Topline Ohio could become the next state to ask voters to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution as a state board voted Monday to let a proposed ballot measure move forward and start gathe...
Tag: Abortion
Texas Man Sues 3 Women Over Wife’s Abortion
Topline A Houston-area man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against three women who allegedly provided abortion pills to his then-wife last year to terminate a pregnancy, according to multiple repor...
Florida Republicans Introduce 6-Week Abortion Ban
Topline Florida lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban abortion six weeks into a pregnancy, potentially making Florida the next state to significantly restrict access to abortion—and ...
Walgreens Sparks Calls For Boycotts After Refusing To Dispense Abortion Pills In Some States
Topline Walgreens is coming under an increasing amount of scrutiny after it confirmed last week it won’t sell the abortion drug mifepristone in states where Republican attorneys general told the pharm...
U.S. Abortion Bans Are A ‘Human Rights Crisis’ That Violate International Law, Groups Tell UN
Topline A coalition of human rights groups urged the United Nations to take “urgent” action against abortion bans in the U.S., arguing in a letter Thursday the restrictions on abortion in the wake of ...
What To Know About Mifepristone As Biden Administration Defends It From Legal Attack
Topline Vice President Kamala Harris spoke out Friday in defense of the abortion pill mifepristone as an ongoing lawsuit could soon bar it from distribution nationwide, potentially taking away million...
Ruling Could Cut Off 40 Million Women’s Abortion Access, NARAL Study Says
Topline A ruling in a court case trying to ban abortion pills could have a dramatic effect in curbing abortion access nationwide—even after the Supreme Court already overturned Roe v. Wade—as new data...
Americans’ Dissatisfaction With Abortion Policies At Record High, Poll Finds As Lawmakers Consider Watering Down Bans
Topline More than two-thirds of Americans are dissatisfied with the country’s abortion laws in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, a new Gallup poll finds, with nearly half wanting ...
Supreme Court abortion ruling questioned by judge
Agnes Scott College student Jordan Simi (C) participates in a chant during a pro-abortion rights march and rally held in reaction to the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion written by ...
State Restrictions On Abortion Pills Challenged In New Lawsuits
Topline Two lawsuits filed Wednesday in North Carolina and West Virginia are asking for the states to lift restrictions on abortion pills, arguing that federal rules allowing them should outweigh stat...
Supreme Court justices questioned in abortion leak probe
Anti-abortion demonstrators take part in the annual “March for Life” for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, January 20, 202...
Supreme Court Says It Still Can’t Figure Out Who Leaked Abortion Opinion
Topline The Supreme Court issued a report Thursday on its investigation into who leaked a draft of its historic opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last year, saying it had not yet identified the person r...
South Carolina Supreme Court overturns state abortion ban
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the state’s ban on abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy, ruling that the law violated the state’s constitutional right to pr...
DeSantis Will Focus On Abortion, Gun Rights And Union-Busting In Second Term Ahead Of Likely 2024 Run
Topline Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was sworn in for his second gubernatorial term on Tuesday, kicking off a term that’s likely to include major hot-button issues like abortion, gun rights and Covid...
FDA changes Plan B packaging to clarify that it is not an abortion pill
In this photo illustration, PlanB one-step emergency contraceptive is displayed on June 30, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is changing...
Key Part Of Texas Abortion Law—That Anyone Can Sue—Apparently Dismissed By Court
Topline A central part of Texas’s six-week abortion law—that bystanders who aren’t connected to an abortion can still sue anyone who performs or facilitates one and receive up to $10,000 in damages—wa...
Abortion pill most common way to end pregnancy, CDC says
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters ...
New Lawsuit Aims To Revoke FDA Approval Of Abortion Drug
Topline Anti-abortion rights medical groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn the government’s approval of abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, potentially outlawing ...
Several Kentucky supreme court justices sound skeptical of near-total abortion ban
Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical of the state’s abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the U.S., during oral arguments in a case that will decide whethe...
Judge Tosses Out Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
Topline A judge reversed Georgia’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy Tuesday, ruling it was unconstitutional when it was signed into law in 2019, a blow to one GOP-led state’s push to ban ...
Abortion Rights Supporters Win All 5 State Ballot Measures—Including In Kentucky And Michigan
Topline Voters in three states—including swing-state Michigan—decisively passed ballot measures Tuesday that would explicitly protect abortion rights, while two conservative-leaning states rejected at...
Here’s How The Midterm Election Results Will Impact Abortion Bans
Topline Tuesday’s midterm elections brought some good news for supporters of abortion rights, as Democrats won key races that will stave off new abortion bans from being enacted in at least three batt...
Michigan Decisively Passes Abortion Rights Amendment—Here’s How Abortion Ballot Measures Fared In The Midterms
Topline Michigan voters moved Tuesday to pass a ballot initiative to fortify abortion rights, one of five states that put measures on the midterm ballot that could strengthen or weaken abortion rights...
California Decisively Passes Abortion Rights Amendment—Here’s How Abortion Ballot Measures Fared In The Midterms
Topline Californians voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass a ballot initiative to fortify abortion rights, one of five states that put measures on the midterm ballot that could strengthen or weaken abo...
Here’s How Abortion Ballot Measures Fared In The Midterms
Topline Voters in five states put abortion rights measures on the ballot Tuesday that could strengthen or weaken abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade—here are the f...
Indiana Doctor Who Helped 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Get Abortion Sues State AG Over ‘Sham Investigation’
Topline Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the doctor who helped a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio obtain an abortion, sued Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita Thursday for opening an investigation into her, acc...
A 2nd Woman Claims He Paid For Abortion, Latest Story To Roil The Campaign
Topline Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker remains close in the polls with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) despite regular eruptions of negative stories about Walker’s past that began almost...
Fetterman Attacks Oz Over Abortion Remarks In Post-Debate Ad
Topline Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D)’s Senate campaign released an ad Wednesday attacking Republican Mehmet Oz’s remarks on abortion during a Tuesday night debate, after Fetterman’s health...
A Guide To The Abortion And Domestic Violence Allegations That Have Roiled The Campaign
Topline Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker remains close in the polls with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) despite regular eruptions of negative stories about Walker’s past that began almost...