An ACLU attorney argued it would be unprecedented for the appeals court to find that an invalidated rule requires an injunction to keep it from being enforced in the future.
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Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation banning nearly all abortions, sending the bill to a Republican governor who has expressed reservations about the move.
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The Sixth Circuit denied Tennessee’s motion for a stay of an order enjoining a state statute that imposed a 48 or 24 hour waiting period on women seeking an abortion. A stay would harm women seeking an abortion and the “public has no interest in the enforcement of an unconstitutional law,” the court ruled.
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve a circuit split over a Trump administration rule denying federal funding to clinics that refer women for abortions.
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A day after South Carolina banned nearly all abortions, a federal judge on Friday suspended the new law for 14 days.
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A federal judge signaled his intention on Wednesday to rule in favor of the National Abortion Federation and enter a permanent injunction barring the release of videos taken surreptitiously by anti-abortion activists at industry conferences years ago.
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Seeking to prohibit most abortions in the state, the South Carolina House on Wednesday passed a bill that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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A leader of the Polish Women’s Strike, the movement that has led mass nationwide protests against a near total abortion ban in Poland, has been charged with criminal felonies.
Read moreTwo anti-abortion activists failed to establish a violation of their constitutional rights in their suit against the city of Huntsville, Alabama, challenging the city’s permit ordinance and noise provision in its special event permits, the Eleventh Circuit ruled. The activists didn’t prove that the provision “left them without ample alternative channels of communication.”
Read moreA Texas woman who wants to undergo a Satanic abortion ritual claims the state is interfering with her First Amendment rights by requiring women to first get an ultrasound before an abortion.
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In his State of the State address Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave lawmakers the green light to immediately get to work on his legislative priorities, including anti-abortion measures and laws to prevent defunding the police and to protect freedom of religion.
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The bill banning abortion after a heartbeat is found in a fetus effectively outlaws abortion in the state because a heartbeat can usually be detected at six weeks of pregnancy, before most women even know they are pregnant.
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President Biden said the objective is to “undo the damage that Trump has done” to the Affordable Care Act and to women’s reproductive health.
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A controversial Polish court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion will come into force on Wednesday, the government said, in an announcement expected to spark major protests.
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Argentina’s groundbreaking abortion law went into force Sunday under the watchful eyes of women’s groups and government officials, who hope to ensure its full implementation despite opposition from some conservative and church groups.
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Texas’ ban on the most common abortion procedure during the second trimester came before the full 14-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit on Thursday, with arguments invoking gruesome images of fetal dismemberment.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration ‘s request to reinstate a rule requiring women to visit a medical center to get an abortion drug, after a lower court lifted the regulation in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Seventh Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in Indiana’s appeal of a ruling that found a state law requiring providers to report medical complications associated with abortions is unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up anti-abortion activists’ challenge to a Pittsburgh ordinance creating protest-free buffer zones around abortion clinics, but a conservative justice said the court should take up the issue when a more developed case comes before it.
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The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday blocked Arkansas’ persistent efforts to usher in some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion measures, striking down a pair of laws barring the procedure after 18 weeks of pregnancy and on the basis of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
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