Google workers demand abortion protections, data privacy

Employees want parent company Alphabet to strengthen privacy for Google users searching for abortion information.

• Aug 18, 2022

Growing concerns over maternal mortality

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate compared to the world's richest nations. New abortion bans are limiting women's health care options even more. Elise Preston takes a look.

• Aug 17, 2022

Federal judge reinstates North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban

Prior to the ruling, abortions were legal in North Carolina until fetal viability, which generally falls between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy.

• Aug 17, 2022

Planned Parenthood to spend record $50 million in midterm elections

The nation's leading abortion rights advocacy organization plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections.

• Aug 17, 2022

Abortion bans restrict medications women need for chronic conditions

Methotrexate is often used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and cancer. But it can also be used to terminate nonviable pregnancies.

• Aug 15, 2022

Idaho Supreme Court rules that abortion restrictions can take effect

One of the laws slated to take effect allows potential relatives of an embryo or fetus to sue abortion providers for up to $20,000 within four years of an abortion.

• Aug 12, 2022

Doctors share concerns over abortion laws

Four doctors share their concerns about why abortion restrictions are causing confusion and putting patients' lives at risk.

• Aug 8, 2022

Facebook turns over messages in abortion case

Court documents reveal Facebook turned over chat messages to authorities which led to a Nebraska mother facing abortion-related charges. CBS News’ Tanya Rivero and Lilia Luciano speak with Alexandra Reeve Givens, president and CEO of The Center for Democracy and Technology, about social media platforms cooperating with law enforcement.

• Aug 11, 2022

Lin-Manuel Miranda and "Hamilton" launch abortion access fundraiser

"We can stand up for every person's right to make decisions about their own body and their own lives," say the people behind the global musical hit.

• Aug 10, 2022

Nebraska woman charged with helping teen daughter have abortion

Investigators uncovered Facebook messages in which the two discussed using medication to induce an abortion and plans to burn the fetus afterward.

• Aug 10, 2022

Fallout over Indiana's ban on most abortions

Indiana's sweeping ban on most abortions is causing political and economic fallout as as some of the state’s biggest employers object to the restrictions. Indianapolis Star reporter Arika Herron joins "CBS News Mornings" with the latest.

• Aug 8, 2022

Some South Carolina Republicans pause on the brink of tightening abortion laws

Some South Carolina lawmakers who oppose abortion are being cautious when it comes to tightening the state's already restrictive laws even further.

• Aug 6, 2022

Indiana lawmakers approve abortion ban

Indiana is the first state in the nation to pass such legislation since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

• Aug 5, 2022

Implications of Kansas abortion vote

Democrats and Republicans are reevaluating their messaging around abortion after voters in Kansas chose to protect abortion rights in the state. CBS News' Lana Zak and Debra Alfarone speak with Katie Bernard, a reporter with the Kansas City Star, about the impact of the vote in a historically conservative state.

• Aug 5, 2022

James Carville on Democrats' midterm strategy

Democrats could make abortion a key issue in the 2022 midterms after Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have opened the door for more restrictions. CBS News' Robert Costa speaks with veteran Democratic strategist James Carville on "Red and Blue" about the party's strategy ahead of the midterms.

• Aug 4, 2022

Florida prosecutor suspended for stance on abortion law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended a prosecutor who refused to enforce a new abortion ban and also supported gender-affirming treatment for minors. Attorney Andrew Warren joined CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti to discuss why his suspension is unconstitutional.

• Aug 4, 2022

8/4: CBS News Mornings

President Biden signs abortion access executive order; FAA seeks public feedback on airline seats

• Aug 4, 2022

Florida governor suspends prosecutor over abortion law, gender-affirming care

Ron DeSantis suspended Andrew Warren for pledging not to enforce the state's new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender-affirming treatments for minors.

• Aug 4, 2022

Impact of Kansas vote to keep abortion access

Kansas voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have enabled lawmakers to ban or restrict abortion rights in the state. CBS News reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice joins "CBS News Mornings" with the latest.

• Aug 4, 2022

Fallout from Kansas abortion vote

This week's unexpected victory for abortion rights and massive voter turnout in Kansas is sending shockwaves around the nation and fueling talk of how the issue could galvanize Democrats and threaten Republicans in November's midterm elections. CBS News radio white house correspondent Steven Portnoy reports.

• Aug 4, 2022

In California, abortion and birth control could become constitutional rights

Proposition 1, the constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion in California's constitution, would also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to "choose or refuse" contraception.

• Aug 4, 2022

Kansas voters uphold abortion rights

One day after Kansas voters upheld abortion rights in their state, President Biden signed an executive order to protect patients traveling for abortion care. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

• Aug 3, 2022

Biden signs order on reproductive health care

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday ensuring access to reproductive health care. CBS News anchors Jim Axelrod and Debra Alfarone spoke with CBS News contributor and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller about what this means for people living in states where abortion is restricted.

• Aug 3, 2022

Kansas voters uphold right to an abortion

Voters in deep-red Kansas decisively defeated a proposed amendment that would have allowed the state's legislature to further restrict, or even ban, abortion. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports and Jannifer Nassour, Republican strategist, founder of the Pocket Book Project and former chairwoman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, and CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright join CBS News to discuss how Tuesday's primaries will affect the political landscape moving forward.

• Aug 3, 2022

Biden signs executive order on traveling for abortions

President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at making it easier to travel to obtain an abortion and enforcing federal non-discrimination laws for those seeking the procedure, his latest unilateral effort to secure abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade. Watch his remarks.

• Aug 3, 2022

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