Abortion

WASHINGTON — Abortion rights were a central issue in Tuesday’s election, with voters in 10 states asked to weigh in on ballot measures intended to enshrine a woman’s right to make her own reproductive health care decisions in their respective... Read More

WASHINGTON — Reps. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., and Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio, introduced a resolution to reaffirm the right to access to emergency abortion care, hoping to provide clarity and certainty for women in dire medical emergencies. At the same time, the... Read More

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion-rights amendment, Amendment 3, will remain on the ballot, summarily ending a few anxious days for supporters of the measure. “Today’s … decision is a victory for both... Read More

MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump’s assertion on Thursday that he does not agree with Florida’s six-week abortion ban has placed a national spotlight on the ballot initiative that would overturn the restriction imposed last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis... Read More

WASHINGTON — It was — despite a rare leak of a pending decision — a bombshell ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Writing for the conservative majority on the bench, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's... Read More

CHICAGO — While the main purpose of last week’s Democratic National Convention was to reintroduce America to Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee, health care was never far from center stage. In fact, over the course of... Read More

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday struck down a pair of state laws regulating abortion, affirming that there’s a fundamental right under the state constitution for a woman to terminate her pregnancy. Both decisions were rendered in... Read More

WASHINGTON — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Lancaster and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday to highlight what is at stake for reproductive freedom in the 2024 election. Biden’s mid- and late-afternoon appearances come a day ahead of the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is bolstering existing HIPAA health care privacy rules to provide added protection to women lawfully exercising their right to terminate a pregnancy. The rules will also extend to a woman’s family members and doctors. The... Read More

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court held Tuesday that with Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion it once recognized now null and void, there’s no reason Arizona can’t enforce a 160-year-old law that bans nearly all... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will review a dispute over the popular abortion medication mifepristone, a move that could have a sweeping impact not only on its use going forward, but also on the regulatory authority... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced Tuesday that he would drop his opposition to nearly all military promotions, a blockade he imposed to protest the Pentagon’s decision to ensure abortion access to service members. Tuberville had placed holds on... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters rejected an attempt by the state Legislature on Tuesday to make it harder to amend the state constitution, a vote seen as a clear victory for abortion-rights supporters trying to stop lawmakers from placing severe... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its order blocking restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone until at least Friday, meaning they'll be available to women who want them at least through the end of the week. The decision,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and drug company Danco Laboratories asked the Supreme Court on Friday to continue to afford women access to a popular abortion drug, while the legal battle rages on concerning its use. Mifepristone was approved... Read More

WASHINGTON — House Democrats have introduced a bill that would create a national right for women to have an abortion and safeguard their decision-making process. Reps. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Lois Frankel, D-Fla., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, introduced... Read More

WASHINGTON — Twenty Democratic governors have launched the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, which they’re describing as a “non-partisan coalition … committed to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom in their states.” As outlined in a press release, the alliance was forged to... Read More

WASHINGTON — A judge in Washington, D.C., this week suggested a new legal strategy to revive a federal right to abortion. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the 13th Amendment could be interpreted to mean women have a constitutional... Read More

CHICAGO — This week’s special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association offers a lengthy and often sobering dissertation on the already substantial impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this past June,... Read More

WASHINGTON — Legal abortions across the United States declined by more than 10,000, or about 6%, in the two months after the Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which for five decades had guaranteed a woman's constitutional... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told an audience at the Howard Theater on Tuesday that the first bill he will send to the 118th Congress will be one that codifies abortion protections into law. In a speech clearly intended to... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has submitted an interim final rule to the Federal Register that will allow the agency to provide access to abortion counseling and — in certain cases — abortions to pregnant veterans and VA... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued the state of Idaho on Tuesday to block its new and highly restrictive abortion law claiming it violates a federal law requiring a majority of hospitals to provide medical care to those who need... Read More

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — One hundred and seventy-four years after the first women's rights convention was held in this bucolic hamlet in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, speakers gathered here to ponder their rights under a Constitution... Read More

ST. LOUIS — Lawmakers in Missouri’s most populous city have advanced a proposal to create a $1 million fund to provide transportation to women who want to seek abortions in a neighboring state.  The bill approved by the St. Louis... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act is floating through the House and Senate, taking aim at whether the government should be able to access personal data, such as sensitive health information. “There’s been a lot of... Read More

WASHINGTON — Impassioned opinions over abortion returned to Congress Wednesday in a House hearing that renewed disputes over whether a woman’s rights should override rights of the unborn. The hearing was supposed to assess the consequences of the Supreme Court... Read More

WASHINGTON — On Friday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed to protect access to reproductive health care services. Following the signing, the White House laid out four main points the Biden administration hopes to accomplish with the new... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., may be writing op-eds in the New York Times and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., calling on the government to declare a medical emergency and “open abortion clinics on federal lands in red states right... Read More