Dr. Margaret Carpenter has allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana, both states ...

Yahoo News provides the latest updates on what's happening at the state level with reproductive rights and abortion in 2025.

States that implemented abortion bans had an estimated 0.33 additional infant deaths per 1,000 live births above the expected rate of 5.93 (observed 6.26), or a relative 5.60% increase in the infant ...

The statewide total of 60,755 abortions in 2024 was down 28% from 84,052 in 2023, a trend sought by supporters of the law.

A recent study shows that the number of infants dying after states implemented abortion bans is higher than expected.

For abortion opponents, then, the idea of personhood was always the moon shot: the long-term goal that mobilized activists ...

In states with abortion bans, infant mortality rates were 6% higher than expected. The studies suggested abortion bans significantly affect people struggling economically. Meanwhile, New York won't ...

Advocates for a Nebraska legislative bill that would add new steps women must take to access abortion pills said they want to ...

A Texas judge has fined a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas in one of the first ...

Florida’s ban on abortion beyond six weeks of pregnancy has led to the first decline in abortions since Roe v. Wade was ...

A South Dakota representative is trying to mandate showing videos of abortions in high school health classes and the process of fertilization in middle and elementary ...

Now that Donald Trump has been elected, the attacks on abortion rights will accelerate. Without resorting to a national ban on abortion, Trump can use executive authority to take a ...