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Volunteer clinic escorts shield a patient from anti-abortion activists outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, last month. Clinics in states like Illinois, which has less restrictive laws, have been reporting an influx of patients from neighboring states.

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions

A report from the Guttmacher Institute finds that state abortion restrictions do not necessarily correlate to a lower abortion rate, as more patients travel out of state.

ACLU of Iowa legal director Rita Bettis, shown with Emma Goldman Clinic attorney Sam Jones, said a judge's decision to temporarily block Iowa's newly passed abortion law removes uncertainty as a legal challenge to the law proceeds.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Iowa's 'Fetal Heartbeat' Abortion Law

The measure, which had been set to take effect July 1, had quickly drawn a legal challenge from Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Iowa.

Sonia Glenn from Fairfax, Virginia wears a Statue of Liberty costume at the rally in Lafayette Square park before the Women's March in Washington, D.C., to protest the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Photos: Abortion rights activists protest outside the White House

Protesters at the Women's March in Washington, D.C., said they want the White House to do more to support abortion rights.

Anti-Abortion Rights Activists Watch As Movement Gains Ground

Alabama's governor has signed a bill which introduces a near-total ban on abortions in the state. NPR's David Greene speaks with Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America.

Abortion rights supporters protest at the Statehouse.

Abortion Rights Advocates Protest Against Pair Of Bills That Could Come Up In Lame Duck Session

Another fight over abortion rights is looming at the Statehouse. Lawmakers are expected to take up two bills that restrict abortions during the upcoming...

Opponents of the US Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion at the Ohio Statehouse in June 2022

Abortion still hot issue in Ohio two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned

Abortion is a key issue Democrats in Ohio plan to talk about in the U.S. Senate campaign this fall.

Caring For Migrants Is As Important As Opposing Abortion, Pope Says

In a pronouncement, Pope Francis challenges conservative thinkers who claim to know the true mission of the Church. Defending migrants, he says, is as important as defending the rights of the unborn.

Supporters of abortion rights hold signs during a rally outside the Ohio Statehouse.

Ohio’s 24-hour abortion waiting period on hold in lawsuit over its constitutionality

A Franklin County judge has agreed to halt Ohio’s 2021 law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a patient can get an abortion.

Michigan State Governor Gretchen Whitmer shows a "My Body My Decision" shirt at the 14th District Democratic Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, on November 8, 2022.

What we know (and don't know) about how abortion affected the midterms

What can polls tell us? (Not a lot.) Why did ballot measures favor abortion rights while abortion rights opponents won handily? (It's complicated.) And more lessons from the midterms.

A Planned Parenthood supporter and opponent try to block each other's signs during a protest and counter-protest of abortion in St. Louis on Feb. 11, 2017.

State, Planned Parenthood Seek Delay In Ohio Abortion Case

Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has joined Planned Parenthood in asking a federal judge to postpone information-gathering in a legal challenge to…

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