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Over a thousand New Yorkers joined pro-choice activist groups and elected officials at Foley Square on May 21, 2019 to take part in a national day of action and across the country for abortion rights at the NYC Stop the Bans Rally.

The Right to an Abortion Is Under Threat. But States Are Stepping Up to Protect It

In 2016, candidate Donald Trump said that determining whether abortion is l...

In 2016, candidate Donald Trump said that determining whether abortion is legal should “go back to the individual states.” Today, states are indeed setting the terms. While hundreds of laws restricting abortion have passed in...

Activists are seen holding placards during a protest against a fetal-heartbeat bill in Dayton, Ohio, on May 5, 2019.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Ohio's Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban

A fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy

Lawyers defending Marshae Jones, who was arrested after a grand jury issued an indictment saying she intentionally caused the death of her fetus by initiating a fight while five-months pregnant, said on July 1, 2019, that the charges are completely unreasonable and unjust and should be dismissed.

An Alabama Woman Was Charged After Someone Else Killed Her Fetus. Critics Say New Laws Are 'Criminalizing Pregnancy'

"Never have they ever prosecuted a mother for having someone else do someth...

"Never have they ever prosecuted a mother for having someone else do something to them," Carliss Chatman, an assistant law professor at Washington and Lee University tells TIME

Pro-Choice protesters march toward the State Capital building during the March For Reproductive freedom in Montgomery, Alabama May 19,2019. - The state of Alabama passed a near-total abortian ban on May 14, 2019, one of the nation's most restrictive bans on abortions in decades.

Supreme Court Rejects Alabama's Appeal on Ruling Blocking State's Ban on Abortion Procedure

The law sought to ban the abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuati...

The law sought to ban the abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a ceremony where he presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer on June 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' to Take Effect Amid Challenge

Planned Parenthood said it would immediately ask the court to reconsider th...

Planned Parenthood said it would immediately ask the court to reconsider the decision

Stephanie Toti, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, speaks to the media at the Supreme Court, March 2, 2016 in Washington, DC.

She Won a Major Victory for Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court. Here's What She Thinks About the Future of Roe

Three years ago this month, on June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court ruled in th...

Three years ago this month, on June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court ruled in the biggest abortion case in more than two decades: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. In a vote of 5 to 3,...

Women Who Are Denied Abortions May Face Long-Lasting Health Problems, Study Says

From headaches to chronic conditions

The Right to an Abortion Is Under Threat. But States Are Stepping Up to Protect It

Judge Temporarily Blocks Ohio's Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban

An Alabama Woman Was Charged After Someone Else Killed Her Fetus. Critics Say New Laws Are 'Criminalizing Pregnancy'

Supreme Court Rejects Alabama's Appeal on Ruling Blocking State's Ban on Abortion Procedure

Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' to Take Effect Amid Challenge

She Won a Major Victory for Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court. Here's What She Thinks About the Future of Roe

Women Who Are Denied Abortions May Face Long-Lasting Health Problems, Study Says

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