Indiana Supreme Court to take up RFRA-based lawsuit against abortion ban • Indiana Capital Chronicle The state was granted an immediate transfer to the state's highest court for its appeal in a religious freedom lawsuit over the near-total abortion ban.

Indiana Supreme Court to take up RFRA-based lawsuit against abortion ban

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Murrill asks 5th Circuit to stop telehealth abortion pill prescriptions while court case plays out • Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana’s attorney general wants a federal appellate court to block Biden-era policy that allows telehealth appointments for abortion medication while her lawsuit against the Trump administration to...

Louisiana AG asks federal appellate court to block Biden-era policy that allows telehealth appointments for abortion medication while her lawsuit against the Trump administration to end the practice entirely is on hold. By @greglarose.bsky.social lailluminator.com/briefs/murri...

Culture of silence around abortions for active-duty military intensifies, researchers say • Stateline Speaking with active-duty service members about their experiences with accessing abortion has become more difficult in the current political environment, say researchers, who also confront long-standi...

"When I was at (Fort) Bragg, you didn’t even talk about your period, let alone an abortion." — Caitlin Russell, researcher and Army veteran. Story by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social stateline.org/2026/04/21/c...

Commonwealth Court rules the state constitution includes a fundamental right to abortion • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Susan Freitsche, of the Women’s Law Project, said the Medicaid coverage exclusion was the single largest barrier to abortion access in Pa.

Pennsylvania’s Constitution grants the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy, a state court ruled Monday in a long running challenge to the commonwealth’s ban on Medicaid subsidies for abortion.

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The messy plaintiffs behind so many anti-abortion lawsuits Allegations of domestic violence have turned yet another abortion-pill case into "a PR disaster."

Abortion opponents keep neglecting to vet the plaintiffs behind their abortion-pill lawsuits. And the cases keep blowing up in their faces.

Medicaid rule targeting abortion providers set to expire • Stateline A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it.

A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it, @sofiaresnick.bsky.social reports.

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Memorandum and Order – #51 in United States v. Amore (D.R.I., 1:25-cv-00639) – CourtListener.com Memorandum and Order

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Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois. Here’s why. • Stateline A recent report found that 1 in 4 people traveling to another state for an abortion end up in Illinois, where state officials have invested millions to create a strong financial and logistical support network for those seeking care.

From Kelcie Moseley-Morris: A recent report found that 1 in 4 people traveling to another state for an abortion end up in Illinois.

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Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine 'abortion' to exclude medical treatment • Stateline Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provid...

The author of South Dakota's new law redefining abortion said he underestimated how difficult it would be to codify in law exactly when pregnancy termination is medically necessary: stateline.org/2026/04/13/a...

Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine 'abortion' to exclude medical treatment • Michigan Advance Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provid...

Thirteen states have abortion bans, and all of them include a medical exception that allows abortions to protect the life of the pregnant woman. Some, but not all, of the bans also have exceptions to protect the health of the woman.

Story by @sofiaresnick.bsky.social with @stateline.org

Republican lawmakers push state control over Democratic cities In late March, a handful of Black faith leaders gathered on the steps of the Alabama State House to protest a bill that could allow the state to seize control of the police force in the capital of…

In recent years, Republican lawmakers in GOP-led states have pushed for state takeovers of police departments and other municipal agencies.

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CDC’s 2025 data shows birth rates continuing to slide • Stateline New data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows fertility and birth rates continue to fall across the U.S., while cesarean section procedures increased and preterm birth rates remained flat.

From Kelcie Moseley-Morris: New data shows fertility and birth rates continue to fall across the U.S., while cesarean section procedures increased and preterm birth rates remained flat.

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The Trump administration views DACA recipients as deportable as any undocumented immigrant. For my latest, I talked to immigrants without permanent legal status who entered the country as children and spent months in ICE detention.
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Immigrants who sought asylum during border surge under increasing pressure • Stateline The millions of migrants who were released into the country during the immigration surge that began in 2021 and peaked in 2023 caused a political firestorm when Republican states transported them to Democratic cities. Now, according to a new analysis, many of them are back working in the states that expelled them.

Many migrants have returned to the border states that expelled them, according to a new analysis.

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Trump announces 2-week Iran ceasefire, backing off threat ‘a whole civilization will die’ | Alabama Reflector Trump's threat drew drew widespread condemnation and intense opposition throughout the day, including from Pope Leo XIV.

Update via Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler: Trump’s rash threat to wipe out Iran’s “whole civilization” sparked numerous calls to remove the president from office.

