The Seventh Circuit struck down Indiana’s law banning abortions motivated by a fetus’ gender, race or disability, which primarily impacted women seeking to abort rather than have a baby with Down syndrome.
Read moreA federal judge Thursday ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated grants awarded for teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Read moreAn Ohio law that revokes funding from abortion providers for unrelated federal health care programs is unconstitutional, a Sixth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s nominee for a seat on a federal court in Louisiana told senators on Wednesday her failure to disclose to lawmakers two appearances she made at pro-life events was an innocent oversight.
Read moreOral arguments before the 11th Circuit usually last 15 minutes per side. But in a small courtroom in Montgomery, Alabama, a trio of judges grilled a lawyer for the state of Alabama for over an hour about the roles of the district attorney, judge and parents in the event a minor seeks a judge’s approval for an abortion instead of her parents.
Read moreThe federal government filed an appeal Monday of an injunction that prevents the Trump administration from blocking unaccompanied immigrant minors from getting abortions.
Read moreThe Center for Reproductive Rights sued Mississippi officials Monday to block a new set of laws the group says are designed to cut off a woman’s constitutionally protected right to abortion care.
Read moreAfter a cyberattack disrupted their signature fundraising event, six abortion-access advocates brought a federal complaint to hold the unknown hackers liable.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday night ruled the Trump administration can’t interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.
Read moreA federal court in Washington told the Trump administration Friday that the government can’t interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.
Read moreIreland will hold a referendum May 25 on whether to lift a constitutional ban on most abortions.
Read moreTexas asked the Trump administration Thursday to reinstate Medicaid funding for low-income women’s health programs in the state, five years after refusing the money to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion advocates.
Read moreThe Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it would strike down a California law that requires pregnancy centers to advertise abortion services.
Read moreMuch like attorneys have argued for the baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, the operator of pregnancy clinics that oppose abortion will bring free-speech claims Tuesday to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreInformed Choices is what its president describes as a “life-affirming” pregnancy center on the edge of downtown Gilroy in northern California.
Read moreOhio cannot make it illegal to abort a fetus diagnosed with Down syndrome, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the law violates fundamental constitutional rights established 45 years ago in the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade.
Read moreMississippi lawmakers passed a bill Thursday outlawing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a measure that would create the nation’s most restrictive abortion law if it is signed by the Republican governor who supports it.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Senate passed a bill Tuesday night that would prohibit government employees from using their work-issued insurance plan to pay for abortions, except in certain circumstances.
Read moreFacing tense questioning by lawmakers Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declined to elaborate on issues involving the Trump administration’s cuts to Medicare and Medicaid or how the department will address correlations between gun violence and mental health care.
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