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October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM

Maine abortion clinics to end primary care services after denied Medicaid funding

One of Maine’s largest abortion care providers is ending primary care after a court ruled that the Trump administration is not required to restore Medicaid funding.
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine.
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM

Maine network ends primary care after losing Medicaid due to Trump defunding Planned Parenthood

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it will shut down its primary care operations on Friday because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
FILE - Vanessa Shields-Haas, a nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
1 month ago

FDA approves generic abortion pill

The FDA is approving a second generic form of the abortion pill Mifepristone but comes as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is promising to investigate all forms of medication abortions.
1 month ago
VIDEO: FDA approves generic abortion pill
2 months ago

OB-GYNs fled Idaho after its abortion ban. Medicaid cuts could worsen access to care.

In states with abortion bans like Idaho's, some advocates say looming Medicaid cuts could further restrict maternal and reproductive healthcare.
2 months ago
3 months ago

Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

The ruling stated Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the abortion provider pushes back on the Trump administration’s efforts to defund it.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
4 months ago

Planned Parenthood sues Trump admin, saying it is targeted by provision in megabill

The provision would prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding for care outside of abortion services for one year.
4 months ago
Planned Parenthood on Newtown Road in Virginia Beach, April 24, 2025.
4 months ago

Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over Montana abortion consent law

The Supreme Court declined to take up a dispute over a Montana law that would have required notarized parental consent for a minor to receive an abortion
4 months ago
A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, June 1, 2024.
4 months ago

Supreme Court decision bolsters efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court said Medicaid recipients don't have a right to sue over their state's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood from the government-funded health program.
4 months ago
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4 months ago

Supreme Court decision bolsters efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court said Medicaid recipients don't have a right to sue over their state's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood from the government-funded health program.
4 months ago
The Supreme Court is seen, June 20, 2025 in Washington.
4 months ago

Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill that would overturn amendment on abortion rights

Republican lawmakers in Ohio are planning on introducing a bill on Wednesday that would ban almost all abortions and criminalize the procedure.
4 months ago
In this Nov. 7, 2023, file photo, Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results in Columbus Ohio. Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care.
5 months ago

Revoking EMTALA guidance on abortions will only further confuse doctors, experts say

Revoking federal guidance for life-saving abortions the Trump administration has added confusion to an already impossible situation for doctors, experts told ABC News.
5 months ago
In this April 2, 2025, file photo, Planned Parenthood supporters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case is heard in Washington, D.C.
5 months ago

Suspect arrested for link to Palm Springs fertility clinic explosion: Sources

The suspect is expected to appear in a Brooklyn federal court Wednesday afternoon before he's moved to California, according to sources familiar with the matter.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Suspect arrested for link to Palm Springs fertility clinic explosion: Sources
5 months ago

Trump administration rescinds Biden-era guidance requiring emergency abortions

The guidance was issued just weeks after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade.
5 months ago
The guidance was issued just weeks after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade.
5 months ago

Trump bill ‘a backdoor abortion ban’: Planned Parenthood CEO

Alexis McGill Johnson says the legislation, which passed in the House, “is really designed to shut down health centers in areas that are also able to provide abortion access.”
5 months ago
Trump bill ‘a backdoor abortion ban’: Planned Parenthood CEO
6 months ago

Missouri lawmakers move to repeal abortion protections enacted by voters

Missouri lawmakers approved adding a voter referendum Wednesday that, if passed, would repeal protections for abortion rights and restore a ban.
6 months ago
People in support of abortion rights protest outside the Missouri Senate chamber after the Senate voted to approve a referendum seeking to repeal an abortion-rights amendment, May 14, 2025, in Jefferson City, Mo.
7 months ago

Justices divided over Medicaid 'right' to choose Planned Parenthood clinics

The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the Supreme Court in a South Carolina dispute over Medicaid providers.
7 months ago
In this June 24, 2022, file photo, Missouri and American flags fly outside Planned Parenthood in St. Louis.
7 months ago

The future of abortion access in the United States

Since the June 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, the United States has become a "patchwork" of access to abortion, experts told ABC News.
7 months ago
Since the June 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, the United States has become a "patchwork" of access to abortion, experts told ABC News.
7 months ago

Woman arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions in Houston, Texas AG says

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday that a 48-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly illegally providing abortions in the Houston area.
7 months ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting, Feb. 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Md.
8 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar on abortion law, Musk, Trump during debate

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford sparred over abortion law, as well as Elon Musk, during a debate.
8 months ago
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford participate in a debate, March 12, 2025, in Milwaukee.
8 months ago

