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...
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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 ...
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...
Kentucky Abortion Ban Goes Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Kentucky’s laws banning abortion will go back into effect after previously being blocked in court, an appeals court ruled Monday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt...
Louisiana Abortion Ban To Go Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Louisiana’s abortion ban will soon go back into effect after being previously blocked, an appeals court ruled Friday amid a back-and-forth legal battle, as abortion providers file a string of ...
Don’t Let Federal Government Enforce State Abortion Bans
Topline Attorneys from 15 major cities and localities—including New York and Chicago—urged the Biden Administration on Thursday to ensure federal agencies won’t help enforce state-level abortion bans,...
North Dakota Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline North Dakota’s abortion trigger ban was blocked in state court Wednesday, one day before the law was set to take effect, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-le...
New Senate Bill Would Allow U.S. Abortion Funding Abroad—Here’s Why It Matters
Topline Democratic senators introduced a bill Wednesday to permit U.S. funding for abortions overseas by repealing a decades-old amendment, a longshot effort to prevent thousands of maternal deaths gl...
Indiana Could Become Next State To Ban Abortion As Legislature Convenes Special Session
Topline Indiana lawmakers convened a special session Monday to consider a near-total ban on abortion, which could make Indiana the first state to enact a new abortion ban in the wake of the Supreme Co...
Doctor Who Helped 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Get Abortion Moves To Sue Indiana AG For Defamation
Topline Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana doctor who oversaw a 10-year-old rape victim’s abortion after she was denied one in Ohio, took a first step toward suing the Indiana attorney general for defam...
West Virginia Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Abortion is now allowed again in West Virginia, at least temporarily, after a state judge blocked on Monday a 19th century-era abortion ban that went back into effect last month, as abortion p...
Texas Sues Biden Administration For Requiring Abortions To Be Performed During Medical Emergencies
Topline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Thursday after the White House issued new guidance requiring physicians to perform abortions when medically necessary under fede...
Louisiana Abortion Ban Blocked Again—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline A Louisiana judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order that once again blocks the state’s abortion ban from taking effect until a court hearing early next week, as abortion pr...
Law Professor Accuses Josh Hawley Of Being ‘Transphobic’ In Testy Senate Hearing Exchange
Topline A Berkeley law professor called out Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for a “transphobic” line of questioning Tuesday during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, ...
Biden Says Voting ‘Only Way’ To Fix Roe V. Wade Ruling—But Here’s What Polls Indicate For Midterms
Topline President Joe Biden predicted Friday the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade would send American women to the ballot box in “record numbers”—but while polling released since the decisio...
Louisiana Abortion Ban Goes Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Louisiana’s trigger laws banning abortion went back into effect Friday after a state judge lifted an order that had previously blocked them, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aim...
Here’s What Biden’s Doing To Protect Abortion Access
Topline President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday that takes steps to safeguard abortion access in the light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the White House announced, foll...
Here’s How A Mississippi Case Could Keep Medication Abortion Legal Even In States That Have Banned It
Topline Mississippi’s abortion trigger law took effect on Thursday and banned all abortions in the state, but an ongoing lawsuit from pharmaceutical company GenBioPro is seeking to preserve access to ...
Most Americans In States Banning Abortion Disapprove Of Roe V. Wade Decision, Poll Finds
Topline Most U.S. adults disapprove of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and letting states ban abortion, according to a new Pew Research poll—including slight majorities of residents of the 2...
Mississippi Court Lets Abortion Ban Stand—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Mississippi’s ban on abortion will take effect on Thursday, a state judge ruled Tuesday, denying a request by abortion providers to block the ban, as abortion providers file a string of lawsui...
Ohio Supreme Court Lets Abortion Ban Stand—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Ohio’s six-week ban on abortion will remain in effect for now, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to block state-level bans that took ...
Biden May Soon Nominate An Anti-Abortion Federal Judge — To Appease Mitch McConnell
Topline President Joe Biden may soon appoint an anti-abortion judge to the federal bench as part of a broader deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)—despite Democrats in the state ca...
Americans’ Support For Government Action On Abortion Surges After Roe V. Wade Decision, Poll Finds
Topline The percentage of Americans that think abortion and women’s rights should be among the government’s top priorities has almost tripled in the past six months, a new Associated Press/NORC poll f...
Texas’ Pre-Roe Abortion Ban Blocked In Court — Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Texas became the third state Monday to have a statewide abortion ban blocked in state court despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, as abortion providers file a string of lawsu...
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 ...
Here’s How Abortion Bans Will Hurt State Economies And The GDP
Topline The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, a monumental ruling for reproductive rights that’s also expected to broadly impact the economy, as a study from the International Women’s Polic...
Here’s How It Could Threaten Birth Control Access
Topline The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday and gave states license to ban abortion—increasing the likelihood that many contraception methods like birth control pills and Plan B could be t...
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 ...
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 “...
Even Most Republicans Don’t Want Congress To Ban Abortion Nationwide, Poll Finds
Topline A majority of Americans—including slightly more than half of Republicans—are opposed to Congress passing legislation that would ban abortion nationwide, a new CBS News/YouGov poll found, as Re...