Abortion
Indiana’s attorney general has sued the state’s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion.
Planned Parenthood says that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions.
Women in three states are challenging strict abortion laws that went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading descriptions of abortion-rights constitutional amendments.
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The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States.
The decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court ending federal criminal penalties for abortion was a boost to activists who waged decades-long campaigns for safe access.
The Florida Supreme Court must decide whether to overrule broad abortion rights protections provided for decades under the state constitution and instead uphold a law signed by Republican Gov.
Latin America women’s rights groups say their abortion win in Mexico may hold the key to US struggle
Women’s rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries.
The decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court to invalidate all federal criminal penalties for abortion opened access for millions of people in the sprawling public health system.
Military officials say an Alabama senator’s hold on top promotions in a clash over abortion policy raises national security concerns. Republican Sen.
Mexico’s Supreme Court has thrown out all federal criminal penalties for abortion. The sweeping ruling issued Wednesday declared that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights.
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign.
A ballot measure in Ohio that would guarantee access to abortion rights is fueling misleading claims about how the proposal could influence abortion care, gender-related health care and parental consent in the state.
The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio’s fall ballot to ensure abortion rights seems straightforward.
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania’s new governor plans to end a contract with an organization that distributes funds to anti-abortion counseling centers.
Alabama’s attorney general argued in a court filing that the state has the authority to bring conspiracy charges against groups who help women travel out of the state for an abortion.
During last week’s Republican presidential debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dodged a question about a federal abortion ban by telling a story about a woman he knew who he claimed survived despite “multiple abortion attempts.”
Missouri Republican seeks exceptions to near-total abortion ban, including for rape and incest cases
A Missouri Republican wants exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Jamie Corley of suburban St.
New Mexico’s Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding a request to strike down recent abortion-ban ordinances in several cities and counties.
Five anti-abortion activists, including a woman who was discovered to have five fetuses in her home, have been convicted of illegally blocking a reproductive clinic in Washington, D.C., The Washington Post reports.
In the year since Roe v. Wade was reversed, New Mexico has emerged as a safe haven for those who provide abortions and those who need them.
A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill. That’s despite federal regulators’ approval of it as a safe and effective medication.
South Carolina abortion ban with unclear ‘fetal heartbeat’ definition creates confusion, doctors say
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a ban on most abortions this week but left undecided the question of when, exactly, the “fetal heartbeat” limit begins during pregnancy.
The Ohio Ballot Board has approved language for a fall abortion measure that Democrats and the issue’s backers are criticizing as inaccurate.
Democrats in Pennsylvania want to keep a Supreme Court majority. They are talking up abortion rights
Democrats in Pennsylvania are talking up abortion rights as they try to protect their state Supreme Court majority in the presidential battleground.
The Arizona Supreme Court will reassess a lower court’s conclusion that abortion doctors can’t be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that bans the procedure in nearly all cases.
South Carolina’s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban
South Carolina’s newly all-male Supreme Court has reversed course on abortion, upholding a ban on most such procedures after just weeks of pregnancy.
More than a year after the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the issue has at times dominated the discussion among the Republicans seeking their party’s 2024 presidential nomination.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has appealed a judge’s ruling that left a new Nebraska law intact that bans abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and imposes restrictions on gender-affirming surgery.
A federal appeals court has upheld some restrictions on access to the FDA-approved drug used in the most common form of abortion.