France enshrines constitutional right to an abortion in a global first
French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament.
French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament.
The Biden administration is criticizing Republicans for their response to the Alabama embryo ruling. Multiple GOP lawmakers expressed support for IVF after the decision, but previously supported an anti-abortion rights bill without carve-outs to protect the procedure. Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, joins "America Decides" to discuss the issue.
President Biden took the stage surrounded by supporters with signs saying "Defend choice" and "Restore Roe," but less than a minute into his remarks, he was interrupted by the protesters.
The Biden-Harris campaign hopes the issue of abortion access will drive people to the polls in November. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
The Biden campaign on Monday began its push to make abortion rights a key issue for the 2024 presidential election. President Biden and Vice President Harris hope to tie former President Trump, the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and rollback of abortion rights across the country. Nancy Cordes reports.
The Biden administration announced new actions Monday aimed at strengthening access to contraception and protecting access to medication abortion with President Biden also convening a task force on the issue. It's been 51 years to the day since the Roe v. Wade ruling, which established the right to an abortion. The Supreme Court overturned that precedent in 2022. Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan, of Virginia, joined CBS News to discuss the new actions.
For many attendees, abortion will be a top issue in upcoming elections and colors how they view candidates.
President Biden is planning a big push to highlight abortion access as part of his reelection campaign. Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts joins "America Decides" to unpack the strategy.
President Biden is planning to center his next campaign rally around abortion rights, CBS News has exclusively learned. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more on why Biden is focusing on reproductive rights.
The move underscores the Biden campaign's strategy to tie stringent GOP-led abortion restriction efforts across the U.S. to former President Donald Trump.
American women who were not pregnant sent a European health service more than 48,000 requests for abortion drugs mifepristone and mifepristol from September 2021 through April 2023, according to a research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Laura Lindberg, a professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, joined CBS News to discuss.
The first stop of the tour will take place in Wisconsin on Jan. 22, the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The Supreme Court took on two new cases Wednesday: One on the abortion pill, and the other relating to Jan. 6 and former President Donald Trump. Jan Crawford and Jessica Levinson explore the issues at stake in each case.
The Texas Supreme Court late Friday night put a hold on a lower court ruling which would have allowed a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fatal fetal diagnosis to obtain an abortion. The all-Republican state Supreme Court issued its hold without offering an opinion. Jared Hill has details.
A Texas judge granted permission for a woman to have an abortion, despite the state's ban, in a landmark ruling Thursday following the fall of Roe v. Wade. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian explains why the judge allowed the exception. Then, Constitutional Accountability Center president Elizabeth Wydra joins to discuss the precedent the case could set.
Just The Pill is an organization that offers reproductive health services to women via telehealth and a mobile clinic that its directors think will be a model for the future of this health care.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are both trying to make abortion and immigration winning issues on the campaign trail. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi and Camilo Montoya-Galvez join "America Decides" to break down the candidates' comments.
The frontrunner in the Republican primary once again skipped Wednesday's debate. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe explains what former President Donald Trump did instead.
Democrats secured key victories on election night 2023. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes examines how the issue of abortion rights impacted the outcomes.
Access to abortion was a key issue at the ballot box in 2022. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and Wall Street Journal senior political correspondent Molly Ball join "America Decides" to discuss if Democrats can rely on it to mobilize voters again in 2023.
Court documents show Idaho police began investigating the pair earlier this summer after a 15-year-old girl's mother told authorities her daughter had been sexually assaulted and later taken to Oregon to get an abortion.
The number of abortions in the U.S. rose slightly in the 12 months after states began implementing bans on them, according to a report from the Society of Family Planning.
Planned Parenthood is again offering abortion services in Wisconsin more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Providers initially stopped offering abortions out of fear a state law from 1849 that appears to ban the procedure would be enforced, but a judge ruled last month the law does not apply to medical abortions. The president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Wisconsin, Tanya Atkinson, joined CBS News to discuss the resumption of services.
