2 years, 10 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 says. "It's devastating, not surprising, but devastating," says Cheryl Hamlin, one of six abortion providers who works at the clinic. "We don't obviously want to forget about the women of Mississippi," says Dr Hamlin, who lives in Massachusetts.

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1 month ago

Georgia justices order new look at whether lawsuit challenging near-ban on abortion can proceed

Associated Press

ATLANTA — A lawsuit challenging Georgia’s near-ban on abortion is headed back to a trial court to decide if the people who want to overturn the law have legal standing to sue. Andrea Young, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, which represents the plaintiffs, said the ruling “has further delayed any possibility of justice for women …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

"Complete chaos”: How Trump is already accelerating the reproductive rights crisis

Salon

On Friday, thousands of anti-abortion advocates gathered for the annual National March for Life event in Washington. “President Trump's Executive Order to enforce the Hyde Amendment creates yet another barrier to abortion access, specifically targeting low-income women and pregnant people who rely on Medicaid access and may otherwise be unable to afford abortion care.” Indeed, the previous consequences of the …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

US lawmaker issues bill to ban men for masturbating 'without intent to make a baby' - senator accused of 'politicial trolling'

Daily Mail

A Democrat Senator has been accused of 'trolling' anti-abortionists with a new bill that intends to ban men from climaxing, unless they're trying to conceive. Blackman's bill targets mens' reproductive rights as a means of highlighting that all of the recent legislative bills relating to abortion and contraception focus on women. He said in a statement to local news outlet …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture

Associated Press

Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. “Abortion bans don’t actually …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

How the abortion rights landscape changed in 2024

Salon

In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision, ending the federal enshrinement of abortion rights in America. 01 More people stockpiled abortion pills 2024 began with the anticipation that the Supreme Court would invalidate the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions. “This increase is …

3 months ago

A Judge Says Missouri's Abortion Ban Isn’t Enforceable, But There's No Start Date For Abortions

Huff Post

FILE - Missouri residents and abortion-rights advocation react to a speaker during Missourians for Constitutionals Freedom kick-off petition drive, Feb. 6, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo. — A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in …

3 months ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona to overturn 15-week abortion ban

India Today

Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a constitutional amendment recently approved by voters to expand access to foetal viability. “And so that’s really what this 15-week ban challenge is.” Arizona was one of five states where voters approved ballot measures in the 2024 general election to add the right to …

4 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s ruling last year that invalidated the ban. …

4 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid

NPR

Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid toggle caption Harm Venhuizen/AP MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced. Sponsor Message The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Missouri Voters Decide on Abortion Ban Override

CNN

Missouri voters will decide whether to overturn their state's near-total abortion ban in a ballot measure this election. The measure would establish the right to make reproductive care decisions, including about abortion, without interference up to fetal viability, around 22 to 24 weeks into pregnancy.

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia attorney general appeals a judge's rollback of abortion ban

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Georgia’s Republican attorney general has …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional

Raw Story

Abortion rights advocates are cheering Monday’s court ruling that brought back expanded services in Georgia, even as they brace for the likelihood that further judicial action could make it short-lived. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional comes just weeks before early voting starts in Georgia, including for state legislative races and …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Georgia attorney general appeals a judge’s rollback of abortion ban

LA Times

Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta on May 14. Georgia’s Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s ruling that struck down the state’s abortion ban. Gen. Chris Carr’s office is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law banning most abortions after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy while the court considers …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge's Rollback of Georgia Abortion Ban Sparks Debate, Impact on the Nation

Associated Press

Georgia's top court has overturned the state's abortion ban, effectively restoring abortion rights to women in the state. This ruling could have a significant impact on abortion-related travel patterns in the region, with the state potentially becoming a destination for people seeking abortion services from neighboring states.

5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Massive win': Advocates cheer overturning of ‘extreme’ abortion law blamed for 2 deaths

Raw Story

Abortion rights advocates nationwide hailed a state judge’s decision Monday to overturn Georgia’s strict six-week abortion ban that they say “caused suffering in the state for the last two years” as a “massive win." “Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller should still be alive — and they would be if it weren’t for Donald Trump and Brian Kemp’s abortion ban,” …

6 months, 1 week ago

Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban is officially off the books

LA Times

Arizona state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton takes a selfie with Gov. Katie Hobbs after Hobbs signed the repeal of the Civil War-era abortion ban on May 2 at the state Capitol in Phoenix. The Western swing state has been whipsawed over recent months, starting with the Arizona Supreme Court deciding in April to let the state enforce the long-dormant 1864 …

6 months, 1 week ago

"Dangerously warped": Care for pregnant people since Dobbs is "compromised," doctors say

Salon

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision, doctors on the frontlines have shared horror stories about how medical care for pregnant people has changed. "Our findings suggest that, rather than increasing clarity and identifying workarounds over time to provide evidence- based care, abortion bans have fundamentally altered how pregnancy-related care — and even other medical …

7 months, 1 week ago

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Associated Press

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. AP AUDIO: US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds AP correspondent …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Utah’s near-total abortion ban to remain blocked until lower court assesses its constitutionality

Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — A near-total abortion ban will remain on hold in Utah after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the law should remain blocked until a lower court can assess its constitutionality. The panel wrote in its opinion that the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah had legal standing to challenge the state’s abortion trigger law, and that …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people of Iowa.” Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

The Independent

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

LA Times

Iowa’s strict abortion law is expected to take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported …

8 months, 1 week ago

Republicans drop federal abortion limits from 2024 platform — after seeing it being used against GOP candidates

The Independent

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided Tuesday to consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives maintain bans abortion without letting the cases wind through lower courts. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nullified the statutes, but legislators never repealed them. The decision emboldened Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions in …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

CNN

CNN — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Kim Reynolds celebrated the ruling Friday, saying she is glad the state’s high court “upheld the will of the people.” “As the heartbeat bill finally becomes law, we are deeply committed to …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

The Independent

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9 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US

Associated Press

Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel Bans in Republican-led states have prompted many people seeking abortions to travel to get care. The U.S. Supreme Court this …

9 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.

LA Times

People march through downtown Amarillo, Texas, last year to protest a lawsuit that aimed to ban the abortion drug mifepristone. Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel …

9 months ago

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access

NPR

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access Two years after the Supreme Court removed federal abortion protections, the number of abortions is up as telehealth is on the rise and reproductive rights are on the ballot in November. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have an update now on the fight over abortion two years to the …

9 months ago

Arizona’s 1864 abortion law is now dead — here's why

Raw Story

Arizona’s strict 1864 abortion ban will never go back into effect, as lawmakers adjourned for the year on Saturday, meaning a bill repealing the ban will become effective before the court order that would have revived the law. In April, the Arizona Supreme Court upended the state’s political landscape and thrust health care providers into legal turmoil when it ruled …

9 months, 1 week ago

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions on Thursday, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone. The court found that the abortion opponents couldn’t sue because they weren’t actually injured by the medication, in part because federal laws protect doctors …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

The Independent

10 months ago

Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law. The law says abortions cannot be performed after an ultrasound can detect “cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction …

10 months ago

Arizona Supreme Court Pauses 1864 Abortion Ban From Taking Effect For Now

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Arizona’s Supreme Court granted a request to delay enforcement of an archaic 1864 abortion ban on Monday to allow the state’s Democratic attorney general to consider taking the matter to the nation’s highest court. Attorney General Kris Mayes had asked for a 90-day stay after the state Supreme Court revived the Civil War-era law last month, which …

10 months, 1 week ago

Arizona’s high court is allowing the attorney general 90 more days on her abortion ban strategy

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Arizona’s highest court on Monday gave the state’s attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal. The Arizona Supreme Court’s order leaves in place for now a more recent law that legalizes abortion up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. “Arizona’s …

10 months, 1 week ago

Arizona's high court is allowing the attorney general 90 more days on her abortion ban strategy

The Independent

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona repealed its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state’s law books, but not from the campaign trail. “They are seeing the writing on the wall and we are going to make sure that we vote out every extremist Republican in Arizona.” Arizona Democrats, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday organized by the Biden campaign, said …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona Senate repeals near-total 1864 abortion ban in divisive vote

Al Jazeera

The repeal of abortion ban was passed 16 to 14 and is expected to be signed into law by Governor Katie Hobbs. The Arizona Senate has voted to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on abortion, which would otherwise have taken effect within weeks. The fight over the Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona, a state sharply split between Democrats and …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona Senate passes bill to repeal Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, but fight isn't over yet

Salon

The Arizona state Senate voted to pass a repeal on the 1864 near-total abortion ban that the state Supreme Court approved in a ruling last month. Specifically, the law said anyone who “provides, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman, or procures such woman to take any medicine, drugs or substance, or uses or employs any instrument or other means …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

Associated Press

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. Meanwhile, Arizona lawmakers took a step toward repealing a near-total ban before enforcement can begin; California’s governor pitched providing an outlet to abortion providers and patients from …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘You’re hedging’: Amy Coney Barrett lambasts Idaho abortion ban lawyer

The Independent

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court weighs whether hospitals obligated to provide emergency abortions

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions

Huff Post

Photo: Getty The Supreme Court this week will debate whether states have the power to outlaw life-saving abortions in hospital emergency rooms. “This case could radically alter how emergency medicine is practiced in this country and make pregnant people second-class citizens in America’s emergency rooms,” Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, told reporters on a press …

11 months, 1 week ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

11 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Arizona Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling Shows Conservatives For What They Truly Are

Huff Post

Republicans have long crowed that they are the party of freedom, individual liberty and small-government conservatism. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of an 1864 law banning abortion in all cases, at any stage of pregnancy, except when it’s necessary to save the mother’s life. Project 2025 would direct the Justice Department to use Comstock as a …

11 months, 1 week ago

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy. Most Republican-led states have limited abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and 14 states have …

11 months, 1 week ago

Unpacking the legal shockwave of a Civil War-era abortion law upheld by Arizona Supreme Court

Salon

For the last year and a half, women in Arizona could legally access an abortion up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. “It feels cataclysmic from that end, and what I'm feeling for my patients is just a lot of anger.” Phoenix-based criminal civil rights lawyer and constitutional law expert Robert McWhirter told Salon the highest court’s ruling will take effect …

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