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201 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Six workers allege in a lawsuit that Planned Parenthood Southeast fired them for speaking out for abortion rights and inclusion.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
Boston passed a $1,366,093 FY27 appropriation for its collective bargaining agreement with the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society Superior Officers Unit, with a 2% base wage increase.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Poland's lower house of parliament approved two bills to loosen a near-total ban on abortions, which campaigners called a small-scale step.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
More unions oppose ICE and Israel, and the right is trying to gain access to labor unions' minutes, membership lists, and Zoom chats.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
TN SB 2482: the report a physician is required to submit to the commissioner of health after performing an abortion may be submitted electronically; latest action (2026-03-25): sponsor change.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
TN HB 693 was enacted, making changes to pharmacy practice including removing the prohibition on an administrative fee for pharmacist-provided hormonal contraceptives when the patient is insured.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
TN HB 990, as enacted, clarifies the term 'serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function' in present law provisions relative to criminal abortion.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
TN SB 589, as enacted, requires health benefit plans that provide coverage for prescription contraceptives to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby faces rightwing backlash after calling for a national wealth and inheritance tax, saying wealth inequality is a danger to society.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A lawsuit against Students for Life under Texas' House Bill 7, which allows private citizens to sue those helping distribute abortion medication, could weaken the law.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
A report finds people are already being prosecuted for pregnancy outcomes as charging people who have abortions with murder gains traction on the right.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
California voters will decide Prop 40, a one-time 5% tax on roughly 250 billionaires holding an estimated $2.3 trillion; supporters say it could raise up to $100 billion, about 90% toward healthcare.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
After Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022, abortion became a top issue in the 2022 and 2024 elections, but candidates and voters discuss it less this midterm year.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
The Food and Drug Administration plans to hold off on releasing its safety review of mifepristone, the drug most often used in medication abortions, until March 2027.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
An analysis of federal policies on healthcare, jobs and equality describes the feminist stakes of the midterms, citing federal workforce reductions that undermine economic security for Black women.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Beth Osborne is working to convince Nevadans to approve Question 6 on November ballots, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Volunteers collected more than 110,000 signatures across Idaho's 35 legislative districts for Proposition 1 as the abortion debate has gone quiet amid US midterms.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
Ken Paxton's anti-abortion influence already extended beyond Texas, and he could take it further in the Senate.
Source: ProPublica (propublica.org)
A Texas woman is suing Students for Life for the cost of raising the children of two unplanned pregnancies, under a law the group helped pass.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Black voters may determine whether Democratic Socialists of America can build on breakthroughs in the 2026 elections, particularly in the South.
Source: Axios (axios.com)