More out-of-state travelers also used nonprofit or charity funds to obtain abortion care, the study found.
The 4-1 ruling departs from the court's own decision months earlier striking down a similar ban that the Republican-led legislature passed in 2021.
Friday's speech will mark the first time Kamala Harris has released a major policy initiative since President Biden dropped out of the race last month.
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"Our history is not just about the past, it's about our present and our future," President Biden said in a statement.
A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia's Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages in what has become the largest incursion into Russia since World War II.
Jack Russell, the frontman of rock band Great White who survived the 2003 Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island, has died.
U.S. assessments are that Iran will not seek to disrupt ongoing cease-fire negotiations in Doha aimed at ending the Hamas-Israel war.
Ten U.S. service members were injured in a training incident at Naval Air Station Fallon Wednesday night, police in Reno, Nevada said. Fallon is about 60 miles east of Reno.
Chinese-based tour operators said North Korea will soon allow visitors to the mountainous northern city of Samjiyon.
The escaped killer of a one-year-old girl who fled from a medical transport van, Ramone Alston, was captured days later in a hotel in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Kannapolis, authorities said.
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"Our history is not just about the past, it's about our present and our future," President Biden said in a statement.
The remains of U.S. Army Private William Calkins, 20, were identified after being exhumed at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
The campaign says there will be over 2,800 organizing events in the days leading up to the party's Chicago convention next week.
The escaped killer of a 1-year-old girl who fled from a medical transport van, Ramone Alston, was captured days later in a hotel in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Kannapolis, authorities said.
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Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
Bewildered by rusty-looking stains on your white clothing this summer? The likely culprit is an ingredient found in over 600 sunscreen products.
The Gold Over America Tour will make stops in 30 cities across the U.S. Here is where tickets are the cheapest.
Florida cucumber grower used untreated canal water found to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, laboratory tests found.
"Our history is not just about the past, it's about our present and our future," President Biden said in a statement.
The campaign says there will be over 2,800 organizing events in the days leading up to the party's Chicago convention next week.
U.S. assessments are that Iran will not seek to disrupt ongoing cease-fire negotiations in Doha aimed at ending the Hamas-Israel war.
Sens. Jon Tester of Montana, Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Sherrod Brown of Ohio will be absent as Democrats celebrate Kamala Harris' nomination.
Trump has not appeared at an outdoor rally since mid-July, when a gunman took several shots, grazing his ear.
Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
ABC News Australia's Nate Byrne is being praised both for how he handled the on-air panic attack as well as the visibility he's bringing to mental health.
Hundreds of thousands of the tiny wind-soaring and itch-inducing critters can fall from trees every day and are packed with a venom that can paralyze prey 166,000 times their size.
Florida cucumber grower used untreated canal water found to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, laboratory tests found.
Trader Joe's reports 14 incidents of high flames, a handful resulting in minor burns and limited property damage.
The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on October 15, 1913. Just 70 sailors survived.
Chinese-based tour operators said North Korea will soon allow visitors to the mountainous northern city of Samjiyon.
The woman was found dead "because of being constricted and bitten by the snake," a police spokesman said.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 37, becomes Thailand's third leader from the Shinawatra family.
A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia's Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages in what has become the largest incursion into Russia since World War II.
Jools Lebron's viral TikTok videos have given new meaning to the word "demure." We break down what it means.
Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page and actress Hillary Baack star in the heartfelt film "Close to You," exploring themes of love, identity and the challenges of returning home.
Taylor Swift kicked off the latest leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour on Thursday, her first performance since canceling three shows in Vienna due to an alleged terror plot from ISIS. While Swift did not address the plot or cancellations, heightened security measures were in place.
Following a nine-month investigation into the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, five people, including two doctors, one of his assistants and an alleged drug dealer, have been criminally charged.
Taylor Swift fans attending her Thursday concert in London's Wembley Stadium were subjected to extra security measures in response to the cancellation last week of her three Vienna concerts after Austrian investigators foiled an alleged terror plot there. Imtiaz Tyab has details.
