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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Series | News From The States Billion Dollar Baby Bump: A States Newsroom 50-state investigation examining the tax records of more than 1,600 crisis pregnancy center organizations nationwide and state and federal budgets found the...

NEW SERIES: The magnitude of state & federal funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers is growing while oversight is not, by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @acvollers.bsky.social @nhassanein.bsky.social @chatlanis.bsky.social @amandavhernan.bsky.social and me www.newsfromthestates.com/tags/crisis-...

Crisis Pregnancy Centers Series | News From The States Billion Dollar Baby Bump: A States Newsroom 50-state investigation examining the tax records of more than 1,600 crisis pregnancy center organizations nationwide and state and federal budgets found the...

Many outlets have written about CPCs over the years, but surprisingly few people understand what they are, even those who are well-informed about the political landscape around reproductive care.

We've tried to lay out a foundation to build on with these first pieces.

Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn't followed. Editor's note: This is the first report in an ongoing series.The patient came in with a belly full of blood, Dr. Leilah Zahedi-Spung recalled. Her pregnancy was ectopic, no longer viable, and could ha...

Five states have funneled the most taxpayer funds to CPCs post-Dobbs: Texas ($227 million), Florida ($93.4 million), North Carolina ($35 million), Ohio ($26.2 million) and Tennessee ($20 million). Major kudos @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @sofiaresnick.bsky.social + @stateline.org's repro team!

🚨 NEW @statesnewsroom.com found 21 states funneled ~ half $1B to crisis pregnancy centers. by
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NEW: All precincts reported for NC-04's Democratic primary

Unofficial results show Valerie Foushee ahead of Nida Allam by 1,202 votes, or 1%

It's within the 1% margin for Allam to request a mandatory recount

Some votes, like absentee and provisional ballots, yet to be counted

Arguing an abortion procedure is unlawfully barbaric worked once. Will it work again? There is a content warning on page 7 of a friend-of-the-court brief recently submitted in a high-stakes abortion medication case by women who say they were injured or traumatized from taking the pills...

Abortion opponents once convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that a specific abortion procedure (intact D&X) was unlawfully gruesome and barbaric. They're trying a similar argument with medication abortion: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/argu...

A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.

There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws in 13 states and DC now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people — a third of American workers. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...

Louisiana, Trump FDA clash in court over abortion drug availability through telehealth LAFAYETTE — A federal judge questioned Tuesday whether demand for abortion medication would go away even if he were to force the Trump administration to end the policy that allows the drugs to be pres...

The judge who heard Louisiana v. FDA today questioned whether demand for abortion pills would go away even if he were to force the Trump administration to end the policy that allows the drugs to be prescribed remotely and mailed across state lines, @greglarose.bsky.social reports.

Tennessee Republican won’t run anti-abortion bill • Tennessee Lookout Tennessee Sen. Mark Pody said Tuesday he is dropping a bill allowing women who have abortions to be charged with murder.

Just in from Sam Stockard: the Republican senator sponsoring a measure that would allow women getting abortions to be charged with murder will not bring the bill for a vote. "I don't have the votes," said Sen. Mark Pody of Lebanon.

ACOG is leaving ACIP

One lawyer could take down California’s abortion shield. His star client is a convicted abuser Prominent conservative attorney Jonathan Mitchell wants to build a national abortion ban through California. His client is a convicted abuser of women.

He said she "killed" his unborn children with the aid of a California doctor.

She said he beat her, and that it wasn't the only time.

His story joined a national conversation. Her story didn't make it out of Texas. Until now.
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More People Are Having Abortions At Home. Here's Who They Call When They Have Nowhere Else To Turn. Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”

I spoke with Dr. April Lockley, medical director of the Miscarriage and Abortion hotline, who has fielded questions from hundreds of people managing their abortions at home.

Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”

We’re reliving April 2023, just in a different courtroom

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.

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Louisiana mifepristone lawsuit could hinder telehealth abortion nationwide A hearing is set for Tuesday in a federal lawsuit led by Louisiana seeking to further restrict access to mifepristone by asking the courts to stop abortion pills from being mailed across the country. ...

Consequential hearing related to abortion pills happening tomorrow, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loui...

Louisiana mifepristone lawsuit could hinder telehealth abortion nationwide A hearing is set for Tuesday in a federal lawsuit led by Louisiana seeking to further restrict access to mifepristone by asking the courts to stop abortion pills from being mailed across the country. ...

A hearing is set for Tuesday in a federal lawsuit led by Louisiana seeking to further restrict access to mifepristone by asking the courts to stop abortion pills from being mailed across the country. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loui...

@bspears.bsky.social was up all night at the Capitol to bring you the news of this GOP reversal. Wisconsin to become the 49th state in the union to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage.

So sad! Zagar and his art is a part of what makes living in Philadelphia so special.

Perinatal outcomes in NV suffer from too many NICUs, lack of collaboration, legislators told • Nevada Current A maternal-fetal expert wants Nevada to rethink its more-the-merrier approach to neonatal intensive care units. Dr. Brian Iriye, the managing physician at the High Risk Pregnancy Center in Las Vegas…

A maternal-fetal expert says southern Nevada hospitals have way more intensive care units for premature infants than are needed, wasting valuable medical resources and stretching doctors thin, report @nevadacurrent.com and @statesnewsroom.com

Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody The agency has declined to say whether a Biden-era policy largely barring detention for pregnant and nursing mothers remains in force.

Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Texas Tech medical school cancels talk on health, ethical considerations in late-pregnancy abortions Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center canceled a scheduled talk by an OB-GYN who has provided abortion care later in pregnancy after opponents argued the discussion would be illegal on a public...

The school's Turning Point USA chapter and Mark Lee Dickson were involved with this one, though he told the Tribune he didn't directly contact school officials. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texa...

In Your State, Are Cops Being Called on New Mothers? The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy. Explore the data for your state.

A recent Marshall Project investigation revealed that state child welfare agencies shared allegations of pregnancy substance use with law enforcement more than 70,000 times over six years. Use these tools to explore the data and policies in your state.

www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/18/p...

Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related…

"The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related church protest in Minneapolis."

— @elishabrown.bsky.social:

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Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related chur...

Never thought I would type this sentence: Don Lemon just pleaded not guilty to violating the FACE Act. I wrote about the history of the law, which was created after a wave of deadly violence against abortion clinics, and the new way Trump's DOJ is using it.

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.

Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”

Elisha Brown | News From The States Elisha Brown is the Reproductive Rights Today newsletter author at States Newsroom.She is based in Durham, North Carolina, where she previously worked as a reporter covering reproductive rights, regio...

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Bills cracking down on abortion pills advance in states that already ban most abortions Even though many legislative sessions only just convened across the country this month, efforts to restrict access to abortion pills are in full swing, particularly in states that already ban abortion...

So far in 2026, nearly 200 anti-abortion bills have been introduced in 29 states, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...

Temporary legal status allowed for now for 350,000 Haitians as judge blasts Kristi Noem WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Monday blocked the termination of temporary protections for roughly 350,000 Haitians from taking effect, a move that prevents the Trump administration from acting to ...

SEARING DECISION AGAINST KRISTI NOEM ON TPS: Temporary legal status allowed for now for 350,000 Haitians as judge blasts Kristi Noem - @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/temp...

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.

BREAKING... and Thank God...

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...