(New York Times Magazine, Sept. 12, 2023) Popular support for abortion rights is stronger than expected in some red and purple states. In Kansas, Kentucky and Montana, measures brought by abortion opponents to further restrict the procedure failed. In Michigan, voters passed an initiative to overturn the state’s abortion ban. This November, voters in Ohio will decide on an initiative to safeguard abortion rights, which polls show has wide support. And campaigns are underway in [...]

(Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2023) Activist group Shout Your Abortion posted billboards about abortion rights along Interstate 55, directed at drivers heading north to Illinois. Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri — all of which contain portions of I-55 — banned abortions to some degree or another. Illinois is one of the closest states where the procedure is still accessible. Note: Arkansas instituted a near-total abortion ban, only allowing the procedure to save the life [...]

(CNN, Sept. 8, 2023) In a court filing Aug. 28, attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave the state to get an abortion could amount to a “criminal conspiracy.” Read Article >