Topline A major Kansas City health provider is no longer providing emergency contraception and pharmaceutical companies like Amazon, Walmart and CVS have limited purchases amid soaring demand in the d...
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Abortions Can Resume In Louisiana—At Least For Now—As Trigger Bans Blocked In State Court
Topline A Louisiana court granted a request by abortion providers to temporarily block trigger bans that outlawed the procedure in the state Monday, as pro-choice advocates try to claw back access to ...
Oklahoma Passes Third Abortion Ban—Will Outlaw Procedure Even If Roe V. Wade Isn’t Overturned
Topline The Oklahoma legislature passed its third major abortion ban in a little over a month Thursday, as House lawmakers gave final approval to a bill banning abortion starting at conception that’s ...
Michigan Can’t Enforce Pre-Roe Abortion Ban If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned, Judge Rules
Topline Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban cannot start being enforced again if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, a state judge ruled Tuesday, blocking one of nine state abortion ...
Anti-Abortion Groups Warn Lawmakers Against Criminalizing Having An Abortion
Topline More than 70 anti-abortion rights groups called on state lawmakers Thursday to reject abortion bans that would make getting the procedure a felony, saying in an open letter such measures are “...
Here’s Where Abortion Rights Will Be On The Midterm Ballot In November
Topline Abortion rights could become a pivotal issue in the November midterm elections if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer—as it may be poised to do, according to a draft opinion ob...
Louisiana Lawmakers Advance Bill Making Abortion Homicide—Even If Roe V. Wade Isn’t Overturned
Topline Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill out of committee Wednesday that could make having an abortion grounds to be charged with homicide, going far beyond other state-level punishments for aborti...
Oklahoma Set To Outlaw Abortion After Lawmakers Pass Two Texas-Style Bans In One Day
Topline Oklahoma is poised to ban nearly all abortions, as the state legislature passed two bills Thursday copying Texas’ controversial law against the procedure, which will likely cut off abortion ac...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer, Planned Parenthood Sue Over State’s 90-Year-Old Abortion Ban In Case Roe V. Wade Is Overturned
Topline Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Planned Parenthood filed two separate lawsuits Thursday in an effort to block the state’s decades-old abortion ban—which will go back into effect if the ...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill That Bans Almost All Abortions—And Makes Performing One A Felony
Topline The Oklahoma House passed a bill Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state and make performing the procedure a felony punishable by prison time, one of the most extreme state...