The Supreme Court will decide whether California’s law violates the Constitution, with possible far-reaching consequences.
Catholic health systems now control 1 in 7 beds across the country. That means greater limits on reproductive care, from abortion to birth control.
At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis released Thursday. The number of clinics providing abortions in the 15 states dropped from 79 before the June 24 decision to 13 as of Oct.
Vague wording of the emergency exception in the state’s abortion ban is causing some doctors to delay miscarriage care, raising risk of serious complications.
Metro Council will consider removing provisions referencing abortion access from a $500,000 grant proposal for Planned Parenthood.
Medical groups say the new laws are delaying patient access to a range of treatments.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge extended a temporary block Tuesday on an Ohio law banning virtually all abortions for an additional 14 days, further pausing a law that had taken effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the U.S.
Employees could be charged with a felony and fired if they appear to promote abortion, according to new guidance
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Outside the chambers of the West Virginia Legislature, the marble foyer was packed with young women in T-shirts, ripped jeans, and gym shorts holding signs with uteruses drawn in colored marker.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas' new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov.
A recently adopted Department of Veterans Affairs policy providing abortions to veterans and their eligible relatives is legally sound and can continue, the Justice Department said.
The state prohibition had been in effect for only a week, and now abortions are legal again while a court fight goes forward.
A faction of self-proclaimed "abolitionists" are seeking to make abortion laws more restrictive and the consequences of having the procedure more punitive than ever before.
As abortion restrictions take effect across the South in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, cancer doctors are trying to decipher the laws. They’re grappling with how to discuss options with pregnant patients, who may be forced to choose whether to proceed or forgo lifesaving cancer treatments that can prove toxic for the fetus.
Second-term legislator Danielle Walker lost her effort to persuade the Republican state to protect abortion rights. But she remains optimistic.
RAND says it’s “not unreasonable” that the lack of abortion access will make women more likely to leave service.
GOP Senate leaders "really don't want voters paying attention to the abortion bill their colleague Lindsey Graham (S.C.) introduced Tuesday." The measure "would establish a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with a limited set of exceptions for rape, incest and danger to the life of the mother. The ban would supersede existing state laws that allow more access to abortion, but -- critically -- not those that allow less." This means "California wouldn't get to set its own abortion policy, but Texas would. As HuffPost's Igor Bobic has noted, this is not what Graham suggested should happen after the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization."
An Ohio judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of the state's Republican-led ban on abortion after about six weeks following legal challenges by a Planned Parenthood affiliate and other abortion providers.
Perrigo Co Plc said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting of external experts on Nov. 18 to review the application of its daily birth control pill for over-the-counter (OTC) use.