Supreme Court appears highly skeptical of potential limitations on abortion pill mifepristone

Most of the Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of oral arguments that they should rule in favor of restricting nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

Senate delays consideration of bill decriminalizing oral sex between adults

This statute is coming under fire because it prohibits adults from engaging in the private act of oral sex. Consensual oral sex between adults would no longer be a crime if the bill passes.

How Roe v. Wade’s overturn affects trans and nonbinary people who can get pregnant

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has been characterized as a women’s issue — but the decision also impacts transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people who can get pregnant and exacerbates already-existing barriers to reproductive care.

Democrats try to buck history in midterm elections as GOP decries inflation

Historically, the president’s party usually loses seats in Congress (and sometimes the majority) as voters blame the party in power for any variety of real or perceived shortcomings.

Maryland becomes haven for out-of-state abortion seekers, providers

Maryland abortion providers see influx of out-of-state patients since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Leaked Supreme Court opinion on abortion law causes political uproar

Supporters of the Roe v. Wade ruling and opponents demonstrated for hours on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court – protests that certainly were loud enough for justices to hear in their offices.

At clinics, patient escorts are low-profile figures on the front lines of abortion debate

Patients at clinics in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are escorted in and out by volunteers with the Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force shielding them from anti-abortion protesters outside the facilities.

Supreme Court weighs Mississippi abortion law, future of Roe v. Wade

The justices signaled that they were aware of the highly-charged political nature of the case. Many of their questions centered on how their decision could impact American society.

Supreme Court to hear arguments over Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks

The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, considers the constitutionality of Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Anti-abortion bills on the rise among state legislatures

Republican state legislators across the country are introducing increasingly restrictive anti-abortion bills in the hopes of sending a case through the conservative-majority Supreme Court and possibly overturning Roe v. Wade.  Over 500 abortion restrictions have been introduced in state legislatures…