In an effort to address high maternal and infant mortality rates plaguing many of the Southern US states, legislators in Alabama have passed a bill that will allow Medicaid to be more easily ...

The legislation, which recently passed through the Alabama Legislature, would expand Medicaid access for low-income women during their first trimester of pregnancy. The Medical Association of the ...

but concern over future regulation has arisen following a controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision last year. A bill to protect women’s access to both passed the House with bipartisan ...

Bills introduced in at least 12 states this year would allow prosecutors to charge those who have abortions with homicide.

Republicans are aiming for major reductions in federal spending, and Medicaid seems a likely target. But the politics of Medicaid are tricky as the program has expanded and covered more people.

The latest boost, approved on Thursday as part of the House budget plan, would be a $70 million increase over the current biennium, with the funds coming out of the state’s Medicaid budget.

said he’s confident a final bill will pass with the House winning the most ... An abortion in Idaho is not prohibited if pregnancy complications could cause a woman’s death, even if that ...

Mainstream anti-abortion groups have largely shied away from legislation that would punish women for having ... In 2022, when one such bill passed a Louisiana state House subcommittee, it sparked ...