Jacob Gershman covers law for The Wall Street Journal. He previously wrote about New York politics for the Journal and the New York Sun.

Laura Kusisto is the deputy legal bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. Previously, she was a national legal affairs ...

Over the past two decades, a reclusive Swiss billionaire has poured more than $800 million into left-wing causes across ...

Pope Francis’s tenure was punctuated by repeated clashes with American political leaders and sweeping efforts to install more ...

Despite Kentucky's abortion ban, women are still having legal, self-managed abortions. Republican lawmakers missed another opportunity to outlaw them.

In October 2024, a flyer appeared in the mailboxes of Kentucky residents, promoting an amendment to the state’s constitution.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, Illinois has become a major haven for people seeking abortion ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, Illinois has become a major haven for people seeking abortion care ...

The Iowa House passed two measures Thursday that would set new educational requirements in Iowa’s K-12 school system — one ...

The advocacy group for Kentucky businesses spent more than $150,000 to lobby the state legislature in the three-month session ...

Access to abortion services has shifted dramatically in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Twelve states currently ban the procedure with limited exceptions, another four ...

The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, estimates in a report released Tuesday that the overall number of clinician-provided abortions in states where it’s ...