Many women are often told not to expect pain worse than menstrual cramps when taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy, according to a new study in a medical journal.

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies.

A 20-year-old woman in Collin County, Texas arrives at the emergency room to address severe bleeding. A health care

Ten pro-lifers are spending Christmas in jail this year after being convicted for praying outside abortion clinics.

Republicans say both are already protected.  Both sides are concerned. Abortion advocates warn more restrictions are coming. Others would like to see IVF banned.

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified.

Sophie Harvey, 25, walked from court last Wednesday with a community order for buying abortion pills online after the prosecution set aside charges relating to an allegation she had illegally aborted

Later in the report of that day's trial proceedings, a TV reporter said that Harvey had taken the pill. She had insisted she gave birth to a stillborn child in the bathroom of her

Several laws, such as the 72-hour waiting period, were temporarily blocked. But Planned Parenthood says enough restrictions remain in place to prevent abortion services from resuming.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – One of the most controversial upcoming bills at the statehouse is the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act, which would define abortion as homicide. If passed, the bill would allow the death penalty for abortions. State Representative Josiah Magnuson said this would be the toughest pro-life bill in the country.