Trump admin drops lawsuit over abortion ban filed under Biden

The Justice Department has moved to dismiss a lawsuit against the state of Idaho over its total abortion ban, paving the way for the ban to go back into effect.
8 months ago
Abortion activists rally for "reproductive rights and emergency abortion care" outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024.
8 months ago

States with abortion bans see more births and infant deaths, studies show

Three new studies provided some of the first nationwide data, revealing more births, a rise in infant deaths and impacts even in states where abortion is still legal.
8 months ago
Abortion rights demonstrators during a Women's March in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8, 2022. Exactly one month before midterm elections, women and their allies marched across the country for a massive nationwide "Women's Wave" day of action meant to rally supporters of reproductive rights.
9 months ago

Republican states claim zero abortions. A red state doctor calls that 'ludicrous'

State officials reported a sharp decline in the official number of abortions after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
9 months ago
9 months ago

Why abortion didn't lead Democrats to victory in the 2024 election

Why abortion didn't lead to a Democratic win in the 2024 election.
9 months ago
Abortion didn't affect the 2024 election as much as Democrats hoped.
1 year ago

Documentary ‘Zurawski v. Texas’ details impact of post-Roe abortion laws

Executive co-producer Chelsea Clinton and lead plaintiff Amanda Zurawski talk documentary "Zurawski v. Texas" focused on their denial of urgent and lifesaving reproductive healthcare.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Documentary ‘Zurawski v. Texas’ details impact of post-Roe abortion laws
1 year ago

Abortions fell 2% in 2022, CDC report finds

The number of abortions performed in the U.S. fell slightly in 2022, the year the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
1 year ago
The number of abortions performed in the U.S. fell slightly in 2022, the year the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
1 year ago

Abortions fell 2% the year Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, CDC report finds

An annual abortion surveillance report, published Wednesday by the CDC, found the number of abortions performed in the U.S. fell slightly in 2022.
1 year ago
Abortion rights Activists rally outside the State Capitol in support of abortion rights in Atlanta, May 14, 2022.
1 year ago

Bleeding patient passed around 'like a hot potato' due to abortion ban, doctor says

A woman experiencing bleeding was not admitted by doctors in Idaho until her fourth ER visit in one week, due to fear and confusion over the state's abortion ban.
1 year ago
In this Dec. 14, 2023, file photo, family physician Julie Lyons, from Blaine County, Idaho talks to the media outside the Ada County Courthouse, in Boise, Idaho.
1 year ago

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards

President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards at a private ceremony.
1 year ago
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, pictured here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.
1 year ago

Women recount traveling for abortions

Women took the stand in an Idaho courtroom, testifying about their nonviable pregnancies under the state's total abortion ban, as part of a lawsuit.
1 year ago
Women took the stand in an Idaho courtroom, testifying about their nonviable pregnancies under the state's total abortion ban, as part of a lawsuit.
1 year ago

Woman describes passing pregnancy in hotel room after fleeing abortion ban

Women took the stand in an Idaho courtroom on Tuesday, testifying about their nonviable pregnancies under the state's total abortion ban, as part of a lawsuit.
1 year ago
In this undated file photo, the Ada County Courthouse is shown in downtown Boise, Idaho.
1 year ago

What to know about Plan B and the abortion pill

ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton is joined by his brother Dr. Desmond Sutton to discuss Plan B and the abortion pill and the concern among women stockpiling them.
1 year ago
VIDEO: What to know about Plan B and the abortion pill
1 year ago

This state is training more health workers to offer abortion care

Across Maryland, there are programs being offered to allow more health care workers to provide abortion care.
1 year ago
“I want people to know I’m here, but I don’t want to cause too much outrage and attention,” says Samantha Marsee, a nurse practitioner in rural northeastern Maryland who recently received medical training to provide abortion care.
1 year ago

Patients stockpiling birth control over fears Trump could limit contraception access

Doctors say patients are stockpiling birth control and asking about long-term contraception methods ahead of Trump's second term.
1 year ago
Birth control pills are seen in this stock image.
1 year ago

Doctor describes danger of transferring women needing abortion care to other states

An Idaho physician described transferring pregnant women experiencing medical emergencies by plane to obtain abortion care in neighboring states due to its abortion ban.
1 year ago
In this undated file photo, the Ada County Courthouse is shown in downtown Boise, Idaho.
1 year ago

A state-by-state breakdown of where abortion stands after Trump's election

Abortion-related ballot initiatives were voted on in 10 states during the election. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of where abortion currently stands in each state.
1 year ago
A sign is displayed to get students to vote yes on Proposition 139, for abortion access, on Election Day at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 5, 2024.
1 year ago

What could abortion access look like under Trump?

