Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen
2 years, 5 months ago

Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen

Associated Press  

— Attorneys for Mississippi’s only abortion clinic filed papers Thursday asking the state Supreme Court to block a new law that bans most abortions and to let the clinic reopen next week. The clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is at the center of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and took away women’s constitutional protection for abortion nationwide. I’m so sick of you.” As Hamlin walked away, Busby called after her: “You’re going to die in your sin, Cheryl, unless you repent for Jesus Christ.” Also Thursday, North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic filed a state lawsuit seeking to block a trigger law banning abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling. It said the ban also infringes on the right to liberty because it “deprives patients of the ability to control decisions about their families and their health.” The North Dakota lawsuit is just the latest litigation to take aim at restrictions on abortions after the Supreme Court said the procedure was no longer protected by the U.S. Constitution.

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Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban
1 year, 7 months ago

Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah argued in court on Friday that a ban on abortion clinics would “functionally eliminate” abortion access if implemented next week as scheduled. After hearing arguments from attorneys representing Utah and abortion providers, state court judge Andrew Stone said he planned to rule next week on Planned Parenthood’s motion requesting the …

Abortion clinics crossing state borders not always welcome
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion clinics crossing state borders not always welcome

Associated Press  

BRISTOL, Va. — The pastors smiled as they held the doors open, grabbing the hands of those who walked by and urging many to keep praying and to keep showing up. At the request of some concerned citizens, the socially conservative, faith-based Family Foundation of Virginia helped draft an amendment to the city’s zoning code that says, apart from where …

Lawsuit: Mississippi abortion ban might not be valid yet
2 years, 1 month ago

Lawsuit: Mississippi abortion ban might not be valid yet

Associated Press  

— A group of anti-abortion doctors in Mississippi, where state leaders led the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade, say the validity of the state’s law banning most abortions remains uncertain and that further legal action is needed to clarify it and protect them from possible punishment by medical institutions. “After Roe was overturned, Mississippi enacted a ban on elective …

Indiana abortion clinics reopening after judge blocks ban
2 years, 3 months ago

Indiana abortion clinics reopening after judge blocks ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — After an Indiana judge on Thursday blocked the state’s abortion ban from being enforced, phones starting ringing across Indiana abortion clinics, which are preparing to resume the procedure a week after the ban had gone into effect. Indiana’s seven abortion clinics were to lose their state licenses under the ban — which only permits abortions within its narrow …

Louisiana abortion ban again blocked by judge
2 years, 5 months ago

Louisiana abortion ban again blocked by judge

Associated Press  

— Abortion clinics in Louisiana can continue operating while a lawsuit challenging the state’s near total ban on abortions is resolved, a state judge ruled Thursday. The preliminary injunction issued by state district judge Donald Johnson in Baton Rouge is the latest development amid a flurry of court challenges to state “trigger” laws that were crafted in anticipation of the …

Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion

Associated Press  

— The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade ended a lawsuit Tuesday in which it had sought to block the state from enforcing a law that bans most abortions. In West Virginia, Women’s Health Center began scheduling patients for abortions for as early as next week after …

Mississippi abortion clinic drops challenge to ban after sale
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi abortion clinic drops challenge to ban after sale

Al Jazeera  

Mississippi is one of several US states with a trigger law that went into effect after the Supreme Court’s June ruling. An abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi that was at the centre of the United States Supreme Court decision that overturned the landmark Roe v Wade decision has ended its lawsuit that sought to block the state from …

Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won’t reopen
2 years, 5 months ago

Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won’t reopen

Associated Press  

— The Mississippi abortion clinic at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade has been sold and will not reopen even if it’s allowed to do so by a state court, its owner told The Associated Press on Monday. Derzis said people were calling her to ask about buying the building within minutes after …

Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom’s life at risk
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom’s life at risk

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions following the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion. “If a physician believes …

Scramble as last Mississippi abortion clinic shuts its doors
2 years, 5 months ago

Scramble as last Mississippi abortion clinic shuts its doors

Associated Press  

— Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative Deep South state, with this bright-pink medical facility that is closing its doors Wednesday. Diane Derzis, who has owned the Mississippi clinic since 2010, drove to Jackson to speak …

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working

NPR  

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working Enlarge this image toggle caption Rogelio V. Solis/AP Rogelio V. Solis/AP Mississippi's last abortion clinic — and the one at the center of the Supreme Court case used to overturn Roe v. Wade — shut its doors for the last time. The patients are "devastated" by the clinic's …

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions

Associated Press  

— As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions. “No one should be forced to live in fear like that.” Mississippi legislators passed the “trigger” law before the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the 1973 …

