After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many expected abortion rates to drop. Instead, they rose. Here's why.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is urgently preparing to protect reproductive rights from the incoming Trump administration—and the looming possibility of Project 2025-inspired policies.

Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a complicated abortion landscape post-Dobbs

Officially called a canvass in Arizona, the certification of votes drew heightened attention in 2020 and 2022 as some candidates denied their losses.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives, solidifying the GOP’s power in the White House and both chambers of Congress. Abortion rights were a focal point for the Democratic Party,

Despite his campaign promises to leave the issue to the states, President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will shape the national landscape around abortion and reproductive health.

Trump’s first time in office emboldened the anti-abortion movement and he appointed conservative-leaning justices to the Supreme Court, which then went on to overturn Roe v Wade – the landmark ruling that had granted a constitutional right to abortion access for the past 50 years.

The former and now future president largely staked out a federalist position, saying abortion policy should be formulated by the states.

Senate Republicans are signaling that they are open to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) despite his long-standing support of abortion rights and concerns emanating from anti-abortion voices about his selection.

The president-elect has said he sees no need for a federal abortion ban after the Dobbs decision. Conservative activists have a backup plan.

Maggy Krell, a former prosecutor from Sacramento, won a seat in the California Assembly by a landslide while campaigning for abortion rights in Nevada.