Some conservative attorneys general are taking action against abortion providers in a climate that experts describe as “more hostile” since the Supreme Court left the legality of abortion up to the states.
Two years after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the 2020 election, President Joe Biden is awarding 12 people with one of the nation’s highest civilian honors.
The measure is one of a number of pieces of anti-abortion legislation that the House GOP has promised swift votes on.
The federal government will let retail pharmacies provide mifepristone, which helps end pregnancies, to patients with a prescription. But it’s not clear how widespread the impact will be.
Lawmakers prefiled many anti-trans bills ahead of state legislative sessions — newly targeting health care for trans adults under 21 or 26 years old.
As women in Iran and Afghanistan protest for their rights to freedom and education, Humaira Abid talks about her “Fight Like a Girl” exhibit and her upcoming work.
The United States entered 2023 as one of the few wealthy countries without national, guaranteed paid sick or family leave, leaving state lawmakers to fill in the gaps.
A look at incarceration trends shows that as jails fill back up, women are being booked at a faster rate.
A number of women from the class of 2018 are moving into increasingly powerful leadership positions and poised to exert more influence than ever before on the future of their party.
Grassroots and advocacy groups helped push for the state’s elimination of cash bail – a move that will help incarcerated people and family members who must often come up with the money.