women's health

Cochran County commissioners meet Thursday to discuss the ban. Abortion-rights supporters say the bans are unenforceable and meant to stoke fear.

State treasurer Steven Johnson says contract went to the lone qualified applicant from Kansas.

Abortion providers are suing over a handful of new and old abortion restrictions they say violate Kansans’ right to abortion. Attorney General Kris Kobach says the rules are necessary.

State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.

A new report from the March of Dimes shows almost half of all counties in Texas don’t have adequate health care for pregnant people.

During a two-day hearing, four women gave testimony on their experiences being denied abortions amid serious pregnancy complications.

The women, believed to be the first to testify about an abortion ban’s impact on their pregnancy since 1973, are seeking to clarify when a medical emergency justifies an abortion.

After Oklahoma became the first state in the nation to successfully outlaw abortion last year, Oklahomans seeking abortion can expect to travel hundreds of miles for care.

After Oklahoma banned abortions with few exceptions, thousands of women traveled to surrounding states to receive abortion care in 2022.

Black maternal mortality in Kansas now exceeds neighboring states, new research finds, and the state saw one of the greatest increases in mortality for Indigenous mothers.