Roe v. Wade

The 1925 law at the core of the case was in effect until the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. It made performing an abortion punishable by up to five years in prison.

Texas already had one of the nation's strictest abortion bans. With the Supreme Court's decision, it is set to become even more restrictive.

Emily Wales takes over leadership of Planned Parenthood Great Plains — which operates clinics in Kansas, Oklahoma and other states — right as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to shrink abortion rights nationwide.

After a leaked U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark case that promised women the right to abortion, an August vote to amend the Kansas Constitution over abortion has taken on heightened importance.

Texas’ anti-abortion movement is on the cusp of achieving a goal 50 years in the making. Now, it’ll be up to the old guard and new torchbearers to decide what’s next.

At least 20 states are planning to further restrict abortion of the Supreme Court decides to overturn the landmark ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to strike down abortion protections, making an upcoming Kansas vote on abortion rights even more important.

Politico said it obtained a draft Supreme Court majority opinion indicating the landmark abortion ruling will be overturned. Abortion is still legal in Texas.

The full and often unchecked power of the prosecutor was on display when a South Texas woman was charged with murder for a self-induced abortion.

Oklahoma has some of the strictest abortion regulations in the country. Women must wait 72 hours after deciding to have an abortion, they cannot use...