The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

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LOS ANGELES — The Life at Conception Act is fewer than 300 words, but its language leaves little room for ambiguity on abortion.

MINNEAPOLIS — Top Minnesota Republican candidates are treading carefully on the issue of abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade, trying to balance the interests of steadfast anti-abortion activists in their party while staking out a position palatable to a broader set of voters in November.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina House voted 67-38 to advance a near-total abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest late Tuesday, sending the bill to the Senate after an hourslong debate.

The event also highlighted that the pledge Pritzker made on June 24 to call the Illinois General Assembly back into session in Springfield to “further enshrine” reproductive rights remains unfulfilled.

Some candidates, like Arizona's Blake Masters, have quietly removed abortion restriction initiatives from their campaign websites.

Arizona Republican appears to attempt pivot to centre after winning GOP primary

Indiana abortion clinic operators have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s near-total ban on abortions that is set to take effect Sept. 15

Kochava is being sued by the FTC because of it.