Abortion

Roe author Mary Ziegler has chronicled the legal, political and cultural battles around abortion, and says the debate is far from over: "We're at the very beginning of something very confusing."

The state's near-total ban on abortion means mifepristone and misoprostol — two drugs that can induce abortion within 10 weeks of gestation — are still illegal.

The court’s ruling does not overturn the 2021 law, which banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. It also does not impact the near-total bans on abortion that went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

For decades birth control research focused on women. Now there's a new push to develop gels, pills or other products that could keep men from getting their partners pregnant.

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.

False information targeting the Latino community is surging. Much of it is designed to galvanize voters or discourage pregnant women from seeking care.

A new study from UT Austin shows the number of abortions performed in Texas dropped dramatically in the months following Senate Bill 8.

Aborting a pregnancy, in which a pregnant person’s doctor believes the developing baby has little chance of surviving in or outside the womb is illegal in Texas.

The new policy and others come from a new memo from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin aimed at addressing concerns of service members about abortion access after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

State Sen. Robert Nichols became the first GOP lawmaker to publicly say he wants to change the law. But he’s not even willing to craft a bill.