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Thomas Dobbs is the state health officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health. His name appears on the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion rights, despite having "nothing to do with it," he has said.

The abortion case is named after Thomas Dobbs, who says he has nothing to do with it

The "Dobbs" in the case title refers to Thomas Dobbs, an infectious diseases doctor who became Mississippi's top health officer the same year the state adopted new abortion restrictions.

Fasten your seat belts, flight attendant-turned-novelist shares stories from the sky

T.J. Newman began writing the hijack thriller Falling while she was a flight attendant. She'd jot down ideas on paper napkins in the quiet moments on red-eye flights. Originally broadcast July 2021.

Here's where abortions are now banned or severely restricted

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, numerous states have banned abortion. Here are the states with bans or severe restrictions in effect, on hold or pending.

Abortion-rights supporters gather on Des Moines' streets in reaction to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion.

Abortion remains legal in Iowa, but court rulings open the door to more restrictions

Abortion is still legal in Iowa after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion Friday. The Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, allowing states to decide how much they want to restrict abortion.

Anti-abortion activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 6.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.

IDP Chair Ross Wilburn makes a case to keep the Iowa caucuses first in the nation before the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee in Washington D.C. on June 23, 2022.

Iowa Democrats have made their final pitch to keep the caucuses first

Iowa Democrats have gone before the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee to make their final case to keep their caucuses first in the order of nominating a presidential candidate. The DNC this year had states apply for the early window that Iowa has occupied for decades.

News brief: Senate gun vote, reaction to Supreme Court gun ruling, Jan. 6 hearing

The Senate passes a gun control bill and sends it to the House. The Supreme Court strikes down New York's law restricting concealed carrying of guns. A recap of Thursday's House Jan. 6 hearing.

A federal law requires translated voting ballots, but not in Arabic or Haitian Creole

The Voting Rights Act requires some states and local areas to offer election materials in more than just English. But the support for voters is limited to Spanish, Asian and Native American languages.

Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay on center stage

The film on the former Arizona congresswoman and her recovery from the 2011 shooting explains how she navigated gun control campaigns and later a Senate campaign.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speak about the gun control bill on Friday.

The House has passed the gun control bill. The next stop is Biden's desk

The House approved the bipartisan bill 234-193 exactly one month after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. It's the first gun control measure to come out of Congress in nearly three decades.

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