abortion

This June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, ending 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States. Directed by Cynthia Lowen, “Battleground” shows how anti-abortion activists worked to get Roe overturned and how pro-choice activists work to maintain safe and legal access to abortion services.

New York Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin says, even though he is opposed to abortion rights, he would not make big changes in the state’s abortion laws. But his opponent, Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, isn’t buying it.

Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren was in North Adams, Massachusetts Friday afternoon. She spoke with reporters about the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and securing abortion access through federal legislation.

An interview with Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington.

Planned Parenthood of the North Country held a Rally for Roe in Plattsburgh’s Trinity Park Monday evening.

The right to an abortion is legal under Vermont law and will remain available to women in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade. But the high court’s move is still raising concerns among reproductive rights advocates in the state.

An interview with Senator Ed Markey.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gathered with women and fellow Democratic officials outside the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood office in Albany today to speak out against the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision.

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion following a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. The 6-3 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returns the issue of abortion rights to states – roughly half of which are expected to restrict or ban the procedure. Advocates on both sides of the debate are reacting to the decision in the Northeast.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday signed six bills into law to protect abortion rights and support reproductive health care providers in the state. The measures are in response to an anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn the 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.