NPR's A Martinez speaks with NYU Professor of Law Melissa Murray about efforts in some state by lawmakers to keep patients from seeking abortion care across state lines, and other issues.

Only a handful of Planned Parenthood organizations will continue to receive money from the federal government. None of them are in California.

Cobalt Abortion Fund also is being stretched when it comes to paying for abortion procedures, Hidalgo-Cuellar said. It spent almost $90,000 in July to pay for abortions at clinics in Colorado.

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Abortion was one of the major party platform issues for Democrats in 2024, with Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri and Montana voting to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions.

The anti-abortion groups are taking aim at abortion providers under an initiative called Defund Planned Parenthood, which targets federal Medicaid funding for the reproductive health care provider.

But abortion hasn’t faded from the news, or become less politically potent. In fact, reproductive rights have become a prominent issue in this year’s presidential election. Ten states will put ballot ...

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Democrats have been trying to put abortion top of mind for voters in this election cycle as they see it as a winning issue for them. In the off-year elections in 2023, voters in Virginia rejected ...

The anti-abortion groups are taking aim at abortion providers under an initiative called Defund Planned Parenthood, which targets federal Medicaid funding for the reproductive health care provider.