Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their abortion stories

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Christine Fernando | Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion. But a year of watching women and doctors agonize under Tennessee’s strict abortion ban kicked up a fire in the longtime Democrat. She watched in dismay as her Republican colleagues in … Read more

Gavin Newsom plans TV ad blasting abortion travel bans

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday he plans to run an ad protesting travel bans that are making it tough for women in states restricting abortion to leave their home state for the procedure. “The conditions are much more pernicious than they even appear. These guys are not just restricting the rights, self-determination to bear a … Read more

The Supreme Court will rule on limits on a commonly used abortion medication

By MARK SHERMAN | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The justices will hear appeals from the Biden administration … Read more