Roe v. Wade

By some measures, pro-choice groups outspend their pro-life counterparts by as much as 10-to-one. But it all depends on what you count as an abortion policy group.

Here's what will happen to abortion access in your state if the Supreme Court decision ensuring legal abortion throughout America is overturned.

The Alabama Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of a measure that would effectively ban abortion in the state. Here's a selection of Pacific Standard stories about recent challenges to abortion access.

Georgia's governor has also signed a six-week ban, giving the Supreme Court yet more opportunities to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The bans mark an unprecedented year for abortion legislation—and a potential political turning point.

The amendment was originally defeated in the late 1970s, and today's reignited movement to ratify it has much in common with the earlier fight.

The headline-grabbing wrongful death case over an aborted embryo taps into the "fetal personhood" movement that's currently gaining momentum.

After a surprising vote to stay a Louisiana law, the future of women's constitutional right to abortion appears to hang on the judgment of a single man.

A bill put forth in Virginia that would have eliminated certain requirements on late-term abortions in the state has prompted outcries of infanticide among its critics.

If 2018 was a wake-up call, 2019 is set to be a reckoning.

The new Supreme Court justice may not have the effect on liberal causes that some fear—that move to the right has already occurred.

Both amendments were patterned after a successful policy change in Tennessee.

With Roe v. Wade under threat, the stakes are high for abortion protections in states across the country.

The deeply conservative judge's position on the court is one of many threats toward abortion rights.

Here's what you need to know about the confidential documents that Democratic senators have released to the public.

It's about Roe v. Wade, as well as the myriad protections supporters say flow from the 1973 Supreme Court decision.

Conservatives came close to overturning the landmark abortion decision in 1992. What stopped them then might provide a clue to what will happen now.

The groups' opposition hinges on Kavanaugh's general distrust of social programs critical to disabled Americans.

Legal scholars have long argued that Roe protects more than just abortion access.

Kavanaugh's confirmation could solidify the Supreme Court's conservative majority for decades.

Pacific Standard spoke with Supreme Court watchers about how President Trump's nominees might rule on cases about abortion, gay marriage, and voting rights.

Several states have laws regarding abortion access that would only go into effect if Roe v. Wade were overturned. Look up your state here.

UNC professor Michael Gerhardt talks with Pacific Standard about the implications of Anthony Kennedy's retirement.

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