High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans • Stateline

As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help...

US Senate Republicans spotlight trans athletes issue as midterms ap...

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to continue voicing opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, which the top Democrat on...

WV Republican House candidate under fire for comments about Black women, Muslims • West Virginia...

Republican candidate Chris Clagett posted several racist posts on social media that targeted Black women and Muslims. 

Divorce becomes next battleground as states debate family values • Ohio Capital Journal

In recent years, more conservatives have turned to divorce as a “family values” talking point, with some pushing to make it harder for couples to divorce. By doing so, they’ve relaunched a national...

How the US House could overturn the midterm election results

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump tried to maintain power following his loss in the 2020 election by exerting pressure on state election officials to, in some cases, “find” the votes.

How 9/11 changed the way America surveils its citizens • Stateline

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, transformed how American intelligence and law enforcement agencies collect, share and analyze information. Twenty-five years later, that infrastructure has...

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, States Newsroom editor remembers the heroes of Flight 93 •...

On a rural stretch of land in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, an open meadow filled with bright wildflowers, a memorial grove of trees and a giant boulder marks the spot where United Airlines Flight...

HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED

Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.

Federal appeals court to consider Louisiana’s arguments for banning telehealth abortion • Stateline

Next week, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Louisiana’s arguments for tightening federal policy around a common abortion and miscarriage drug. The primary target of Louisiana v....

Congress clears funding patch to avert pre-election shutdown

If Va.'s reproductive rights amendment passes, challengers say they’ll fight to overturn it in...

A legal challenge to amend the ballot language for Virginia’s pending reproductive rights constitutional amendment has been in limbo since June. Even if no movement on the case happens before...

More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next? • Stateline

Brooke Green thought she needed a mammogram. Green, a Democratic state representative in Idaho, knew that breast cancer ran in her family and she “just had an inkling” that she should be tested. She...

‘I wanted the pregnancy. It was just so scary.’ • Stateline

Hailey Allred and Jessica Perigo don’t know each other, but last year they were both financially insecure and living in abortion-ban states, where reproductive health clinics and maternity wards have...

'Powerless': Indiana families describe the toll of losing Medicaid access • Indiana Capital...

Indiana families describe delayed care, confusion and financial strain as Medicaid coverage lapses ripple across the state's health system.