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Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican presidential primary even as he’s refused to endorse a federal ban on abortion

The right has, for decades, relied on abortion to rally their conservative base, but now their unified policy is flagging

Some of Trump’s party’s signature policies enjoy only meagre public support but rightwing judges and state legislators are proving adept at finding workarounds

"The same politics of lies and division that Trump used, just in a softer voice," says Rev. Dr. William Barber II

A Texas lawsuit could threaten the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration

Women and young people, furious over losing federal abortion protections, helped Democrats defy expectations

Abortion is on the ballot in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont, but it's also playing a major role in races for governor, attorney general and state supreme courts nationwide.

Unless they're "willing to end the filibuster, there's no reason to take it seriously," advocate says

WASHINGTON — Emily Blocher remembers the response she received from an aide to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff when, last fall, she traveled to Washington to advocate for expanding the size of the Supreme Court: It was warm and attentive, she said, but conspicuously non-committal to the proposal.

Draft of a Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Alito indicates full repeal of abortion rights is imminent