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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declined to say whether the department would take legal action to preserve access to mifepristone.

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday morning, 13 states were poised to quickly ban abortion. Louisiana and Utah on Monday became the first to have the bans blocked.

Gun violence, food deserts and poor health care access have created a life expectancy in Kina Collins’ Chicago-area House district that’s lower than surrounding areas. She calls the race a fight for her life.

Some had plans hampered by COVID or the Supreme Court. Others felt that Pride looked pretty different from previous years. But here is what centered and comforted The 19th’s staff during this Pride month.

Some are cheering the administration’s efforts, while others say there’s more talk than action.

In this post-Roe reality, states where abortion access is still legal serve as critical access points. Clinics now must figure out how to serve the deluge of patients soon to be coming their way as more and more states limit or ban access in the coming weeks and months.

The highest-ranking woman in the United States has made reproductive health a priority. Her response to Dobbs could be her defining test.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer leads a state with a Republican-controlled legislature. The dynamic complicates her options in response to the overturning of federal abortion rights.

The largest abortion provider in Arizona feels it’s too dangerous to continue with procedures after the Supreme Court decision, even as state laws are unclear.

Advocates say the president has more power than he’s exercising, but Biden says executive orders won’t restore abortion access.