Nurses Sue Maine for ‘Physicians Only’ Abortion Law
Planned Parenthood and its nurses and patients filed a federal class action challenging Maine’s “Physicians Only” rule that prohibits qualified nurses from performing abortions.
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Abortion
Ohio Pushes Its Top Court to Close Abortion Clinic
An attorney for the Ohio Department of Health argued before the state’s high court Tuesday that the last abortion provider in the northwest part of the Buckeye State must be closed because it does not have a valid agreement with a local hospital.
Read moreJudge Halts New Texas Anti-Abortion Law, for Now
A federal judge temporarily blocked part of a new anti-abortion law in Texas banning dilation and evacuation procedures, considered to be the safest and most common method used to terminate a pregnancy during the second trimester.
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South Carolina Governor Moves to Block State Funds for Abortion Clinic Doctors
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order on Friday that blocks stage agencies from providing state or local funds to any physician or medical practice affiliated with an abortion clinic.
Read moreBathroom Bill Dies in Texas as Special Session Ends
An anti-transgender “bathroom bill” that would have required people to use public facilities that match their biological sex is dead in Texas, after the Legislature adjourned its special session a day early.
Read moreArkansas Can Block Planned Parenthood Money
A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Arkansas can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group.
Read moreOregon Governor Signs Law Protecting Right to Abortion
Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday signed a law protecting the right to legal abortion in Oregon, even if Roe v. Wade or the Affordable Care Act were to be overturned.
Read more9th Circuit OKs Abortion Foe’s Look at Lab Researchers’ Files
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden has scored a victory in the Ninth Circuit, with judges finding a lower court’s order blocking his access to public information about researchers associated with the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory was too broad.
Read moreTexas House Passes Ban on Insurance Coverage for Abortion
The Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that prohibits private insurers from providing coverage for abortions, rejecting amendments that would make exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities — the bill’s author said on the floor: “Rape very seldom results in a pregnancy.”
Read moreAnti-Abortion Group Loses Appeal Against Contraceptive Mandate
Protections from the federal health care law’s contraceptive mandate — won by secular employers in the Hobby Lobby case — are not applicable to employees, the Third Circuit ruled.
Read moreOhio Health Care Funding Law Faces Sixth Circuit Scrutiny
Attorneys for Ohio facing a Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday defended the constitutionality of a law that revokes health care funding from abortion providers and asked the appeals court to throw out an injunction against it.
Read moreSixth Circuit Hears Challenge to Votes for Tennessee Abortion Bill
A group of voters challenged the constitutionality of Tennessee’s voting procedures before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday, specifically the passage of a 2014 constitutional amendment that eliminated protections and funding for abortions.
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Anti-Abortion States Have Fewer Programs for Women & Kids
States with the most restrictions on abortion also have the fewest policies to protect women’s and children’s overall health, according to a study released Tuesday by the Center for Reproductive Rights and another nonprofit.
Read moreJudge Nixes Alabama Law Putting Pregnant Girls Through Trial
A federal judge has struck down Alabama’s one-of-a-kind law that enabled judges to put minors seeking abortions through a trial-like proceeding in which the fetus could get a lawyer and prosecutors could object to the pregnant girl’s wishes.
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Anti-Abortion Protesters Stopped From Blocking Kentucky Clinic
A federal judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order against several anti-abortion protesters who blocked the entrance to a Kentucky women’s health clinic in May and reportedly planned to do so again next week.
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Texas Special Session Targets Immigrants, Abortion & Bathrooms
The Texas Legislature convened Tuesday in a special session called by Governor Greg Abbott to address 20 of his priorities, including clamping down on abortions and restricting transgender people’s use of bathrooms.
Read moreAbortion Foe & Attorneys Must Pay $136K for Videos’ Release
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden and his attorneys must pay $136,800 for publishing banned videos of the National Abortion Federation’s annual meetings, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreFederal Judge Asked to Block Four Arkansas Abortion Laws
Attorneys for an Arkansas physician on Thursday asked a federal judge to block four new state laws they say create substantial and unnecessary burdens on women seeking abortion.
Read moreAbortion Foe Takes Fight for Records to 9th Circuit
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden asked the Ninth Circuit to void a lower court’s order blocking his access to public information about the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory, arguing the order is too broad and will gut the Public Records Act.
Read moreJudge Cites Anti-Abortion Activist’s Attorneys for Contempt
A federal judge said Tuesday he will hold anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s lawyers in contempt of court for publishing videos of a National Abortion Federation annual meeting, in violation of an injunction.
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