Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email realitycheck@sacbee.com. Rep. John Duarte, R-Modesto, said ...

We asked the candidates running for New Jersey governor to share their plans to approach LGBTQ rights and abortion rights.

For Republicans eyeing state offices in 2026, this election is a clarion call to rethink their approach to an issue that now helps shape electoral outcomes. Abortion was one of the issues that ...

With a deeper-than-ever split between Republicans and Democrats over abortion, activists on both sides of the debate foresee a 2016 presidential campaign in which the nominees tackle the volatile ...

Voters will likely see the issue on the ballot in 2026. The amendment would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, and ...

Pro-choice and paid sick leave advocates rallied at the Missouri Capitol Thursday to protest the state legislature’s passage ...

Frank Bisignano gave his critics plenty of material to work with. Republicans confirmed him as the new Social Security ...

"I used to be a Republican. I was a pro-choice Republican, and what drove me from this party is Republican politicians' obsession with controlling women's bodies," McCreery said. "And my district has ...