Abortion rights advocates warn that a second Donald Trump presidency puts access to abortion in danger.
1 year ago
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump departs an election night event, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
1 year ago

Abortion ballot initiatives could have helped Harris win, instead Trump overperformed

Despite Kamala Harris' loss, pro-abortion rights activists are celebrating the results of the 2024 election, arguing that abortion rights won.
1 year ago
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington.
1 year ago

How important was health, reproductive care in the election? Not very, say experts

Despite concerns about the future of the Affordable Care Act and abortion rights, health care was not a major voting issue in this election, experts tell ABC News.
1 year ago
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump depart the stage at an election night watch party, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
1 year ago

2024 election exit poll analysis: Abortion

Attitudes on abortion were not as one-sided as it may have seemed in the 2024 election, according to exit poll analyses.
1 year ago
Beth Weinstein rallies in supporter of Yes on Amendment 4 regarding abortion in Florida outside of the polling place at the courthouse, Nov. 5, 2024, in Clearwater, Fla.
1 year ago

3 states uphold abortion restrictions, 7 others protect abortion access

Measures that would have protected abortion rights at the state level are projected to fail in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota.
1 year ago
Beth Weinstein rallies in supporter of Yes on Amendment 4 regarding abortion in Florida outside of the polling place at the courthouse, Nov. 5, 2024, in Clearwater, Fla.
1 year ago

How states’ abortion and immigration ballot initiatives fared in 2024 election

ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze shares a closer look at potential changes at the border and reproductive rights after the 2024 election.
1 year ago
VIDEO: How states’ abortion and immigration ballot initiatives fared in 2024 election
1 year ago

Abortion rights on ballot in Arizona

Arizona, which has 11 electoral votes, has become a key battleground state in the 2024 election and is one of 10 states with a ballot initiative to expand abortion access.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Abortion rights on ballot in Arizona
1 year ago

State Sen. Bryan Hughes on Texas’ 6-week abortion ban

Texas State Sen. Bryan Hughes discusses the state’s six-week abortion ban and what this means for women seeking safe abortions and recent reporting of possibly preventable maternal deaths.
1 year ago
State Sen. Bryan Hughes on Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
1 year ago

Woman dies after abortion care for miscarriage delayed over 40 hours: Report

A 28-year-old Texas woman died in 2021 after her abortion care was delayed for over 40 hours as she was having a miscarriage, according to a new story from ProPublica.
1 year ago
Abortion-rights supporters face anti-abortion protesters at a rally for reproductive rights at the Texas Capitol, May 14, 2022, in Austin, Texas.
1 year ago

28-year-old mother dies after being denied care for a miscarriage

ProPublica reporter Kavitha Surana joined ABC News Live to discuss her reporting on Texas woman Josseli Barnica who lost her life after doctors delayed treatment for a miscarriage.
1 year ago
VIDEO: 28-year-old mother dies after being denied care for a miscarriage
1 year ago

Fight intensifies over Florida ballot measure that would guarantee abortion rights

Next week, Florida voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution, through a ballot measure that's opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
1 year ago
"Yes On 4!" campaign materials on ending Florida's strict abortion ban are seen as volunteers prepare to hand them out  in Orlando, Florida, on October 6, 2024.
1 year ago

Where Trump and Harris stand on abortion rights and what's at stake in the election

ABC’s Rachel Scott, Elizabeth Schulze, Devin Dwyer, and abortion provider Dr. Bhavik Kumar on where things stand in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned in 2022
1 year ago
VIDEO: Where Trump and Harris stand on abortion rights and what's at stake in the election
1 year ago

Trump calls himself 'father of IVF' in all-women town hall with Fox News

Former President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News' Harris Faulkner on Tuesday night in front of an all-female audience in Cummings, Georgia.
1 year ago
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in a Fox News town hall with Harris Faulkner, Oct. 15, 2024, in Cumming, Ga.
1 year ago

Trump calls himself 'father of IVF' at town hall in Georgia

Donald Trump called himself the "father of IVF" as he works to appeal to women after three justices he appointed voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Vice President Kamala Harris said it was "bizarre."
1 year ago
VIDEO: Trump calls himself 'father of IVF' at town hall in Georgia
1 year ago

Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election

While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations are up for grabs in several states way down at the bottom of the ballot.
1 year ago
A voter casts their ballot during early voting for the Presidential General Election in Chicago, Illinois on October 3, 2024.