Some women are stocking up on the medications, saying they are concerned that the new administration could take steps to restrict access.

A rare sea creature known as the “doomsday fish” was spotted yet again on Southern California shores for the third time this year. The oarfish is considered to be a harbinger of bad news and is only the 22nd to have washed ashore in California over the past century. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day .

Pro-life groups are skeptical but optimistic about the nomination of pro-choice Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration.

Shawn Carney, founder of 40 Days for Life, reacted to President-elect Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which deregulated abortion pills during the Biden administration.

A South Dakota judge dismissed a lawsuit that an anti-abortion group filed in June targeting an abortion rights measure that voters rejected this month. In an order dated Friday, Circuit Court Judge John Pekas granted Life Defense Fund's motion to dismiss its lawsuit against Dakotans for Health,

In most states, young people overwhelmingly supported pro-abortion ballot measures, even while voting for GOP President-elect Donald Trump at the top of the ticket, according to a new data analysis of young voters in the 2024 election.

Abortion-related ballot initiatives were voted on in 10 states during the election. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of where abortion currently stands in each state.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) announced her state has secured a new supply of the abortion pill mifepristone to last nearly through the entirety of the second Trump administration. In the announcement,

This belief shaped the party’s 2024 strategy. Abortion was “by far the most prevalent topic in 2024 Democratic messaging,” Politico reported, “beating out health care, the economy and immigration.” The Harris campaign’s final round of advertisements mentioned abortion more than any other subject, according to the Wesleyan Media Project.

Florida’s abortion rights groups are taking stock after a narrow loss in last week’s ballot referendum but say the fight to overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban isn’t over. Florida became the first state to reject an abortion rights amendment since Roe v.

Despite a strong showing of support for abortion rights on Election Day, the abortion access landscape in the United States won’t change immediately. And under President Donald Trump’s second term, it will remain heavily fragmented — and vulnerable to future restriction.