Abortion

Former President Donald Trump says he believes abortion should be left to the states in a video released Monday outlining his position after months of mixed messages and speculation.

The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.

More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year’s presidential election

A 73-year-old Prophetstown man who tried to burn down a future reproductive health clinic in Danville where abortions will be performed was sentenced Monday in federal court for attempted arson, and ordered to pay restitution.

Sentencing remains set for 3 p.m. Monday for a 73-year-old Prophetstown man who tried to burn down a future reproductive health clinic in Danville where he said abortions will be performed.

The three Republicans hoping to represent Illinois’ 11th District in Congress debated immigration, reproductive rights and other issues facing the nation Tuesday night in an online forum.

The number of women traveling to Illinois for abortion care rose by nearly 50% in 2022, the same year the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, new data shows.

A little over six months after pushing Democrats in the General Assembly to pass a law targeted at limited services pregnancy centers, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has agreed in a legal filing to stop the state’s enforcement of it.

The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over mifepristone, a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

A defendant who pleads nolo contendere, or no contest, accepts a conviction without admitting guilt.

Gov. JB Pritzker is self-funding the launch of a new political advocacy group aimed at fighting for abortion rights across the U.S. – an extension of sizable donations he’s been making in Democratic politics for several years

A McHenry crisis pregnancy center is among those who sued over a law that requires them to – if requested by the patient – refer, transfer to or give patients written information about providers who perform abortions.

Three weeks after a federal judge denied his request to plead no contest, an elderly Prophetstown anti-abortion activist pleaded guilty to trying to burn down a clinic where abortions will be performed.

The federal judge in the case of an elderly Prophetstown anti-abortion activist charged with trying to burn down a future clinic where abortions will be performed will not allow him to plead no contest.