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Oklahoma’s Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs it.

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. That opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned....

Demonstrators are rallying from coast to coast in the face of an anticipated Supreme Court decision that could overturn women’s right to an abortion.

If the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade takes effect, it could also lead to tighter state restrictions on birth control, says Seema Mohapatra, law professor at Southern Methodist University.

The state already pays for some abortions through its Medicaid program, the taxpayer-funded health insurance plan for the poor and the disabled.

A bill seeking to incorporate Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law failed to pass a Senate vote to overcome a filibuster on Wednesday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s appearance before a Senate committee took an unexpected and tense detour into the abortion debate Tuesday when senators questioned her about the potential impact of an abortion ban on the American economy.

Searches for “vasectomy near me” were most popular in Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Florida.

The United States already ranks poorly against other countries on maternal mortality rates. NBC News Medical Contributor Dr. Natalie E. Azar, assistant clinical professor with NYU Langone Medical Center, joined NBCLX to discuss what to expect after Roe v. Wade is overturned.

A last-minute change to Monday’s Wordle answer may have players seeing different puzzles, with one of them apparently linked to a controversy gripping the nation. The new owners of the highly popular online game removed “fetus” from the daily puzzle in an effort to keep Worlde “distinct from the news.” It comes on the heels of a leaked draft...

The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections.

In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade, many women say they’re confronting new privacy fears brought on by modern technology and the bounty that some states are putting on information about women visiting clinics.

Google data shows searches for “abortion pill” and “Plan B” skyrocketing and reaching all-time highs following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe vs. Wade.

The car maker officially moved its corporate headquarters last year from Silicon Valley to Texas, which passed a law banning abortions at roughly six weeks of pregnancy.

The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is sparking conversations about data privacy. If the opinion is released and abortion is criminalized in some states, some reproductive rights groups fear that text messages, search histories, ad tracking data and app usage history could put people who seek an abortion at risk.

California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation’s most populous state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, propelled by the release this week of an early draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has ignited a surge of activism among the state’s vast network of providers and advocacy groups.

Laws controlling access to abortion vary widely throughout the globe, with many countries limiting the procedure to preserve the pregnant patient’s life or health, or on social grounds such as rape or fetal impairment.

The Roe decision hinged on the constitutional right to privacy and advocates worry that other established protections grounded on the same argument could be in jeopardy.

More than half of abortions in America are now done with pills, rather than surgery. The battle over access to medication abortions will only grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision.

On measures like maternal mortality, infant mortality and paid leave after birth, the U.S. lags behind comparable countries