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Abortion rights

Published
June 9, 2023

Democrats advance Gov. Mills’ bill to expand abortion access in Maine

The bill was voted out of the Judiciary Committee on Friday but still faces additional votes in the full House and Senate.
Published
April 21, 2023

Here’s what the Supreme Court abortion pill ruling means and what’s next

Here's what to know about the case, how we got here and what could be next.
Published
April 21, 2023

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone.
Published
April 16, 2023

The abortion pill’s 1992 Supreme Court battle and the woman who started it

Leona Benten was 6½-weeks pregnant when she volunteered to be the test case in the 1992 legal fight over the legality of importing mifepristone.
Published
April 16, 2023

Abortion pill ruling threatens pharmaceutical innovation

Bringing new drugs to market is already expensive and time-consuming. Undercutting the FDA will only make it harder.

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Published
April 16, 2023

Texas abortion pill ruling threatens FDA

This opens the door to the courts' second-guessing any FDA approval — especially for drugs for controversial areas like gender-affirming care,' expert says.
Published
April 10, 2023

Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order

In its appeal Monday, the Justice Department called the decision 'extraordinary and unprecedented.'
Published
April 10, 2023

Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws

Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to prevent their residents from getting abortions in other states.
Published
April 7, 2023

First state law to criminalize out-of-state abortion travel may inspire others

Abortion rights advocates and legal experts say they expect other states to follow Idaho’s approach — and eventually to extend interstate travel prohibitions to adults.
Published
April 4, 2023

Anti-abortion activists rally at State House

More than 250 people gathered in the Hall of Flags to speak out against legislation that would expand abortion access in Maine.