‘This is abhorrent’: Chaos takes over debate of WV child abuse bill • West Virginia Watch West Virginia lawmakers fought until the wee hours of the morning – and the final minutes of this year’s session March 14 over Raylee’s Law.

WV Watch reporter Amelia Ferrell Knisely talks about Raylee's Law on the newest episode of Stories from the States, a @statesnewsroom.com podcast.

Birthright case forces US Supreme Court to confront prospect of Americans losing citizenship • Minnesota Reformer The birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, is forcing the Supreme Court to confront the prospect of the United States becoming a much different kind of nation — one where Americans risk losing...

The case is forcing the court to confront the prospect of the US becoming a different kind of nation: Americans at risk of losing their citizenship; babies born stateless; and when broad swaths of people could be excluded from the coveted title of American.
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How revoking the constitutional right to abortion has expanded access to it – @amylittlefield.bsky.social explains in her new book "Killers of Roe" – and on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41cN4Mi @grandcentralpub.bsky.social

Health care bill approved by Missouri House includes expansion of doula services • Missouri Independent A wide-ranging health care bill that includes a provision expanding doula services for low-income families passed out of the Missouri House on Thursday.

A wide-ranging health care bill that includes a provision expanding doula services for low-income families across the state passed out of the Missouri House on Thursday. #moleg #mogov

‘It's a safe space’: Mobile midwifery clinics meet patients where they are • Stateline One mobile clinic takes midwifery care to majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, offering free, culturally centered care and referrals.

This RV houses a mobile midwifery clinic for prenatal, postpartum and women’s general health care. Mobile clinics like these can help fill the gaps in a country with growing OB-GYN shortages and shuttering labor & delivery units, by @nhassanein.bsky.social stateline.org/2026/04/03/i...

Trump’s SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwide Before Wyoming elections, the state’s League of Women Voters tries to get voter registration information into the hands of residents at events and gatherings. But under state law, League volunteers ca...

NEW - Trump’s signature elections bill would effectively end voter registration drives, cutting off a vital path civic groups use to reach underrepresented voters

My latest for @statesnewsroom.com
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Rethinking public safety in Arkansas runs against powerful financial interests | Arkansas Advocate A growing number of Arkansas sheriffs, lawmakers and advocates are beginning to articulate a different vision for public safety: one that directs the state’s resources not toward bigger prisons, but…

What’s motivating investments in Arkansas’ jails and prisons? Reporter Abbey Kim follows industry lobbying dollars in today’s “Jailed in Crisis” installment:

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WV lawmakers’ hallmark child care legislation becomes law without Morrisey’s signature • West Virginia Watch A bill aimed at improving West Virginia’s drastic shortage of child care will become law without Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s signature.

WV lawmakers’ hallmark child care legislation becomes law without Morrisey’s signature westvirginiawatch.com/2026/04/03/w...

Trump administration's fiscal 2027 budget request asks Congress to cut nondefense programs by 10% and increase defense funding by 42%

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Reproductive health care restrictions likely to repel provider workforce, research shows When an Alabama clinic’s only OB-GYN left the state to provide abortion care in Colorado, the head of operations thought the facility would have to close. But Robin Marty, executive director at WAWC H...

A new study shows applications to medical residency programs in states with abortion bans declined across the board after Dobbs. I spoke with OB-GYNs about what it was like training in Kentucky and Texas and whether that informs where they practice medicine. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/repr...

Reproductive Rights Today | News From The States Your comprehensive daily wrap-up of changes to reproductive rights in the states, the front lines in the fight over abortion access in a post-Roe America.

HHS is issuing Title X grants to family planning clinics this week after temporarily freezing funds to recipients last year and giving them one week to apply for this year’s pot of money. Providers said they haven't received the $ yet, but it can take a while to show up on the feds' grant site.

States pass laws allowing pregnancy centers to evade regulation and countersue for damages States with and without abortion bans are advancing bills that would shield anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers from certain government mandates and attempts at regulation, allowing them to sue f...

New from me: Several states now have laws preventing governments from regulating crisis pregnancy centers. In Oklahoma, if a prohibited type of regulation was attempted, a center could sue for at least $10,000.

It’s based on model legislation from the Alliance Defending Freedom.

Supreme Court to decide if Trump can end birthright citizenship • NC Newsline The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could reshape the understanding of who is American by birth.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could reshape the understanding of who is American by birth. ncnewsline.com/2026/03/31/r... By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ncpol #nc