Abortion

Seven months after overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, anti-abortion rights activists are celebrating their victories and planning their next steps at their annual march in D.C.

Voters in several states were asked to weigh in on ballot measures specifically related to abortion rights.

In response to increasing abortion restrictions in the region, a Planned Parenthood chapter in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois.

The number of abortions per month in Oregon went up by 18% in August, after the Supreme Court’s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Planned Parenthood says it will provide abortions out of an RV-based clinic in southern Illinois by the end of the year. It will reduce travel time for some patients coming from surrounding states.

The judge lifted a decades-old injunction that has long blocked enforcement of the law on the books since before Arizona became a state that bans nearly all abortions.

Thursday, nearly all abortions must cease in Indiana after state lawmakers passed a full ban in August. Since the Dobbs U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Indiana has been a destination for those in surrounding states seeking abortions.

On the day the near-total ban on abortions goes into effect in Idaho, Planned Parenthood leaders in Oregon say visits from out-of-state patients needing abortions are already up.

Idaho’s near-total abortion ban seems to face an imminent road block just days before it’s set to take effect.

Reed College president Audrey Bilger attended a roundtable discussion about abortion access for college students chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House.