Abortion

If the historic bill passes the senate, Argentina's president has promised to sign it into law.

• By Jack Denton

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 13th, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Acceding to a request from the Trump administration, the Supreme Court has voided a federal appeals court's ruling upholding the right of teens in immigration custody to seek abortions.

• By Ashley Hackett

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A common talking point among anti-abortion activists is debunked.

• By Tom Jacobs

Irish voters will decide abortion rights for women in a predominantly Catholic country.

• By Ashley Hackett

Maureen Ui Fhearraigh casts her ballot paper as voting takes place a day earlier than on the mainland, on May 24th, 2018, in Gola Island, Ireland.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The White House plans to announce a rule today that would bar federal funds from going to any clinic that provides abortions or refers their patients to abortion providers.

• By Francie Diep

Women in Arizona must now fill out a questionnaire before receiving an abortion.

• By Ashley Hackett

Can California require crisis pregnancy centers to disclose to patients the availability of free or low-cost reproductive care?

• By Caitlin Cruz

The temporary ban on the law will benefit women who have sought abortions with the belief or knowledge that the fetus has Down syndrome.

• By Candace Butera

The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

• By Candace Butera

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• By Kristina Kutateli
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After natural disasters, access to reproductive services can be slow to return. Across the country, many abortion providers are working to fix that problem.

• By Caitlin Cruz

Right-wing activists hope that photos of kids with Down syndrome will keep Ireland from legalizing abortion.

• By David M. Perry

During oral arguments for a lawsuit between the Satanic Temple and Missouri over abortion restrictions, the state solicitor general debunked the notion that an ultrasound is legally required for any woman seeking an abortion. That in itself is a minor miracle.

• By Jack Denton

The Trump administration has appealed a court decision compelling the federal government to allow a 17-year-old immigrant in its custody access to an abortion.

• By Kate Wheeling

Murphy is resigning from Congress in the wake of an abortion scandal, just days after voting for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new survey of major abortion providers shows just how sparse abortion access is in rural America.

• By Francie Diep

The law, known as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, includes exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or risk to the mother's life.

• By Kate Wheeling

Salvadoran women march at a protest calling for the decriminalization of abortion in San Salvador on September 28th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The pontiff calls out Trump—and the American public—on an instance of what he deems unchristian ethical inconsistency.

• By Massoud Hayoun

The lawsuits argue that Missouri's 72-hour abortion waiting period violates the religious rights of Satanic Temple members.

• By Jack Denton

The new rules expand the Mexico City policy, which Donald Trump signed two days after he entered the presidency.

• By Francie Diep