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The New York Times published an op-ed on Tuesday written by Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano that stated he would not enforce pro-life laws enacted in Virginia.In his piece,

No matter what the law says, I’ll never prosecute a woman for getting an abortion. My fellow prosecutors need to step up and make the same promise.

Some clergy have long helped women seeking abortions but they've been "drowned out by a very fringe belief," one reverend said of abortion opponents.

People from across the Tri-State gathered in front of the Four Freedoms Monument Sunday to rally against the possible overturn of Roe v. Wade.

To a remarkable degree, party elites have sorted on abortion. When the House voted on the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, codifying the right to abortion prior to viability and thereafter if “continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the pregnant patient’s life or health,” every Democrat but one was in favor, and every single Republican was opposed. The result was the same in the Senate, where a vote to advance the bill failed 49-51. The one Democrat who voted no in the H...

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voting rights. No longer did states with a history of discrimination have to submit their plans to make electoral changes to the department of Justice. Instead, voters and advocacy organizations that experienced | By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voti...

Julianne Malveaux writes that just as our voting rights are disappearing, so also are women’s rights to comprehensive health care.

If the right-leaning court wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, so be it. But they will find...

If the leaked draft opinion holds, states will be able to ban abortion from the moment of...

Pro-abortion movies are all the rage at this year's Sundance Film Festival, which is again being held virtually due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The titles garnering buzz include two movies about the Jane Collective -- the radical feminist organization in Chicago that provided illegal abortions for women during the 60s and early 70s -- and the U.S. premiere of the award-winning French film "The Happening."