The defense in a racketeering and fraud case against anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt hit a snag Tuesday when Planned Parenthood attorneys refuted Merritt’s testimony about inadequate security at an abortion industry conference where she and Daleiden secretly recorded Planned Parenthood doctors.
Read moreA Sixth Circuit panel on Friday upheld an injunction that says a women’s right to an abortion cannot be blocked in Ohio based on indications that a fetus has Down syndrome.
Read moreA Planned Parenthood doctor who was surreptitiously recorded by anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt at a National Abortion Federation conference in San Francisco said her sense of security was shaken after a video of what she thought was a private conversation about fetal tissue donation was released online.
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Indiana’s attorney general said Friday that 165 sets of fetal remains have been found in the Chicago area inside a car owned by a late Indiana abortion doctor, boosting the total number of abandoned sets of fetal remains discovered at properties linked to him to more than 2,400.
Read moreDownplaying his role in an alleged conspiracy to infiltrate abortion industry meetings and secretly videotape doctors, a longtime abortion foe testified Tuesday he did not know his colleagues planned to use fake IDs and other deceptive means to gain access.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit heard arguments Monday over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, as the three-judge panel was asked to overturn an order striking down the law.
Read moreTaking up its first batch of cases since the summer recess, the Supreme Court accepted dueling appeals over new Louisiana abortion rules.
Read moreThe leader of Canada’s conservative party, Andrew Scheer, found himself on the defensive twice Thursday, when he said he is “pro-life,” and when he revealed he is a dual U.S. citizen.
Read moreOn the first day of trial over abortion foe David Daleiden’s campaign to infiltrate industry meetings and covertly videotape Planned Parenthood doctors, a jury was bombarded with conflicting messages on what the case is about.
Read moreNorthern Ireland’s strict abortion law violates the United Kingdom’s human rights commitments, a High Court judge in Northern Ireland ruled Thursday.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked enforcement of Georgia’s restrictive anti-abortion law that makes it nearly impossible for women to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Read moreAfter the federal family planning program saw a 20% drop in participants over the Trump administration’s new abortion restrictions, officials say some $32 million in unused grants will filter back to the entities that stayed put.
Read moreAfter a federal judge upheld several controversial Virginia abortion laws including a 24-waiting period, pro-abortion rights advocates say there is still much work to be done in eliminating obstacles for access to the procedure.
Read moreA lawyer for New York urged the Second Circuit on Thursday to reverse a ruling that she said is being exploited by anti-abortion protesters to harass patients outside a women’s health clinic in Queens.
Read moreAs nominees to the Ninth and Second Circuits sailed through their nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Democrats on the panel zeroed in on a nominee for a Missouri federal court over her work on anti-abortion litigation.
Read moreTennessee abortion providers argued in the first day of trial in federal court Monday that the state’s 48-hour abortion delay was unconstitutional because it created too great a burden for their clients.
Read moreA Trump administration rule stripping federal funding of clinics that refer women to abortions got a long hard look Monday from a panel of 11 Ninth Circuit judges.
Read moreBefore the National Memorial for the Unborn became a place designed for mourning abortions women and their partners later regretted, it was the site of Chattanooga’s last abortion clinic.
Read moreInvestigators found thousands of abandoned medical records at three shuttered Indiana abortion clinics that were operated by a late doctor who took home more than 2,200 sets of fetal remains, Indiana’s attorney general said Friday.
Read moreA Fourth Circuit judge showed little patience Wednesday as a government attorney defended a new Health and Human Services policy barring publicly funded family planning doctors from referring women for abortions.
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