Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing
1 year, 4 months ago

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court on Monday denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. The ACLU of Indiana’s executive director, Jane Henegar, released a statement saying Monday was “a dark day in Indiana’s history.” “We have seen the horrifying impact of bans like this across the country, and the narrow exceptions included in this extreme ban will undoubtedly put Hoosiers’ lives at risk.. Every person should have the fundamental freedom to control their own body and politicians’ personal opinions should play no part in this personal decision,” Henegar’s statement said. Indiana became the first state to enact tighter abortion restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court ended nearly a half-century of federal abortion protections by overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Indiana’s six abortion clinics stopped providing abortions late last month ahead of the ban officially taking effect.

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A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
3 days, 16 hours 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 …

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
2 weeks ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press  

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona to overturn 15-week abortion ban
2 weeks, 6 days 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 …

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
1 month ago

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except …

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
1 month ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

Associated Press  

— A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except to protect to a pregnant …

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
1 month, 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. …

Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid
1 month, 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 …

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term
54 years, 11 months ago

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term

Wired  

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it ended the constitutional right to have an abortion and returned the ability to regulate the procedure to the states. Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York passed referendums upholding abortion rights, while measures to restore or expand access failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota. …

How abortion access map has been dramatically redrawn across US - after shock twists in deep red states
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How abortion access map has been dramatically redrawn across US - after shock twists in deep red states

Daily Mail  

It wasn't just Donald Trump or Kamala Harris on the ticket last night - there were also important referendums on abortion. Experts say yesterday's ballot measures were similarly surprising, we look at how all 10 states voted below: Missouri - allowed up to 24 weeks In The Show-Me State, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, a 2019 law that banned …

U.S. Election Results 2024: Determining constitutional right to abortion with ballots
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

U.S. Election Results 2024: Determining constitutional right to abortion with ballots

The Hindu  

Since the U.S. overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling securing the right to abortion, several States of the North American country became the groundswell of public opposition. Not-for-profit public law observer Brennan Centre for Justice observed in a blogpost, “In most of these eight States, abortion opponents in official positions have used their power to try to block or …

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place

NPR  

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place toggle caption Bonnie Ryan/FR172075 AP OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska voters chose to back the state’s 12-week abortion ban over a competing proposal to allow abortion until fetal viability, according to a call by the Associated Press. While voters passed the amendment for the 12-week ban, they defeated the one allowing …

Abortion rights advocates win in 6 states but lose in 3
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion rights advocates win in 6 states but lose in 3

LA Times  

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of six victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments, leaving bans in place. A measure that allows more abortion restrictions and enshrines the state’s current 12-week ban was adopted in Nebraska and a competing …

Abortion amendments pass in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and more while Florida measure fails
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion amendments pass in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and more while Florida measure fails

Salon  

Results from the first presidential election since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision are already pouring in. Missouri: Amendment 3 Results: PASS 53.5% YES / 46.8% NO In Missouri, Amendment 3 would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, overturning the state’s current abortion ban. “It's a health care issue, it …

Missouri Voters Decide on Abortion Ban Override
1 month, 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.

The Catholic father-son duo fighting for abortion rights in South Dakota
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Catholic father-son duo fighting for abortion rights in South Dakota

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. We all got together, drafted the amendment, filed it and started collecting signatures.” On …

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse

LA Times  

Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in June 2022. Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling returning the decision on abortion to the states, nearly half enacted abortion bans, some of which have prevented women from getting emergency abortions …

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment

Associated Press  

Ohio's most restrictive abortion law, which prohibited abortions after cardiac activity is detected at six weeks of pregnancy, was struck down by a county judge. The judge ruled that the 2019 law, which was passed after Roe v. Wade was overturned, violated the state's constitution's protection of individual liberty and equal protection. The ruling is a major victory for abortion …

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
2 months ago

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

LA Times  

Supporters attend a rally for the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment at the Ohio State House in Columbus last year. The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion has been struck down by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional. Jenkins said Thursday that when the U.S. Supreme Court …

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
2 months ago

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

LA Times  

Mifepristone is one of two pills used in medication abortions. Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, according to a report released Tuesday. They increasingly used telehealth, the report found, as medical providers in states with …

Takeaways from AP’s report on a new abortion clinic in rural southeast Kansas
3 months, 1 week ago

Takeaways from AP’s report on a new abortion clinic in rural southeast Kansas

Associated Press  

PITTSBURG, Kan. — A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas. Border states are becoming abortion-access hubs Over the past two years, Kansas is one of five states that people are most likely to travel to in order to get an abortion if their state doesn’t …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
3 months, 1 week ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says
3 months, 1 week ago

Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says

Associated Press  

When Florida’s ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy began on May 1, the number of abortions didn’t drop as much as it has when other states implemented similar policies, a study released Thursday estimates. The study by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion access, suggests that Florida clinics, abortion funds and support networks were …