In flurry of court activity, rulings on abortion bans mixed
2 years, 5 months ago

In flurry of court activity, rulings on abortion bans mixed

Associated Press  

A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas — which is already enforcing a similar ban based on an embryo’s cardiac activity — a judge temporarily blocked an even stricter decades-old law from taking effect. Circuit Court of Appeals on a six-week ban came ahead of a trigger law …

Owner of Mississippi’s last abortion clinic vows to stay open to the end
2 years, 6 months ago

Owner of Mississippi’s last abortion clinic vows to stay open to the end

CNN  

CNN — The owner of the only abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi vowed at a news conference Friday afternoon to stay open and continue providing services for women for the next 10 days, hours after the US Supreme Court issued a ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion nationwide. Under the laws of Mississippi, the abortion ban triggered …

Here’s how abortion clinics are preparing for Roe to fall
2 years, 7 months ago

Here’s how abortion clinics are preparing for Roe to fall

Associated Press  

— Leaders of a Tennessee abortion clinic calculated driving distances and studied passenger rail routes as they scanned the map for another place to offer services if the U.S. Supreme Court lets states restrict or eliminate abortion rights. We are going to lose abortion access this year,” said Jennifer Pepper, chief executive officer of CHOICES: Memphis Center for Reproductive Health. …

Abortion in Mississippi is already limited to a single clinic. If Roe v Wade falls, it could soon be outlawed entirely
2 years, 7 months ago

Abortion in Mississippi is already limited to a single clinic. If Roe v Wade falls, it could soon be outlawed entirely

ABC  

The sun is still rising when Derenda Hancock arrives at the only remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. Marked by a battered black-and-white sign on the state capital's main drag, the Jackson Women's Health Organization is better known as the "Pink House" for its distinctive bubblegum-coloured paint. "We've dealt with the fact that there's not abortion access in the state," she …

Judge rules against Montana law limiting abortion providers
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge rules against Montana law limiting abortion providers

Associated Press  

— A Montana law that prevented advanced practice registered nurses from performing some early abortion procedures is unconstitutional, a state judge ruled Friday. District Court Judge Mike Menahan ruled that certified nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives who have the proper training and certification can perform pre-viability abortion services within their scope of practice. The rulings cite a 1999 Montana …

Arizona abortions could end with Supreme Court decision
3 years ago

Arizona abortions could end with Supreme Court decision

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Abortions in Arizona could become illegal overnight if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its landmark 1973 decision that said a woman has a constitutional right to end her pregnancy without government interference. The high court’s new conservative majority signaled it would allow states to ban abortion much earlier in pregnancy and may even overturn the nationwide right under …

Supreme Court hears arguments in Landmark Mississippi abortion case
3 years ago

Supreme Court hears arguments in Landmark Mississippi abortion case

NPR  

Supreme Court hears arguments in Landmark Mississippi abortion case A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing pivotal arguments today. At issue - whether to reverse the court's nearly half-century-old decision, Roe v. Wade, and subsequent decisions declaring that pregnant people have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. MARTÍNEZ: Joining us now is Priscilla J. Smith, who teaches …

‘It is a terrifying time’: Legal right to abortion in US faces direct challenge at Supreme Court
3 years ago

‘It is a terrifying time’: Legal right to abortion in US faces direct challenge at Supreme Court

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Ultimately what this means is not …

US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Mississippi abortion law
3 years ago

US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Mississippi abortion law

Raw Story  

A US Supreme Court shifted to the right by Donald Trump is to hear a case this week that may roll back 50 years of abortion rights. The Supreme Court's rulings did not put an end, however, to conservative and religious opposition to abortion, and anti-abortion activists believe their moment may have finally arrived after years of political and legal …

A Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Roe v. Wade : Consider This from NPR
3 years ago

A Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Roe v. Wade : Consider This from NPR

NPR  

A Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Roe v. Wade Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Getting an abortion in Mississippi has never been easy, but it hasn't been impossible. Now, a case before the Supreme Court that centers on a clinic in Mississippi could upend abortion rights for pregnant people across the country. Today, …

Op-Ed: The abortion case before the Supreme Court may take away the fundamental right to reproductive freedom
3 years ago

Op-Ed: The abortion case before the Supreme Court may take away the fundamental right to reproductive freedom

LA Times  

Whatever the Supreme Court decides about abortion rights in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is sure to intensify the political fight over abortion. In that case, to the surprise of many, the court, in 5-4 decision, said that it was reaffirming the “essential holding” of Roe: “a recognition of the right of the woman to choose to have an …

