Donald Trump’s transition team is quietly strategizing how to assuage the anti-abortion wing of the Republican Party amid concerns that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments supporting abortion access could complicate his confirmation as the president-elect’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Attorney General Dave Yost is appealing a decision that permanently struck down Ohio's most restrictive abortion ban and other abortion regulations.
This story was originally published by The 19th. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Though President-elect Donald Trump has waffled on how his administration might handle abortion policy, anti-abortion activists are already exerting a pressure campaign for the incoming Trump administration to take a hardline approach and undo many of the policies set in place
Maggy Krell, a former prosecutor from Sacramento, won a seat in the California Assembly by a landslide while campaigning for abortion rights in Nevada.
Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a complicated abortion landscape post-Dobbs
Under Project 2025, all 50 states would be mandated to report detailed abortion-related data to the federal government or risk funding cuts. California is one of three states that currently does not report.
Despite his campaign promises to leave the issue to the states, President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will shape the national landscape around abortion and reproductive health.
Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives, solidifying the GOP’s power in the White House and both chambers of Congress. Abortion rights were a focal point for the Democratic Party,
Officially called a canvass in Arizona, the certification of votes drew heightened attention in 2020 and 2022 as some candidates denied their losses.
The former and now future president largely staked out a federalist position, saying abortion policy should be formulated by the states.
The return of Donald Trump is bad news for reproductive rights in America. But he is unlikely to ban abortion outright nationally in 2025