Anti-abortion groups are pressing the Trump Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration to quickly reverse Biden administration policies on abortion pills and impose a clampdown, including the use of a 19th-century anti-obscenity law to block the mailing of the drugs.

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The federal judge who paved a path for abortion drug clearance to reach the Supreme Court has allowed red states to revive the legal battle against mifepristone. | U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled Thursday that Idaho,

The Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have warned for years that emergency contraceptives could induce abortions in early pregnancies, which pharmaceutical companies have consistently denied.

RFK Jr.'s stance on abortion has put him at odds with the conservative Trump Administration. But his views are changing.

The new Trump administration could put a stop to pending litigation on the abortion pill mifepristone and other federal abortion policies through changes at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a top anti-abortion lawyer involved in several pending cases.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alternating views on vaccines, reproductive rights and public health issues were a central focus at his first confirmation hearing Wednesday, with Democratic senators expressing dismay at his nomination and Republicans signaling he’ll likely have their support.

Democrats focused on Kennedy's anti-vaccine advocacy. Republicans probed the former Democratic leader on his abortion and agriculture views.

In the early days of his second term in office, Donald Trump has been cagey about where his administration will take abortion policy.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was in the hot seat Wednesday as he was peppered with more than three hours of detailed questions from senators during the first of two confirmation hearings.

CHEYENNE — Two Wyoming Freedom Caucus bills that would place heavy restrictions on abortion access passed easily through a House of Representatives committee Friday morning, with no questions asked by committee members on expert testimony.