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Expect more aggressive regulatory action from the Trump administration while skirmishes continue in Congress and statehouses across the U.S. Many of these policies will ultimately land in court.

It's been a major factor driving voters to the polls post-Dobbs, and one of the thorniest issues facing the GOP presidential primary field. Here's a dive into what to know ahead of the 2024 election.

Action in the Michigan courts Monday blurred the lines on abortion rights in the state. Tuesday, Republicans decide their nominee for governor who will face Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.

Abortion clinics are suing the state of Ohio to block a recent law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried.Clinics,…

In a redo of an issue decided just four years ago, a newly constituted Supreme Court once again weighs abortion regulations.

The Supreme Court, ruling in its first abortion case since 2000, reiterates that restrictions on abortion are unconstitutional if they do not provide for an exception to protect the woman's health. But it sends the case back to the lower courts and steers clear of any major new pronouncements.

A controversial federal ban on a type of abortion procedure has been struck down by a federal judge in San Francisco. The "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act," signed into law by President Bush last November, was declared to be unconstitutional and an infringement on a woman's right to choose. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Richard Gonzales.

The suit, being filed Tuesday challenges a longstanding regulation allowing the abortion pill to be dispensed only at a medical facility under the care of a certified provider.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mary Ziegler, law professor at Florida State University, and author of Beyond Abortion: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Privacy, about abortion laws that could reach the Supreme Court.

The Republican and Democratic candidates who won the gubernatorial primary have very different views on the issue of abortion.