Oklahoma judge blocks 2 abortion laws, allows 3 others
3 years, 2 months ago

Oklahoma judge blocks 2 abortion laws, allows 3 others

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge on Monday temporarily blocked two new anti-abortion laws from taking effect next month, including a measure similar to a Texas abortion ban that effectively bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. District Judge Cindy Truong said she would allow three other anti-abortion laws to take effect Nov. 1, which one abortion rights …

Supreme Court sets arguments in big abortion case
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court sets arguments in big abortion case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in Mississippi’s bid to have the landmark Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion overturned. The court recently allowed a Texas law to take effect that bans abortions after cardiac activity can be detected, around 6 weeks of pregnancy, before some women even know they are …

Providers urge Supreme Court to reject 15-week abortion ban
3 years, 3 months ago

Providers urge Supreme Court to reject 15-week abortion ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Abortion providers urged the Supreme Court Monday to reject Mississippi’s 15-week prohibition on most abortions, saying a decision to uphold it would “invite states to ban abortion entirely.” The filing with the high court comes at a time of significant peril for abortion rights in the U.S., with a Supreme Court reshaped by three conservative justices appointed by …

Long fight over New Orleans abortion clinic back in US court
3 years, 4 months ago

Long fight over New Orleans abortion clinic back in US court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Planned Parenthood is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider the question of whether the state of Louisiana must grant a long-sought license for an abortion clinic in New Orleans. Two Planned Parenthood organizations and three women filed a federal lawsuit in 2018 accusing the state of illegally delaying action on the application for a license. But, …

Mississippi Explicitly Asks the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
54 years, 11 months ago

Mississippi Explicitly Asks the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Slate  

The state of Mississippi made explicit Thursday its attempt to have the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, filing a brief that calls on the court to uphold the state’s current abortion restrictions en route to upending the nearly 50-year-old law that ensures access to abortion procedures in the U.S. Mississippi’s Republican attorney general, Lynn Fitch, filed the brief that …

Mississippi argues Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade
3 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi argues Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade

Associated Press  

— The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn its landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide and let states decide whether to regulate abortion before a fetus can survive outside the womb, the office of Mississippi’s Republican attorney general argued in papers filed Thursday with the high court. The Mississippi attorneys argue that the rulings are “egregiously wrong.” The Mississippi case …

Full federal appeals court to consider Missouri abortion law
3 years, 5 months ago

Full federal appeals court to consider Missouri abortion law

Associated Press  

— A full federal appeals court has decided to rehear a case over a sweeping Missouri abortion law that would ban the procedures at or around the eighth week of a pregnancy. “The Eighth Circuit’s sudden change to reconsider Missouri’s sweeping abortion ban — one the court said was unconstitutional — is just another troubling signal in a long line …

What the US Supreme Court's review of abortion law could mean for Mississippi's 'Pink House'
3 years, 6 months ago

What the US Supreme Court's review of abortion law could mean for Mississippi's 'Pink House'

Firstpost  

With no doctors in Mississippi willing to do abortions, five out-of-state doctors rotate through Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The US Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments this fall over a Mississippi law that would limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a case designed to test how far a court remade under former President Donald Trump …

Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate
3 years, 6 months ago

Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate

Associated Press  

— The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi’s capital goes by different names. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments this fall over a Mississippi law that would limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a case designed to test how far a court remade under former President Donald Trump is willing …

In Challenge To Roe, Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law
3 years, 7 months ago

In Challenge To Roe, Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law

NPR  

In Challenge To Roe, Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law Enlarge this image Jose Luis Magana/AP Jose Luis Magana/AP With Roe v. Wade hanging by a thread, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a major rollback of abortion rights. Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative in the country, blocked enforcement of the law, finding …

Appeals court to rehear Texas abortion case in January
4 years ago

Appeals court to rehear Texas abortion case in January

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has set a January hearing to reconsider its ruling that struck down a Texas law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure. Since then, conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett has also joined the Supreme Court, boosting abortion opponents’ hopes that the nation’s highest court may be open to new restrictions over …

Court weighs fate of sweeping Missouri abortion restrictions
4 years, 2 months ago

Court weighs fate of sweeping Missouri abortion restrictions

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court panel is weighing the fate of a sweeping Missouri abortion law, including a provision that prohibits a woman from having an abortion because the fetus has Down syndrome. U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs said at the time of his ruling last year that Planned Parenthood and the ACLU would likely succeed in their lawsuit alleging …

Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions
4 years, 4 months ago

Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s ruling that has blocked four Arkansas abortion restrictions from taking effect, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner’s consent before a woman could get an abortion. “As Arkansas’s chief legal officer, I have always advocated …

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