How abortion 'abolitionists' are gaining ground in the U.S.

By Odette Yousef

Published May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM EDT

Since the fall of Roe, a once-fringe network of hardline anti-abortion activists has been pushing to classify abortion as homicide. Once shunned from policy discussion, they are seeing progress.

Odette Yousef

Odette Yousef is a National Security correspondent focusing on extremism.

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