(NY Times, Dec. 22, 2023) More than 60 years ago, America was confronted with the story of a young woman forced to seek an abortion abroad after unwittingly taking a drug that caused severe birth defects. Read Article >

(Fox News, Dec. 28, 2023) The Russian Orthodox Church condemned all elective abortions as murder during a meeting of the Holy Synod this week, putting them at odds with President Vladimir Putin. Read Article >

(NY Times, Dec. 15, 2023) This is the inside story of how the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion - shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided. Read Article >

(NPR, Dec. 21, 2023) When it comes to reproductive rights, 2023 is ending in much the same way it began - with confusion, lawsuits and the stories of women in the midst of health crises unable to access abortion care because of a host of restrictive abortion laws across the country. Read Article >

Some Republican Missouri lawmakers are renewing their call to allow homicide charges against women who have abortions. Read Article >

Texas state Supreme Court rules against Katie Cox, 31, from getting an abortion even though her fetus has a slim chance of survival. Cox left the state. Her lawyer, Molly Duane, says: "My question is, if she doesn't [qualify], who does?" Read Article >

(New York Times, Dec. 13, 2023) The justices announced that they would hear a case challenging the FDA's approval of the commonly used pill, mifepristone. The move sets up a high-stakes fight over the drug, , that could sharply curtail access to the medication, even in states where abortion remains legal. It could also have implications for the regulatory authority of the FDA, which approved the pill more than two decades ago. Read Article >

(New York Times, Nov. 20, 2023) The G.O.P. is struggling politically with abortion. Jane Coaston interviews South Carolina's Sandy Senn, who says it is "best to put it to the voters." Read Article >