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After carefully weighing whether she was ready to have a child, a 21-year-old woman in West Virginia called the state’s lone abortion clinic on Thursday and scheduled an appointment for early July.But...

In his concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh struck a note of optimism that democracy and the will of the people would...

Abortion has become or will soon become illegal in more than a dozen states whose legislatures had passed so-called trigger laws, allowing for bans shortly after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe...

“We’re taking so many steps back,” Ms. McBride, 24, said. “I’ve always been a believer that older men should not be making decisions about women’s bodies. As a single woman in my...

WASHINGTON — Calling the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade a “tragic error,” President Biden on Friday tried to galvanize voters ahead of the midterm elections and called on Americans to...

Birth control remains legal everywhere in the United States, though several states allow doctors and pharmacists to refuse to prescribe or dispense contraceptives, according to the Guttmacher Institute. The Supreme Court decision...

Tens of millions of Americans face an onslaught of litigation and legislative revision after a sweeping Supreme Court decision making it easier to carry a firearm in public upended gun control laws...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans have a broad right to arm themselves in public, striking down a New York law that placed strict limits on carrying guns...

ELK GROVE, Calif. — The French bulldog business is booming for Jaymar Del Rosario, a breeder whose puppies can sell for tens of thousands of dollars. When he leaves the house to...

For the third week in a row, it’s hot out there.Much of the United States is in the midst of a third consecutive week of unrelenting heat, with sweltering temperatures stretching across...