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Supporters and protestors alike gathered at the State House Wednesday morning ahead of a vote on the Senate floor on controversial reproductive rights legislation.

The stage is set for what will undoubtedly be another contentious night at the State House, as a controversial abortion bill will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that would prevent

After a bitter fight lasting months and four hours of debate on the House floor Thursday, a Rhode Island of the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case passed the full House. There's still a little ways to

The House of Representatives will vote Thursday on a controversial bill to codify abortion protections in Rhode Island state law.

Supporters say the bill would codify Roe v. Wade into state law, but opponents say ambiguity could expand abortion.

Advocates, both pro-life and pro-choice, flocked to the State House Tuesday afternoon for a House Judiciary Committee vote on a controversial reproductive privacy bill.

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are seriously considering whether to enshrine abortion protections in state law, joining states around the country that are revisiting their laws in anticipation of renewed f

A poll conducted last fall by ABC6 and local media organizations is now being criticized several months later by a local anti-abortion group.

Two proposals to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade in Rhode Island law have been introduced to keep abortion legal in the state.