As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their cause forward if his Senate bid is successful. Read more at Pro Publica
Republicans delay major action on abortion until after midterm elections, and Democrats focus on affordability Read more at The Guardian
The suit targets four people associated with Students for Life for allegedly ordering abortion medications into Texas without intending to use them personally. In a March social media post, the named defendants claimed to be ordering the pills “undercover” to illustrate that they are still available to people in the state. HB 7 does not … Read more
Idaho is the only state in this election cycle where voters could reverse an abortion ban. If Proposition 1 passes and the ban falls in November, legalizing abortion until the fetal viability line that typically falls around 23 to 25 weeks, it will be thanks to an army of people like the Wirschings — the … Read more
She added that the consequences for maternity care would be particularly devastating within rural communities. The non-profit has identified 31 at-risk rural hospitals with labor and delivery services, with their possible closure leaving 96 counties without a labor and delivery unit. Read more at The Guardian
Communities with high birth and marriage rates could soon gain an advantage in securing federal transit money — a long-sought goal of the Trump administration but one that a top Democratic appropriator calls “bizarre and dystopian.” Read more at Politico
Congress passed $101 million in funding for teen pregnancy prevention, and President Trump signed that into law as part of his budget bill. But with less than a week to go in the 2026 fiscal year, about $100 million of that funding remains unspent. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
A ballot measure backed by the state’s Republican party would make Missouri the first state whose constitution explicitly bans the procedure. Read more at 19th News
Voters will weigh in on abortion in Missouri, and three other states, in the November general election. Missouri is also one of two states voting on it for the second time since 2024. Nevada will vote again, too. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
An analysis of CDC data reveals that since Dobbs, women are dying at alarmingly high rates from ectopic pregnancies – in which an embryo implants in the fallopian tube, rather than the wall of the uterus, a condition which has no possibility of leading to a live birth and which is fatal if left untreated. … Read more
