A federal judge in Maryland Monday ruled that women seeking an abortion pill do not need to visit a clinic, hospital or medical office in person to obtain the medication during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A federal judge in Georgia ruled Monday that a state law outlawing abortions after doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat, usually at about six weeks of pregnancy, is unconstitutional.
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Tuesday that a provision in a state appropriations bill that would have deprived Planned Parenthood of millions of dollars for medical services reimbursements is unconstitutional.
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An Iowa judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked enforcement of a new state law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion while the court hears a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood challenging the restriction.
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he biggest cases of the Supreme Court term so far have a surprising common thread. On a court with five Republican appointees, the liberal justices have been in the majority in rulings that make workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people illegal, protect young immigrants from deportation and, as of Monday, struck down a Louisiana law that restricted abortion providers.
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A Louisiana abortion law requiring doctors who perform the procedure to have credentials to enter nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision.
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A rule that critics say imposes onerous restrictions on health insurance plans that cover abortion will likely be struck down, a federal judge signaled Thursday after finding the Trump administration lacks an adequate justification for the new requirements.
Read morePlanned Parenthood of the Heartland sued Iowa on Tuesday claiming a state law passed on June 14 requiring women to wait 24 hours before obtaining an abortion violates the equal protection provision of the Iowa Constitution.
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In the early morning hours Friday, the Tennessee General Assembly passed strict abortion legislation that has divided anti-abortion activists who disagree over how legislation should be written and strategies that would place the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreThe Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity filed a defamation lawsuit claiming Right to Life East Texas has repeatedly accused it and other pro-abortion rights groups of being criminal organizations despite knowing they haven’t committed any crimes.
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Missouri’s law requiring physicians to give women a pro-life booklet and perform an ultrasound before an abortion does not infringe on a Satanist’s religious freedom, the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
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The Sixth Circuit refused Tuesday to reinstate a Kentucky law that would require physicians to perform a so-called fetal demise procedure before a standard second trimester abortion, ruling the law imposes a significant burden on women seeking abortions.
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Missouri wrongfully withheld Planned Parenthood’s license for the state’s only abortion clinic, an administrative panel ruled Friday.
Read moreA class of Roman Catholic groups claim in a federal summons with notice that New York effectively denied their exemption from the government mandate to cover the insurance costs for abortion procedures by passing off eligibility determinations to a private health plan.
Read moreThe American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists et al. sued the U.S. Food And Drug Administration et al. in federal court, claiming that “on the pretext of Covid-19 protection, the defendants unconstitutionally require the plaintiffs’ patients to visit their offices to receive a prescription of a common abortion drug, creating an undue burden.”
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Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as Jane Roe, her story was at the center of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was an abortion rights advocate, but in a twist, she became a born-again Christian in 1995 and switched sides.
Read moreCalifornia’s 2013 mandate that all health insurance packages must cover abortion caused a church to suffer an injury when its prior employee insurance plan excluding abortion coverage was axed, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, reviving the church’s case against the Golden State.
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Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, who disguised himself as a purveyor of human tissue for medical research in order to secretly tape abortion providers, claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that his undercover journalism, along with his anti-abortion views, made him an undeserving target of the California Department of Justice
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Friday rejected California’s request to reconsider an en banc decision to lift three injunctions against a Trump administration rule that denies federal funding to clinics that refer women for abortions.
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