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban
3 months, 1 week ago

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban

LA Times  

A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. The judge acknowledged in his ruling that in the past, the North Dakota courts had relied on federal court precedents on abortion, but said those state precedents had been “upended” by the …

Missouri Supreme Court restores abortion rights ballot initiative
3 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Supreme Court restores abortion rights ballot initiative

Raw Story  

Reproductive freedom defenders on Tuesday cheered the Missouri Supreme Court's restoration of an abortion rights referendum—one of numerous 2024 ballot initiatives seeking to codify access to the healthcare procedure in states from coast to coast. Missouri's highest court overturned Cole County Judge Christopher Limbaugh's ruling removing Amendment 3—also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom initiative—from the November 5 ballot. …

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri’s November ballot, court rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri’s November ballot, court rules

Associated Press  

— A measure undoing Missouri’s near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws since federal rights to the procedure ended in 2022. The order also directs Ashcroft, an abortion opponent, to “take all steps necessary to …

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights

Associated Press  

— The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to expedite a hearing on a lawsuit that could keep voters from deciding whether to expand abortion rights in the state. “And it’s without any sort of regulation from the state at all.” Backers of the initiative to expand abortion rights have asked the court for the chance to defend their proposal, which …

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights

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 The Nebraska Supreme Court has …

Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in dispute over Oklahoma abortion referrals
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in dispute over Oklahoma abortion referrals

LA Times  

Antiabortion activists surround a man wearing a Planned Parenthood shirt during their rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an abortion-related appeal from Oklahoma, ruling the Biden administration could cut off funding for family planning programs that do not offer pregnant patients “factual information” on all of their options, …

Understanding Nebraska’s dueling abortion initiatives
4 months ago

Understanding Nebraska’s dueling abortion initiatives

NPR  

Understanding Nebraska’s dueling abortion initiatives Nebraska voters will face two competing abortion question on the ballot this fall - one in favor of expanding abortion access and another that limits it to the current 12 weeks of pregnancy. Today, the Nebraska Secretary of State confirmed that two petition efforts collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Right …

Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure
4 months ago

Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure

Politico  

Justices Karen Baker and Courtney Rae Hudson, in their dissent, accused Arkansas officials of unfairly changing the rules in order to disqualify the abortion-rights petition. Today’s decision strips every Arkansan of this power.” The group Arkansans for Limited Government submitted more than 100,000 signatures earlier this month for a ballot measure that would legalize abortion for any reason up to …

Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion
4 months ago

Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, clearing the way for the issue to remain on …

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
4 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 …

Utah’s near-total abortion ban to remain blocked until lower court assesses its constitutionality
4 months, 3 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 …

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant
4 months, 3 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 …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant

The Independent  

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Harris slams Trump on abortion issue as six-week ban takes effect in Iowa
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris slams Trump on abortion issue as six-week ban takes effect in Iowa

Al Jazeera  

Abortion access remains top US election issue as ban on procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy takes effect in Iowa. United States Vice President and the Democratic Party’s likely 2024 nominee Kamala Harris has slammed former President Donald Trump on abortion rights as a stringent, six-week ban on the procedure entered into force in the US state of Iowa. …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant

LA Times  

Tablets of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions, sit on a counter in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, 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 …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

LA Times  

Activists at the Nebraska state Capitol in Lincoln protest a bill last year that combined proposed restriction on abortion and gender-affirming care for people under 19. A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming healthcare for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of …

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban
5 months ago

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Attorneys argued Tuesday over whether a North Dakota judge should toss a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, with the state saying the plaintiffs’ case rests on hypotheticals, and the plaintiffs saying key issues remain to be resolved at a scheduled trial. State District Judge Bruce Romanick said he will rule as quickly as he can, but …

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

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

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing 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 …

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

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
5 months ago

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

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 Kansas isn't enforcing a new …

Kansas won’t force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
5 months ago

Kansas won’t force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies, as a legal challenge against that rule and other older requirements makes its way through the courts. The new law was supposed to take effect July 1 and would require providers to ask patients questions from a state …

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

LA Times  

Gen. Kris Kobach, left, had argued to the state’s high court that voters’ will in 2022 didn’t matter in determining whether two anti-abortion laws could stand. Kansas’ highest court has strongly reaffirmed that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other healthcare providers. The …

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers. The court’s dissenting justice, widely seen as its most conservative, warned that Kansas is headed toward “a legal regime of unrestricted access to …

Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
5 months, 3 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 …

Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court on Friday after the justices kicked the can down the road on whether federal law guaranteeing emergency medical care trumps state abortion bans. Emergency access to abortion has been a flashpoint in the chaotic aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to terminate a pregnancy in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Deccan Chronicle  

DES MOINES, Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and Iowa …

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