Nonetheless, Texas’ abortion ban, which threatens providers with life in prison among other steep penalties, offers no exception for rape. One year before Roe, in September 2021, the state enacted SB ...

The number, possibly an undercount, underscores the effect of blocking the procedure for one of the state’s most vulnerable ...

Democrats who control the Virginia Senate rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments in a move the governor ...

Texas abortion restrictions are among the strictest in the nation, banning the procedure unless a pregnant person has a "life ...

Republican lawmakers re-introduced a piece of legislation which would ban the use of federal funds for abortions or health coverage that includes abortion this week.   If passed, the bill would ...

Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender ...

The Associated Press projected that Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis easily won primaries in the seats once represented by Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz.

The Republican supermajority in the Missouri Legislature contends rolling back some, if not all, of the abortion rights ...

Yes, it is an allegation born of a police report filed after his accuser went to the emergency room seeking a rape kit. Yes, Hegseth denies that allegation and says he had consensual, extramarital sex ...

The Trump White House is touting a handful of ICE arrests of illegal immigrants identified as the "worst criminals," including men convicted of child rape and alleged terror ties.

The order could have broad implications for transgender individuals, from how they identify on government documents to their ...