Abortion

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

When patients who have appointments at the Planned Parenthood in Carbondale, Illinois, are late, staff members often know where to find them — at the crisis pregnancy center right next door.

Trump could further restrict or effectively ban abortion on the federal level through methods that won’t require Congress to pass new legislation.

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in an election in which abortion rights were a heavy focus raises major questions about what might come next for abortion access in the U.S. 

Amendments 3 and 4, on adult recreational marijuana use and abortion rights, were the most hotly contested, and both received majority approval. But they still didn’t pass. Why?

An amendment that would have enshrine the right to an abortion until viability in the Florida constitution received 57.2% of the vote in favor, but it wasn’t enough. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports. 

A ballot proposal that would have enshrined abortion rights in the Florida Constitution failed Tuesday. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports

Some states have added abortion rights to their Constitution, while two have rejected measures.

While a majority of voters supported the ballot measure, the yes votes fell just short of the 60% needed to pass.

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.