House Republicans on Thursday passed their version of a “born-alive” abortion bill one day after Democrats blocked the Senate version from advancing. The bill requires health care
The Born-Alive Act passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, with one Dmeocrat joining Republicans to advance the bill.
Three Democratic lawmakers from Massachusetts have condemned a Republican-authored abortion bill that critics say is redundant and attempts to punish doctors who perform the procedure. The comments by U.
The bill says that doctors have to give the “same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence” for a baby born alive after a failed abortion.
Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get Democrats on the record as voting against a bill being framed as anti-infanticide.
On the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Arizona Democrats called on their Republican colleagues to support repealing anti-abortion laws that remain on the books, saying that voters want guaranteed access to the procedure,
President-elect Trump campaigned on leaving abortion decisions to the states, but that could prove a tough promise to keep as he returns to the Oval Office. Anti-abortion groups want Trump
Texas abortion restrictions are among the strictest in the nation, banning the procedure unless a pregnant person has a "life-threatening condition."
House and Senate committees took the first testimony of legislation dealing with abortion in the 2025 session, one to create a criminal penalty for transporting a minor to get the procedure without parental consent and the other to mandate the general reporting of abortion statistics.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday derailed a bill that would have required medical providers to perform life-saving care for babies born alive after a failed abortion.
The constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters protects abortion access until the point of fetal viability, when a fetus can survive on its own outside the womb without extraordinary medical interventions.