Abortion News

Derek Tran, a consumer rights lawyer and Army veteran, defeated Representative Michelle Steel, a Republican two-term incumbent, flipping a seat in Orange County, Calif.

By Amy Qin

The ruling found that two state laws — one barring use of abortion pills, and one banning all forms of abortion — violated the state Constitution’s “fundamental right to make health care decisions.”

By Pam Belluck

Dr. Ellen Wiebe, who has performed hundreds of medical aid in dying (or MAID) procedures, discusses what constitutes a good death.

By David Marchese

Former Vice President Mike Pence described Mr. Kennedy, who does not support a federal abortion ban, as a choice unlike any in the modern era of the G.O.P.

By Jonathan Swan

We explain why the issue of abortion didn’t necessarily help Democrats win this election.

By David Leonhardt

Voters in red and blue states supported abortion rights, but the movement’s winning streak came to an end.

By Michael Barbaro, Kate Zernike, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Carlos Prieto, M.J. Davis Lin, Elisheba Ittoop, Pat McCusker, Dan Powell and Chris Wood

Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v. Wade.

By Dionne Searcey

The abortion rights movement won in many states — even some that voted for Donald Trump. Where does it go from here?

By Emily Bazelon

Interest in South Korea’s 4B feminist movement, which rejects dating, marriage, sex and childbirth, has risen in the United States.

Gina Cherelus

In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.

By Ruth Igielnik

Proposition 1, meant to expand equal rights and codify the protections of Roe v. Wade in the State Constitution, passed easily despite a Republican campaign against trans rights.

By Ginia Bellafante

After Kamala Harris became the second woman to lose a presidential election to Donald J. Trump, some women wondered if the glass ceiling would ever break.

By Katie Rogers

Democrats had attacked Donald J. Trump’s ties to the conservative policy blueprint for reshaping the federal government. Several of its authors served in his administration.

By Neil Vigdor and Simon J. Levien

The measure establishes an explicit right to abortion in the State Constitution.

By Kate Zernike

Plus, Republicans win control of the Senate.

By Tracy Mumford, Adam Nagourney, Robert Jimison, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

With voters declining to enshrine a right to abortion in the State Constitution, South Dakota will continue to have one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.

By Kate Zernike

Representative Nick LaLota, a Long Island Republican, faced a spirited challenge from John Avlon, a former CNN commentator.

By Nicholas Fandos

Voters in 41 states are considering ballot measures that also include legalizing marijuana and public funding for private schools.

By Michael Wines

The plea, delivered by figures including Elon Musk, reflects a growing concern from Donald J. Trump’s team that heavy turnout among women could spell trouble on Election Day.

By Michael Gold

In a podcast appearance, Tucker Carlson dismissed scientific research that links global warming to more potent and frequent hurricanes, saying instead that “it’s probably abortion, actually.”

By Chris Cameron

Referendum 434 would enshrine the state’s current ban after 12 weeks. Referendum 439 would create a right to abortion “until fetal viability.”

By Dionne Searcey

The Republican presidential nominee has pledged enhanced access to the White House. “It will be directly into the Oval Office — and me.”

By Elizabeth Dias

Thousands of women rallied in the capital and across the country for a Kamala Harris presidency — and to proclaim their resistance to Republican aims to restrict women’s reproductive rights.

By Aishvarya Kavi

The Canadian government proposed legislation this week to crack down on anti-abortion organizations that provide “dishonest counseling” to pregnant women.

By Vjosa Isai

Appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Senator JD Vance also said that liberal women celebrate their abortions and that Donald Trump would win the “normal gay guy vote.”

By Chris Cameron, Simon J. Levien and Neil Vigdor

The reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards started a media project that merges activism and journalism on Instagram and TikTok, just days ahead of the presidential election.

By Jessica Testa

We surveyed candidates in 28 competitive House races to compare their policy positions on the issue. See what they said.

By Allison McCann and Vivian Li

Both sides are trying to make their opponents sound extreme. Here is what studies and data show about when and why abortions happen later in pregnancy.

By Kate Zernike

Distrust of Kelly Ayotte, the Republican candidate, on abortion and strong support for Kamala Harris in the state may be helping keep the race close despite Ms. Ayotte’s advantages.

By Jenna Russell

Sue Altman, a Democrat, has focused on reproductive rights as she seeks to unseat a Republican incumbent, Representative Thomas Kean Jr., in a New Jersey swing district.

By Tracey Tully