Abortion a focal point at Republican presidential debate
Moderators pushed candidates for their reaction to the election results in Ohio, where voters decided to protect the right to an abortion in the state's constitution.
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Moderators pushed candidates for their reaction to the election results in Ohio, where voters decided to protect the right to an abortion in the state's constitution.
Most GOP voters prefer a candidate who supports aid to Israel but are divided on Ukraine.
CBS News projected that Ohio Issue 1 will pass, enshrining the right to abortion in the state's constitution.
CBS News projects the success of Issue 1, a ballot measure to change the Ohio Constitution to include protections for abortion access.
Doctors CBS News spoke with said treating non-viable pregnancies, in which the fetus is not expected to survive, puts them and their patients in what they call an impossible position.
In a 2005 op-ed piece in the Shreveport Times, Johnson also compared the judicial philosophy that legalized the right to an abortion to Hitler's.
A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court's ruling that abortion is legal.
The GOP field of candidates is fractured over how far into a pregnancy abortion should be prohibited and whether a federal ban is appropriate.
Planned Parenthood says that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn't apply to abortions.
The Wisconsin Democratic Party has launched a $4 million effort to pressure Republicans to back down from impeaching a new liberal state Supreme Court justice.
Voters in Ohio rejected a measure known as Issue 1 that would have raised the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot.
Judge Jessica Mangrum issued a temporary injunction on enforcing the state's abortion bans in certain cases.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is flipping to liberal control for the first time in 15 years with the start of the term of a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning campaign.
The Iowa Supreme Court says Gov. Kim Reynolds can appeal a temporary block on the state's restrictive abortion law.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control next month and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state's abortion ban being overturned and maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says plans are in progress to appeal a temporary block on the state's new, restrictive abortion law, previewing a likely emotional court battle that could take months to resolve.
An Iowa judge temporarily blocked the state's new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law.
When Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds seized the spotlight from a half dozen Republican presidential contenders on Friday by signing a restrictive abortion measure into law at an event meant to showcase the candidates, she embraced her front-and-center role in the 2024 presidential election.
A state judge is expected to rule next week on a request from Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights group to temporarily halt the ban.
An Iowa judge will consider a request to postpone the state's new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just as Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the measure into law.
Democrats vowed to oppose the defense bill if it includes an amendment that bars the Pentagon from paying for abortion-related expenses.
A legal challenge has been filed to block Iowa's new legislation banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
The Supreme Court has so far preserved access to the abortion medication mifepristone, a divisive issue for many Republicans running for president in 2024.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said she'd sign the measure Friday. Abortion rights proponents were preparing to quickly challenge the ban in court.
Protesters are gathering at the Iowa Capitol rotunda for a special legislative session on abortion restrictions.