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Artificial intelligence and misinformation remain a threat this election year. So how can you spot what's real and what's not? Darren Linvill, co-director of the Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University, joins CBS News with tips.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Iran has launched a sweeping, months-long cyberattack targeting both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, according to a new report by Google. Nicole Sganga has details.
Staring at an iPad screen too much may keep little kids from learning to control their emotions, a new study finds.
There are hundreds of data centers across the U.S., most of which are run by big tech firms, and their seemingly endless rows of servers are consuming huge amounts of electricity. Ben Tracy takes a look at how one of those companies, Google, is turning to renewable energy sources to power them.
Hurricane Ernesto is gaining strength in the Caribbean after drenching Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Now the storm is moving north into the Atlantic, where it's expected to continue strengthening as it heads toward Bermuda. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez and WCBS chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn have more.
On July 24, a burning car was pushed over an embankment in Chico, California. Within three days, it became one of the 10 largest wildfires in state history. Within nine days, it was among the top four. Still burning at over 429,000 acres, firefighters continue to tackle the historic blaze. Using data from Cal Fire, CBS News put together an animation to show just how quickly and far the flames have spread.
There are plenty of considerations for those interested in making the investment, according to industry experts.
Joro spiders have hearts that are able to withstand the loud and bustling noises of big cities, according to a study published on Monday.
The manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from custody is over. Police found Ramone Alston early Friday morning at a hotel outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, more than a hundred miles from the Hillsborough hospital parking lot he ran from on Tuesday.
The escaped killer of a 1-year-old girl who fled from a medical transport van, Ramone Alston, was captured days later in a hotel in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Kannapolis, authorities said.
The two troopers pepper-sprayed, beat, stunned and used a police dog on the wrong man, authorities said.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the 2023 death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry. The defendants, which includes two doctors and Perry's personal assistant, were federally charged with distributing the ketamine that contributed to Perry's death. According to prosecutors, Perry's personal assistant admitted to giving him multiple ketamine injections on the day of his death. Adam Yamaguchi has the latest.
Five people are facing criminal charges in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry. Among them are his personal assistant and two doctors. CBS News Justice Department reporter Robert Legare has the details.
CBS News spoke with the astrophotographer behind the viral photo about his mission to drive people to look at the night sky before it changes "within the period of our lifetime."
Seventy-one days after launch, NASA finally nears a decision on whether Boeing's Starliner will return to Earth with, or without, a crew.
NASA held a press briefing Wednesday and announced a decision will be coming on how the Boeing Starlink capsule crew stuck at the International Space Station will proceed with their mission in space. CBS News' Lindsey Reiser has more.
The historic, privately financed space flight will carry humans above Earth's ice caps for the first time.
The Perseid meteor shower peaked in the night skies of Sunday into Monday, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they looked to the skies.
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
A look at the evidence in "The Dexter Killer" case; plus, newly revealed letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan.
A teenager's murder in Lowell, Massachusetts, goes unsolved for more than 40 years -- were the clues there all along?
The actor, recipient of a lifetime achievement Academy Award, was renowned for such films as "MASH," "Klute," "Don't Look Now," "Ordinary People," and "The Hunger Games."
Jools Lebron's viral TikTok videos have given new meaning to the word "demure." We break down what it means.
Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and Democratic strategist Joel Payne joined CBS News to discuss the upcoming unveiling of Kamala Harris' economic plan and attitudes about Harris' race.
Sources tell CBS News that the Secret Service is arranging for former President Donald Trump to resume outdoor rallies with added security measures. CBS News campaign reporter Jake Rosen has more.
Vice President Kamala Harris is teasing some of the central tenets of her economic agenda which is set to be unveiled Friday during a policy speech in North Carolina. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page and actress Hillary Baack star in the heartfelt film "Close to You," exploring themes of love, identity and the challenges of returning home.