PHOENIX — An Arizona appeals court on Friday ruled abortions performed in the state by licensed physicians are legal up to 15 weeks of gestation despite a 19th-century, near-total abortion ban.

Anti-abortion groups have proposals teed up, and many would like to see the GOP advance a ban at six weeks (if not earlier). House Republicans have to worry about disappointing base voters who ...

For months, Tennessee’s Republican leaders have maintained that the state’s abortion ban — known as one of the strictest in the U.S. — allows doctors to perform the procedure, should they ...