The Republican author of a bill that seeks to distinguish treatment for an ectopic pregnancy and other medical conditions from abortion said her bill was a reaction to Republicans struggling on the issue during elections and that she wants to ban abortion from conception.

Virginia Democrats on Tuesday increased their majority in the House of Delegates from 51 to at least 64. What began as a slim advantage has turned into a comfortable majority. This coincided with other victories for Democrats across the state,

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In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger made history as the state’s first woman governor, defeating an opponent who backed a 15-week abortion ban. Her campaign framed reproductive rights alongside cost-of-living and access issues, pledging to pursue a constitutional amendment protecting abortion and contraception.

Pennsylvania Democrats are putting the focus on abortion access, election integrity, and redistricting ahead of the state's Supreme Court retention election. The state's voters will head to the polls on Nov.

Anti-abortion activists face significant hurdles in their efforts to limit reproductive health rights. But accomplishing that is far from impossible.

At a Republican gubernatorial candidate forum, Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt addressed her abortion stance and attacks by Kansans for Life.

Like many Americans, Raquel Colon has never bothered voting in U.S. midterm elections, but fearing that abortion rights could be at risk in her home state of Pennsylvania, she is determined to cast her ballot on Tuesday.

Eleanor Smeal, 86, longtime president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, said she voted for Spanberger to defend abortion rights and gender equality in Virginia, causes she has devoted her life to.