Planned Parenthood of the Heartland et al. sued Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds et al. in federal court, claiming she cited the Covid-19 pandemic to issue an unconstitutional proclamation effectively banning abortion; a similar complaint was filed in Oklahoma City Federal Court.
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Texas pushed back Monday against Planned Parenthood’s challenge to an executive order banning unnecessary surgeries during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying surgical abortions are not medically necessary and nonsurgical abortions are also included in the ban as the state tries to conserve medical supplies.
Read morePlanned Parenthood and several other abortion providers sued Texas’ Republican leaders in federal court Wednesday, challenging an executive order that temporarily halts all non-essential surgeries due to fears it may be used to block non-surgical abortions as the state seeks to conserve medical supplies and clear hospital beds to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden may see some unredacted public records on a group of employees and researchers affiliated with the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Center but the identities of five employees are protected from disclosure, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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Republican Texas officials temporarily blocked all abortions in the state Monday as part of a halt of all surgeries deemed not immediately or medically necessary in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreNew Zealand’s parliament voted Wednesday to decriminalize abortion, in a move Justice Minister Andrew Little said modernized legislation and gave women control over their bodies.
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The Idaho Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban abortions in the state in the event the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade.
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The en banc Sixth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday over Ohio’s ban on abortions involving fetuses with Down syndrome, with abortion providers again fighting to prevent the law from taking effect.
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A day after receiving a rare rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he misspoke when he said Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would “pay the price” if they voted to uphold state restrictions on abortion.
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Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement Wednesday rebuking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch will “pay the price” if they vote to uphold state laws that restrict abortion access.
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On the conservative side of a divide shaping the Supreme Court’s first abortion case of the Trump era, Justice Samuel Alito appeared wary Wednesday of letting a clinic challenge Louisiana rules that affect its doctors.
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Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion, after federal courts blocked time limitations that the state tried to enforce for the past two years.
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Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted Monday in favor of upholding the nation’s restrictive abortion law in a ruling that had been closely watched around Latin America.
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Two reproductive rights groups are suing seven small East Texas cities that have declared themselves “sanctuaries for the unborn” with anti-abortion ordinances that prohibit them from operating within city limits.
Read moreThe Texas Equal Access Fund et al. sued Waskom, Naples, Joaquin and four other Texas cities in federal court for passing unconstitutional ordinances that claim to ban abortion.
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A divided en banc Ninth Circuit on Monday lifted three injunctions against a Trump administration rule that denies federal funding to clinics that refer women for abortions.
Read moreAnti-abortion activists and self-styled citizen journalists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt pleaded not guilty Friday to nine counts of criminal eavesdropping and invasion of privacy stemming from an undercover reporting project designed to discredit Planned Parenthood.
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