The administration of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) opposed a bill to shield menstrual data from subpoena amid post-Roe fears of abortion prosecutions.

The bill to legalize abortions in medical emergencies and other limited circumstances faced its first procedural hurdle in a House subcommittee.

Women in the 16 states with the most restrictive abortion laws, including Tennessee, are more than three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth, a recent report found.

It won’t be the last.

Maternal Mortality Rates Are Higher in States With Abortion Bans, a Study Finds

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Roger Coody has no legal training and his political experience until recently had been limited to registering people to vote. Now, the Oklahoma hairstylist is pushing a ballot proposal he wrote that would make abortion access a constitutional right in his deeply red state, where Republican lawmakers have banned the procedure in nearly all circumstances.

ATLANTA (AP) —