Topline Days after a bombshell report revealed Herschel Walker, a staunch anti-abortion candidate in Georgia’s Senate race, paid for a former girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, the same woman told the New...
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State Bans Have Forced Over 60 Clinics To Stop Performing Abortions—Affecting 22 Million Women, Analysis Finds
Topline State abortion bans enacted after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade have so far forced at least 66 clinics across 15 states to stop performing the procedure, according to new data from ...
Here Are His New Measures To Protect Abortion Rights
Topline President Joe Biden acknowledged the wide-ranging effects of the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade in a speech Tuesday, approximately 100 days after the conservative-leaning court let ...
Republican Party ‘Stands With’ Herschel Walker Amid Abortion Scandal, National Chair Says
Topline Republicans on Tuesday threw their support behind GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker after a report from the Daily Beast emerged claiming that the anti-abortion politician had paid for a wom...
Herschel Walker Denies He Paid For Woman’s Abortion, Threatens Defamation Suit
Topline Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, refuted a report that he paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 despite the former NFL star’s hardline anti-ab...
Texas AG Paxton fled home with his wife to avoid subpoena in abortion case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home to avoid being served a subpoena Monday in a federal lawsuit filed by groups seeking to help Texans receive out-of-state abortions, court filings show. ...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Fled Home To Escape Subpoena In Abortion Rights Case, Court Filing Shows
Topline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home along with his wife Monday in an attempt to evade a subpoena in an abortion rights case that was set for hearing in a federal court on Tuesday, ...
University Of Idaho Warns Employees Could Face Felony Charges If They Promote Abortion Or Contraception
Topline The University of Idaho sent a warning to employees Friday that promoting abortion or contraception while on the job could be a felony — and stating the university will no longer make birth co...
Abortion Access Influences Location Decisions For One In Five U.S. Manufacturing CEOs, According To Forbes-Zogby Poll
Two of Indiana’s biggest employers said last month that they’d think twice about expanding facilities in the state after the legislature passed a near-total ban on abortion. A new poll shows that, nat...
Indiana Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Indiana’s abortion ban was blocked in court on Thursday only a week after it first went into effect, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-level bans that went i...
Abortion Now Illegal In West Virginia As Gov. Signs Ban Into Law
Topline It is now illegal in almost all instances to get an abortion in West Virginia, as Gov. Jim Justice (R) said Friday he had signed the state’s near-total ban on the procedure into law, making We...
Lindsey Graham Introduces National Abortion Ban—Here’s What It Would Do
Topline Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would criminalize abortion after 15 weeks into a pregnancy, the first national ban on the procedure to be introduced after the Supre...
Sen. Lindsey Graham Will Push For Nationwide Abortion Restrictions In New Bill—Here’s What To Know
Topline Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is set to unveil a new bill Tuesday that aims to restrict abortion access nationwide, a politically risky move that comes as the Supreme Court’s overturning of ...
South Carolina Senate Rejects Near-Total Abortion Ban—But Doubles Down On 6-Week Limit
Topline The South Carolina Senate failed to pass legislation Thursday that would have banned nearly all abortions in the state, instead imposing further restrictions on the six-week ban the state prev...
Michigan Voters Will Decide Abortion Rights As Court Approves Ballot Measure
Topline Michigan residents will vote on whether the state should protect abortion rights in the November midterm elections, as the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday to approve a ballot measure on ...
Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Not Yet Approved In Michigan As Board Deadlocks
Topline The Michigan Board of Canvassers split Wednesday on whether to approve a proposed ballot measure that would add constitutional protections for abortion rights, leaving it up to the courts to d...
ACLU, Planned Parenthood Sue To Block Indiana Abortion Ban Before It Takes Effect
Topline Abortion rights advocates sued officials in Indiana on Tuesday over the state’s near-total abortion ban—the first of its kind enacted after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade—the latest...
Google Will Label Verified Abortion Clinics In Search Results
Topline Google and Yelp pledged this week to more clearly label whether medical centers that are listed in their search results offer abortions, after Google faced backlash from Democratic lawmakers w...
Idaho Abortion Ban Restricted In Court As Judge Sides With Biden Administration
Topline Idaho’s abortion “trigger ban” will still allow physicians to provide abortions in response to all medical emergencies when it takes effect on Thursday, as a federal judge sided with the Biden...
Judge Signals He’ll Likely Side With Biden Administration On Idaho Abortion Ban
Topline A federal judge suggested Monday he was likely to side with the Biden Administration as it argues Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates federal law, and will soon issue a ruling on whether ...
Michigan Judge Blocks Local Prosecutors From Enforcing Pre-Roe Abortion Ban
Topline Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban will remain blocked, extending a previous order that only blocked the law’s enforcement for a few weeks, as a state judge ruled Friday that local prosecutors can’t...
Joe Rogan Speaks Out In Defense Of Abortion Rights
Joe Rogan speaks on camera during the FOX UFC Saturday event at the Amway Center on April 19, 2014 … [+] in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Zuffa LL...
Georgia Abortion Ban To Stay In Effect, Judge Rules—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in effect as a court challenge against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Monday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt ...
Kansas Abortion Ballot Measure Set For Longshot Recount—If Voters Who Requested It Can Pay $230,000
Topline Kansas counties may soon start recounting votes for the state’s ballot measure on abortion rights, a longshot effort after it failed in a landslide vote—but the anti-abortion advocates seeking...
Iowa Could Outlaw Abortion As Governor Asks Court To Let 6-Week Ban Take Effect
Topline Iowa could become the latest state to prohibit abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, as Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) asked a state court Thursday to let the state’s abortion ban take effect after i...
Florida Supreme Court Asked To Consider Blocking 15-Week Abortion Ban After Appeals Court Lets It Stay In Place
Topline Abortion rights advocates and providers asked the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether the state’s 15-week abortion ban should be blocked in court, after an appeals court allowed the ban to...
Wyoming Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Wyoming’s abortion ban will remain blocked in court as the litigation against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Wednesday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt st...