Many women are often told not to expect pain worse than menstrual cramps when taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy, according to a new study in a medical journal.

Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S.

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies.

Republican lawmakers have proposed a number of constitutional amendments that would overturn Amendment 3. Some include exceptions for survivors of rape or incest, a departure from the party’s recent stance on abortion.

Ten pro-lifers are spending Christmas in jail this year after being convicted for praying outside abortion clinics.

Sophie Harvey, 25, walked from court last Wednesday with a community order for buying abortion pills online after the prosecution set aside charges relating to an allegation she had illegally aborted

The Citizens' Initiative “My voice, my choice,” calling for safe access to abortion in the European Union, has reached the necessary one million signatures for the EU Commission to issue a response. V

With Republicans in control of the levers of power in the State House next year, GOP priorities will be front and center in policy debates. But it could also mean intra-party disagreements — over issues like abortion policy and taxes — rise to the fore.

A judge has ruled that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment.

The Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and long-term injuries.

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified.

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