Abortion Policy News

The Daily Signal provides comprehensive abortion policy coverage with pro-life reporting and conservative commentary on state abortion laws, Supreme Court decisions, pro-life legislation, abortion clinic regulations, and the cultural battle to defend the unborn and support life-affirming policies.
Filter articles by
  • news

    RFK Says FDA Was ‘Required’ to Approve Abortion Drug
    Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new abortion pill only because of a federal law requirement. In a post on X Thursday evening, Kennedy said the FDA, which is part of HHS, “only approved a second, generic mifepristone tablet because federal…
    Mary Mobley
    Read More
  • news

    March for Life Won’t Just Oppose Abortion Next Year
    The new president of the March for Life announced that the theme for the 53rd annual march is “Life is a Gift.” On Jan. 23, tens of thousands are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to march to bring awareness to the hundreds of thousands of abortions that occur in the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
    Read More
  • news

    Fights Over Abortion, Transgender Procedures Are Subtexts to Shutdown Fight
    The federal government is currently in shutdown mode after Democrats pushed to continue taxpayer support for health care plans that cover abortions and transgender medical procedures.  In the legislative finagling prior to the shutdown on Wednesday, Democrats pushed to extend the Obamacare enhanced subsidies, which are set to expire on Dec. 31, and use taxpayer…
    Jacob Adams
    Read More
  • opinion

    25 Years Later: Abortion Pill Devastation Only Gets Worse
    On Sept. 28, 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion pill mifepristone. Twenty-five years later, the devastation is hard to fully capture. In the wake of mifepristone’s approval, millions of unborn children have been lost—reversing the enduring long-term decline of abortion in America. Meanwhile, their mothers suffered immeasurable harms—emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And…
    Melanie Israel
    Read More
  • opinion

    Pro-Abortion Democrat Declines Catholic Award After Pro-Life Backlash, Pope Comments
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Amid mounting pushback, Sen. Dick Durbin, a pro-abortion Democrat from Illinois, declined a lifetime achievement award on Tuesday he was scheduled to receive from the Archdiocese of Chicago. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, had planned to present Durbin with the honor at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on Nov….
    Melissa O’Rourke
    Read More
  • news

    FDA Confirms Abortion Pill Review
    The abortion drug mifepristone will finally receive much-requested scrutiny by the Trump administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promised Republican attorneys general. After decades of pro-abortion administrations gradually loosening every last safeguard, the Trump administration’s FDA will conduct “its own review of the evidence, including…
    Joshua Arnold
    Read More
  • news

    Chicago Public Schools Offer ‘Family Planning,’ Condoms, Abortion Information to Students
    The Chicago public school system is offering “family planning” services and condoms to students as young as 12. Under school system policy, schools teaching fifth grade and up must make condoms “freely accessible” to all students 12 and older, according to The Daily Signal’s review of the district’s website. The system also requires schools to…
    Mary Mobley
    Read More
  • news

    States Push Back Against Planned Parenthood Funding Cuts
    As the federal government cuts funding for Planned Parenthood, some liberal states are stepping in to keep the nation’s largest abortion provider in business.  Washington, New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Colorado are among those pledging to use state dollars to fill the “gap” left by federal funding cuts.  Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, says his…
    Mary Mobley
    Read More
  • news

    EXCLUSIVE: Lawmaker Aims to Give Babies Faced With Being Aborted a ‘Second Chance at Life’   
    Rep. August Pfluger is working to give babies who face being aborted a “second chance at life.”   The Texas Republican congressman is introducing a bill requiring abortion pill providers to inform women seeking such an abortion that it is possible to reverse the effects of the drug if they change their mind about the…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • news

    Over 70 GOP Lawmakers Commend Veterans Affairs Chief for Ending Biden Abortion Rule
    More than 70 members of Congress have sent a public letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins supporting his effort to end a Biden-era rule that allowed Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers to perform abortions. The members’ letter—spearheaded by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and signed onto by 13 other Republican senators and 57…
    Jacob Adams
    Read More
  • news

    Obama Judge Who Blocked Planned Parenthood Defunding Takes Aim at Laken Riley Act
    A Barack Obama-appointed judge delivered a blow to the Laken Riley Act, a law that passed with bipartisan support and that prioritizes the arrest of illegal aliens with certain criminal records.  U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts is the same judge who in July ruled to secure federal taxpayer funding for…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
  • opinion

    Tennessee Memorial for the Unborn Reminder That Abortion Is Not Empowering
    Over the past few weeks, reports have revealed that Planned Parenthood facilities across the United States are shuttering or laying off staff due to Congress’ recent Medicaid cuts. Contrary to what pro-abortion advocates say, women are much better off without them.   I would know better than anyone.   Abortion data reveals that 60% of women who have…
    Regina Paulsen
    Read More
  • news

    EXCLUSIVE: Senators Ask AG Bondi to Investigate If Abortion Pill Manufacturers Deceived Women
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Three Republican senators are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether drug manufacturers misrepresented the abortion pill’s safety and efficacy. “We write to you regarding a serious public health failure that endangers countless American women,” a letter obtained by The Daily Signal reads. “In light of new data, we request…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
    Read More
  • opinion

    What’s Going on With Planned Parenthood?  
    Planned Parenthood has had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. So far, 40 clinics have announced closures, in red and blue states alike—and we’re still counting. Why is the abortion giant, which received over $800 million in federal funding last year alone, in such dire straits? There are lots of factors, many involving…
    Melanie Israel
    Read More
  • news

    How Many Abortion Clinics Have Closed Because of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
    A provision in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” has caused more than 30 Planned Parenthoods to close—with more closures on the horizon. In the bill, House Republicans removed Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country. The effort had been supported by dozens of pro-life legislators from around the country. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
    Read More
  • opinion

    ‘I Told You So’ Starts Here: Criminal Investigations Into High School-Assisted Abortions, Jan. 6 Truth, and More
    Over the first 200 days of the second Trump administration, many details have come to light that have confirmed things that the legacy media and Democrat officials for years had dismissed as “right-wing conspiracy theories.” Just this week, details emerged that the FBI had whistleblower testimony that it failed to follow up on regarding classified…
    Joe Thomas
    Read More
  • opinion

    Parents Angry as Virginia High School Faces Probe of Minors’ Abortions
    In what has become a chilling unearthing, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia has launched an investigation into Centreville High School for accusations of arranging and funding students’ abortions back in 2021. The news, first revealed by the W.C. Dispatch Substack, has sparked outrage among parents, pro-life advocates, and concerned citizens, raising serious questions about parental rights…
    Sarah Holliday
    Read More
  • news

    House Republicans Defied DOGE Cuts to Foreign Aid Org Used to Push Abortion Abroad
    House Republicans kept almost a billion dollars in funding for an agency targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency after the Biden administration used it to promote abortion in Africa. In April, Millennium Challenge Corporation employees received an email that they would be offered early retirement or deferred resignation after visits from DOGE, The New…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
    Read More
  • news

    Millions in Defense Dollars Back Group Supporting ‘Safe Abortions’ Globally
    The Department of Defense has given multimillion-dollar grants in recent years to a health organization that promotes “safe abortions” and “reproductive health” abroad. The DOD’s stated goal for the money is to mitigate the spread of HIV and AIDS in the military forces of U.S. allies. The organization, Washington, D.C.-based Population Services International, supports “safe…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
  • opinion

    Chemical Abortions, Sex Education: March for Life President Addresses Future of Pro-Life Movement
    There has been a significant shift in the fight to protect the unborn since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022 with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Now, the March for Life is holding state-based marches across the country and continues to work to shift the…
    Virginia Allen | Elise McCue
    Read More