The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is set to publish a rule that would let Planned Parenthood benefit from a federal grant program supporting clinics that offer reproductive services unrelated to abortion.
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An en banc appeals court divided on party lines vacated an injunction and ruled Ohio’s ban on abortions in cases where a Down syndrome diagnosis has been made does not impose a substantial burden on women seeking the procedure.
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The Palmetto State’s new Republican-backed law that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy has been blocked indefinitely through a preliminary injunction.
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A Travis County district court ruled that Texas officials can expel Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program, finding that, although there is evidence the state’s justification is “faulty,” the issue should be determined by federal courts.
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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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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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On top of over $2 million in damages a court ordered he and his anti-abortion cohorts to pay last year for secretly recording abortion providers, David Daleiden and his associates were hit with another $13.6 million bill for Planned Parenthood’s legal costs this week.
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The burdens presented by Wisconsin’s abortion laws were balanced against national precedent governing abortion access in federal court on Thursday as a bench trial for Planned Parenthood’s challenge to the laws came to a close.
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A bench trial for Planned Parenthood’s challenge to Wisconsin abortion laws kicked off Monday in federal court, where opening statements and witness testimony centered on restrictions on medication and suction abortions.
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The U.S. Department of Justice will not seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing three individuals at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015.
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The Fifth Circuit Monday ruled against Planned Parenthood it its suit over Texas’ efforts to deprive the family planning and health services provider of Medicaid funds.
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A divided panel of appellate judges on Friday reinstated restrictions that require abortion providers in Kentucky to obtain written transfer agreements with hospitals, a decision opponents say could leave the state without a licensed provider.
Read moreDavid Daleiden, an anti-abortion rights advocate facing criminal charges in California for intruding upon Planned Parenthood conferences, sued the nonprofit for defamation Thursday in federal court in New York. He claims the organization defamed him by calling his published videos fake.
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Tuesday that a provision in a state appropriations bill that would have deprived Planned Parenthood of millions of dollars for medical services reimbursements is unconstitutional.
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An Iowa judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked enforcement of a new state law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion while the court hears a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood challenging the restriction.
Read morePlanned Parenthood of the Heartland sued Iowa on Tuesday claiming a state law passed on June 14 requiring women to wait 24 hours before obtaining an abortion violates the equal protection provision of the Iowa Constitution.
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In the early morning hours Friday, the Tennessee General Assembly passed strict abortion legislation that has divided anti-abortion activists who disagree over how legislation should be written and strategies that would place the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Missouri wrongfully withheld Planned Parenthood’s license for the state’s only abortion clinic, an administrative panel ruled Friday.
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