Police Immune from Abortion Protester’s Arrest Claims
Four police officers who arrested an anti-abortion protester over a perceived bomb threat are entitled to qualified immunity, the Sixth Circuit ruled Friday.
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Abortion Foes Will Face Criminal Charges in Undercover Video Case
Anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt will go to trial on nine counts of criminal eavesdropping and conspiring to invade the privacy of abortion providers at an industry conference in 2014 and at a Pasadena, California, restaurant.
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Missouri Court Pick Confirmed Despite Anti-Abortion Record
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to a seat on a federal court in Missouri, over objections from Democrats and one Republican to her record of anti-abortion litigation.
Read more2nd Judge Blocks Trump Administration ‘Conscience Rule’ for Health Workers
A federal judge blocked a Trump administration “conscience rule” late Tuesday that would have expanded protections for health care workers with religious objections to certain medical procedures, just two days before it was set to take effect.
Read moreJury Finds Abortion Foes Harmed Planned Parenthood, Awards Over $2 Million
A federal jury found an anti-abortion cohort led by David Daleiden caused substantial harm to Planned Parenthood by infiltrating abortion industry conferences to secretly tape abortion doctors and staff, and awarded punitive damages of $870,000.
Read moreCivil Case Against Abortion Foes Now in the Hands of a Jury
A jury of nine men and one woman began deliberations Wednesday afternoon over whether Planned Parenthood should be compensated by anti-abortion activists who infiltrated their ranks and recorded abortion doctors and staff.
Read moreSides Trade Barbs as Civil Case Against Abortion Foes Winds Up
Closing arguments began Tuesday in Planned Parenthood’s civil fraud and racketeering case against a cohort of anti-abortion activists with attorneys for both sides impugning the other’s motives and leveling accusations of deceit.
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Reproductive Rights Group Sues State to Expand Access to Medication Abortion
An abortion rights group sued Oklahoma Friday to expand access to medication abortions in the state, seeking to block a law requiring a doctor be physically present to give abortion pills and a separate law banning advanced practice registered nurses from performing the procedure.
Read moreWisconsin GOP Blocked From Intervening in Abortion Case
The Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature is not allowed to intervene in a Planned Parenthood challenge to state abortion laws, the Seventh Circuit ruled, finding the Democratic attorney general is capable of representing the state’s interests.
Read moreStates Defeat Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to let medical workers refuse services, including abortions, based on their religious beliefs and moral objections.
Read moreOklahoma High Court Blocks Ban on Common Abortion Method
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a controversial law outlawing a second-trimester abortion procedure that critics call cruel dismemberment of a fetus but advocates say is the safest and most common method after about three months of pregnancy.
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The Seventh Circuit denied the Indiana health commissioner’s request for a rehearing on a statute, which has yet to take effect, that forces minors to inform their parents that they plan to have an abortion.
Read moreAnti-Abortion Foe Grilled on Motives for Secretly Videotaping Doctors
A Planned Parenthood lawyer Thursday tried to discredit anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s motives for secretly videotaping abortion doctors and releasing the videos on the 15th day of a civil fraud and conspiracy trial.
Read moreMissouri Panel Wraps Hearing on Fate of Lone Abortion Clinic
The closely watched hearing to decide whether Missouri’s sole abortion clinic can keep its license wrapped up Thursday with the emotional testimony of the clinic’s director of surgical services.
Read moreJudge Questions Validity of Religious Conscience Health Care Rule
A federal judge on Wednesday voiced serious concerns about the Trump administration’s expanded protections for health care workers with religious objections, finding it may impose new requirements on health care providers not authorized by law.
Read moreAbortion Clinic Chief Pushes Back Against Missouri in License Dispute
The chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of St. Louis defended her clinic’s quality of patient care on the third day of an administrative hearing to determine the fate of Missouri’s last remaining abortion facility.
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South Carolina Blocked From Defunding Planned Parenthood
The Fourth Circuit upheld an injunction Tuesday blocking South Carolina’s attempt to pull Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood because its clinics provide abortions.
Read moreMissouri Health Chief Blasts Abortion Clinic Fighting for License
The head of Missouri’s health administration, which is trying to revoke the license of the state’s last abortion clinic, on Tuesday attacked what he claims is a false narrative pushed by Planned Parenthood to vilify his agency.
Read moreFederal Judge Blocks Alabama’s Near-Total Abortion Ban
It was an order long expected by those on both sides of the abortion debate: With about two and a half weeks until an Alabama law criminalizing the procedure was set to take effect, a federal judge issued an injunction Tuesday blocking the state from enforcing the ban.
Read morePanel to Decide Fate of Only Abortion Clinic in Missouri
Planned Parenthood took its fight to keep Missouri’s lone abortion clinic open to state administrators on Monday, arguing that an investigation into failed abortions did not uncover any safety issues.
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