Caroline McDonald, left, a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join a abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Jacquelyn Martin | AP In a bill introduced this past week, a Louisiana lawmaker describes human life as "created ...

The Michigan State Capitol building is seen on Oct. 8, 2020, in Lansing. A Michigan law from 1931 would make abortion a felony in the state if the Roe v. Wade decision is overturned. Rey Del Rio | Getty Images When Stephanie Mejia Arciñiega drove her friend to the Planned ...

Journalists and politicians mingled at an afterparty following the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 30. Based on COVID cases among attendees at the main event, SARS-CoV-2 was mingling as well. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | for The Washington Post via Getty Images We regularly answer frequently asked questions about life during ...

Abortion rights activists attend a rally in front of the Supreme Court building on Thursday. Abortion-rights funds and health clinics that perform abortions across the country have seen an outpouring of support since the Supreme Court's draft decision was leaked Monday. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Abortion-rights groups across the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a total of 60 cases in which the J&J, Janssen vaccine resulted in rare and potentially life-threatening blood clots. Raul Arboleda | AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is limiting the ...

People gather Tuesday at the Utah State Capitol to rally in support of abortion rights in Salt Lake City. George Frey | Getty Images If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, abortion law soon could be in the hands of states. And if that happens, roughly two dozen states ...

Charles Johnson wears a button with a picture of his wife, Kira, during a press conference announcing a lawsuit outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Wednesday in Los Angeles. Kira Johnson died at the hospital in 2016 from complications after giving birth by cesarean section. Marcio Jose Sanchez | AP LOS ANGELES ...

Afghan girls and women and girls protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding that high schools be reopened for girls. Ahmad Sahel Arman | AFP via Getty Images KABUL, Afghanistan – Girls have pretty much been unable to attend secondary school in ...

A woman wears a face shield to protect against COVID-19 at a taxi stand in Soweto, South Africa, where an omicron variant is causing a COVID-19 surge. Denis Farrell | AP When it comes to omicron, one thing seems certain to bioinformatician Shishi Luo: Another surge will occur. That's because ...

Activist Heather Booth and the Jane Collective, an underground abortion service, provided thousands of women with abortions before Roe v. Wade. Here, she speaks in 2015 during the memorial service for civil rights leader Julian Bond. Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP What Sunny Chapman experienced roughly 53 years ago in ...