Women’s Health Groups Challenge Virginia on Abortion
Women’s health groups sued Virginia this week in a constitutional challenge to its abortion laws.
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Anti-Abortion Group Decries Exceptions in Iowa Law
Save The 1, an anti-abortion advocate for protecting children born of rape and incest, filed a motion to intervene Tuesday in a case challenging Iowa’s new fetal-heartbeat law because it says the law includes too many exceptions.
Read moreFifth Circuit Rules for Bishops in Dispute With Abortion Clinics
The Fifth Circuit on Monday stayed a lower court’s order requiring a group of Roman Catholic bishops in Texas to hand over their emails and other private documents to abortion providers, in a dispute over a state rule that forces women to bury the remains of their miscarried or aborted fetuses.
Read moreAbortion Groups Challenge Dozens of Texas Restrictions
A coalition of Texas nonprofits and healthcare providers filed a sweeping challenge Thursday to a myriad of Texas laws that restrict abortion access, asking a federal court to strike down the state’s “dizzying array of medically unnecessary requirements.”
Read moreJudge OKs Missouri Rule Aimed at Abortion Pills
A federal judge ruled Monday that Planned Parenthood cannot offer medication-induced abortions at two Missouri clinics, finding it did not prove that a state rule requiring a nearby doctor to be available around the clock constitutes a substantial burden to many women seeking abortions.
Read moreJudge Asked to Again Halt Arkansas Abortion Pills Law
Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge on Friday to again block an Arkansas law that restricts how abortion pills are administered, saying the restriction makes the state the first in the U.S. to effectively ban that form of abortion.
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Texas Fights Planned Parenthood at 5th Circuit
Texas asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to vacate an injunction that stopped it from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, citing a sting video it claims shows the health care provider mishandles aborted fetal tissue.
Read moreImmigrant Teen Abortion Case Faces Supreme Court Hiccup
Attorneys for a young immigrant who faced federal opposition in her bid to undergo an abortion said a ruling in their case from the Supreme Court on Monday will have no impact on the ongoing litigation.
Read moreIowa Judge Blocks Fetal-Heartbeat Abortion Law
An Iowa judge on Friday agreed to issue a temporary injunction barring enforcement of the state’s newly enacted fetal-heartbeat law that critics say would outlaw almost all abortions in the Hawkeye State.
Read moreJudge Extends Abortion-Clinic Law to Falun Gong
Setting the stage for a two-month trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the same law that bars the harassment of women seeking abortion services also applies to practitioners of the Chinese spiritual practice Falun Gong.
Read moreHigh Court Allows Arkansas Abortion Law to Take Effect
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear an appeal over the constitutionality of an Arkansas law that regulates medication abortions performed in early pregnancy.
Read moreReferendum in Ireland Could Lift Strict Ban on Abortion
It’s decision time in Ireland as citizens tackle one of the traditionally Roman Catholic country’s most divisive issues — whether to repeal a constitutional amendment that imposes a strict abortion ban.
Read moreJudge to Decide Abortion Clinic Harassment Case
A federal judge in Brooklyn heard closing arguments Tuesday in a dispute between a dozen anti-abortion protesters and the New York attorney general’s office, which says they got too aggressive outside a Queens clinic.
Read moreSocial Media Under Microscope in Emotive Irish Abortion Vote
In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country’s decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal banners declare: “Her choice: vote yes.” Anti-abortion placards warn against a “license to kill.”
Read moreTrump Thrusts Abortion Fight Into Crucial Midterm Elections
The Trump administration acted Friday to bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, energizing its conservative political base ahead of crucial midterm elections while setting the stage for new legal battles.
Read moreNinth Circuit Advances Suit Over Anti-Abortion Foes’ Videos
Planned Parenthood’s federal lawsuit accusing anti-abortion activists of hampering abortion access with doctored videos creating the impression clinics sell aborted fetal tissue will proceed intact, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read moreClinics Sue Iowa Over Six-Week Abortion Ban
Two abortion providers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union sued Iowa on Tuesday, claiming its newly enacted fetal-heartbeat law that outlaws abortion in all but the earliest stages of pregnancy is unconstitutional.
Read moreFacebook Bans Foreign Ads in Ireland Abortion Referendum
Facebook says it’s banning foreign advertisements related to Ireland’s abortion referendum amid concerns that North American groups are trying to influence the campaign.
Read moreAnti-Abortion Threats, Trespass Incidents Surged in 2017
Abortion rights advocates reported Monday that death threats against providers and patients nearly doubled in 2017, a surge they attributed to emboldenment from the current political climate.
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