May 18 While the nation grapples with post-Roe possibilities, Oklahoma is already living it, advocates say By Adam Kemp Clinics across Oklahoma are rethinking how to connect patients seeking abortions to the care they need in other places, a situation clinics in other states may soon face if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Continue reading
May 18 WATCH: House Judiciary hearing on abortion care access By News Desk The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on abortion care access Wednesday following a failed attempt last week by the Senate to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law. Continue reading
May 15 Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future By Ashraf Khalil, David Sharp, Associated Press Incensed after a leaked draft opinion suggested the court's conservative majority would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, activists spoke of the need to mobilize quickly because Republican-led states are poised to enact tighter restrictions. Continue reading
May 14 Watch 6:03 Why a growing number of Latin American countries are legalizing abortion By Ali Rogin As Americans contemplate living in a country where Roe versus Wade is overturned, a very different story is playing out in many parts of Latin America. In recent years, countries throughout the region have relaxed abortion restrictions. Alicia Yamin, senior… Continue watching
May 14 Justice Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak on Roe ‘changes the institution’ By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust. Continue reading
May 14 Hundreds of U.S. rallies planned in show of support for abortion rights By Associated Press Demonstrators facing down a Supreme Court decision that could overturn the constitutional right to abortion planned rallies from coast to coast Saturday to express their outrage – and to mobilize for the fight ahead. Continue reading
May 13 WATCH: Pelosi and House Democrats speak on abortion and the Supreme Court By News Desk House Democrats are address abortion and the Supreme Court's draft decision days after the Senate failed to agree on a federal law to protect abortion access. Continue reading
May 13 As U.S. poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access By Astrid Suárez, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press For women's activists who for years have led grinding campaigns demanding open access to abortion, often looking to the United States as a model, it's a discouraging sign and a reminder that hard-won gains can be impermanent. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Sharp rise in inflation may have hit a peak, but remains near 40-year highs In our news wrap Wednesday, the Labor Department's April consumer price report shows a slight drop in inflation increases amid 40-year highs, Hong Kong police arrested a Catholic cardinal for endangering China's national security, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 5:19 U.S. senators go on the record with their stance on abortion Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked efforts on Wednesday to enshrine abortion rights into federal law. Democrats fell well short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster on codifying abortion access, with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin joining all… Continue watching