortion rights amendment.

NBC6 Investigates finds that the Florida Department of State report on alleged Amendment 4 petition fraud contains misstatements, questionable methodology and inaccurate numbers. Days after their release, those same numbers appeared in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the abortion rights amendment. 

Deborah, who asked not to reveal her last name, shared her heartbreaking story with NBC6, hoping it would lead people to vote yes on Amendment 4.

A woman says Florida’s abortion law forced her to carry on with a pregnancy at 23 weeks when doctors told her her baby had a health condition that would take his life on day one. She shared her story to support yes on Amendment 4. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports

The ad encourages people to vote “yes” on a ballot initiative that would override the state’s abortion ban.

In a sharply worded ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker issued a temporary restraining order calling threats by the Florida Department of Health “unconstitutional coercion.”

Maryland is one of 10 states with abortion-related measures on the ballot in November, most of which would protect abortion rights.

A survey has found that abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30.

The issue remains legally and politically fraught two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and overruled the nationwide right to abortion.

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals.

The justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

Abortion rights groups have outraised opponents by a nearly 8-to-1 margin in campaigns for ballot measures across the U.S. this year. But the advantage doesn’t show in ad buys in Florida, which has the most expensive campaign of the nine states where voters are being asked whether they want to enshrine abortion rights into state constitutions. The Florida numbers don’t...

Under the new law, the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol will be designated as Schedule IV controlled substances.

Abortion funds have been around for decades, but they got big boosts from donors around the time the Supreme Court ended a national right to abortion. But this year, some of the organizations have had to cap the aid they can give.

The city of Hialeah delved into the issue of abortion, approving a motion on Tuesday that opposes Florida’s Amendment 4.

City leaders in Hialeah are ready to make their position clear on abortion rights. The city has no authority when it comes to abortion laws, but despite this, it will be a topic of discussion at Tuesday’s council meeting. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.

Come November, Floridians will be deciding on Amendment 4, which would make abortion under certain circumstances a state constitutional right. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports