Doctor helping Ohio rape victim, 10, travel for abortion warns ‘she’s not alone’
2 years, 6 months ago

Doctor helping Ohio rape victim, 10, travel for abortion warns ‘she’s not alone’

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. Recommended What abortion access looks like in every state after the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v Wade “This is, unfortunately, the real-life consequences of the abortion ban,” she said. “All states have people who are pregnant who need abortion care, in the most extreme circumstances and in the most common circumstances, and everyone deserves to have access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare in a state in which they live.” On 25 July, state lawmakers in Indiana will convene for a special legislative session, under direction of the state’s Republican anti-abortion Governor Eric Holcomb, to potentially consider more restrictions on abortion. “What that means for my patients is what we’re seeing already … People who can will travel, sometimes of miles to receive access to safe, legal abortion care in another state,” she said. But of course we also don’t know exactly how long that’s going to be.” Recommended Understanding Roe v Wade and why it was overturned Providers and advocates in Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota and Wyoming – four states that have rape or incest exceptions in their anti-abortion laws – have warned that while those laws do allow people to end pregnancies under some circumstances, it will likely be easier to assist their patients’ travel to another state than it would be to clear the extremely narrow state-level obstacles to legal care.

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Trump’s second term might have a surprising effect on America’s fertility rate.
1 week, 3 days ago

Trump’s second term might have a surprising effect on America’s fertility rate.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Given his past findings and the 2024 election results, Dahl predicts, “Republican fertility will rise relative to Democrats, with an increase in the number of babies in Republican families showing up roughly 9–12 months from now.” But given the …

A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions
2 weeks, 5 days ago

A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions

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 A judge ruled Friday that …

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel
1 month ago

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 9th U.S. The Monday decision is only a small part of a larger case surrounding the state’s so-called “abortion trafficking” law. “Trafficking a minor child for an abortion without parental consent puts both in grave danger, and we will not stop protecting life in Idaho.” The court’s ruling said that the state can enforce the “harboring” …

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in …

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment
2 months, 2 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, 2 weeks 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 …

JD Vance refuses to say he’s ‘OK’ with people traveling to other states for abortions
2 months, 3 weeks ago

JD Vance refuses to say he’s ‘OK’ with people traveling to other states for abortions

The Independent  

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In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
3 months, 3 weeks 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, …

Congressional Democrats push resolution that says hospitals must provide emergency abortions
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Congressional Democrats push resolution that says hospitals must provide emergency abortions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A resolution introduced by Congressional Democrats would make clear that U.S. emergency rooms need to provide emergency abortions when a woman’s health or life is at risk, despite strict state abortion bans. But since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to an abortion and states enacted strict abortion bans, confusion and conflict have emerged when pregnant …

Editorial: November election could make — or break — reproductive freedom
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: November election could make — or break — reproductive freedom

LA Times  

A person holds up a sign as abortion-rights activists and Women’s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court on June 24 in Washington. But abortion access has been making its way onto state election ballots ever since the Supreme Court took away the federal constitutional guarantee to that right in its …

Trump keeps flip-flopping on abortion. American women are so over it
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump keeps flip-flopping on abortion. American women are so over it

LA Times  

A friend of mine is having problems with her ex. “American women are not stupid,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said recently about this presidential election, noting that 14 states have essentially banned abortion since Roe vs. Wade was overturned by Trump-appointed justices. “It’s important to step back and say, ‘What has Donald Trump actually said on the abortion question?’ ” Vance …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
5 months 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 …

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal
5 months ago

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio law that limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18 can go into effect, a county judge ruled Tuesday. Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook, in upholding the law, wrote that the ban “reasonably limits parents’ rights to make decisions about their children’s medical care consistent with the state’s deeply rooted legitimate interest in the regulation …

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant
5 months, 1 week 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
5 months, 1 week ago

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

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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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 An Iowa judge has ruled …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 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 …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Emergency abortions in Idaho can continue for the time being, US Supreme Court says
6 months, 1 week ago

Emergency abortions in Idaho can continue for the time being, US Supreme Court says

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court on Thursday, June 27, affirmed a lower court injunction that allows abortion to continue in Idaho in cases of medical emergencies. Emergency abortions in Idaho can continue for the time being, US Supreme Court says Idaho is a state known to have very strict restrictions in place. Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the "shape …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the most recent abortion case mandating that doctors provide life-saving abortions if a pregnant woman is dying and in the event her health is in jeopardy. "An Idaho law prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman's death; the law makes no exception for abortions necessary to prevent grave harms to the woman's …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

Another major Supreme Court abortion ruling mistakenly posted online: report
6 months, 1 week ago

Another major Supreme Court abortion ruling mistakenly posted online: report

Raw Story  

A Supreme Court opinion mistakenly posted Wednesday showed the justices are poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho. The leaked decision shows the justices plan to reinstate a lower court ruling that said Idaho hospitals could continue performing emergency abortions to protect mothers. “The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States will be …

Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says
6 months, 1 week ago

Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court’s website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The decision would reverse the Supreme Court’s earlier order that allowed an Idaho abortion ban to temporarily go into …

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A judge on Tuesday blocked Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, saying it conflicts with a 2022 voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees abortion rights. The waiting period “forces needless delay on patients after they are able to consent to a procedure, thus burdening and infringing upon a patient’s access to abortion care,” said Judge Sima …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
6 months, 2 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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The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban
7 months, 1 week ago

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state’s near-total ban. The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by the same plaintiffs, but said the state’s constitution protects a women’s right to an abortion when her life or health is at …

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio’s law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. A group of abortion clinics sought to overturn the law even before voters approved Issue 1, which gives every person in Ohio …

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. The justices could make a major ruling — or they could rule narrowly on how Idaho’s state law interacts with the federal law, the the Emergency Medical Treatment …

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

The Independent  

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The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions
8 months, 2 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 …

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
8 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law
9 months ago

Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban alleged Thursday that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies. “And that’s not been how things have worked in the abortion context.” The Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the …

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies
9 months ago

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies

The Independent  

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Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere
9 months ago

Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere

Associated Press  

The drive to Bristol, Virginia, from Jacksonville, Florida, takes more than eight hours. “I think that Florida will just become another one of the states that we serve.” On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That step allows another, stricter ban to take effect on May 1, making abortion illegal …

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution
9 months, 1 week ago

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two families of transgender minors filed a constitutional challenge on Tuesday to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18. We will fight in court to ensure that trans youth and their parents can access critically important, lifesaving healthcare without government intrusion.” DeWine vetoed the law Dec. 29, after touring the state …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The rules instruct physicians to make “a bona fide effort to detect a fetal heartbeat” by performing a transabdominal pelvic ultrasound “in …

GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters’ ability to determine abortion rights
11 months, 1 week ago

GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters’ ability to determine abortion rights

LA Times  

Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights, building on antiabortion strategies seen in other states, including last year in Ohio. “There’s nothing democratic about that, and it’s the same blueprint we’ve seen in Ohio and all these other states, again and again.” Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the …

Ohio is on the verge of becoming the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ohio is on the verge of becoming the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults

Associated Press  

Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. “These are feelings related to being transgender that I have not felt in years, but now I’m thrown into feeling devastated about my experience as a …

Reproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried
1 year ago

Reproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s newly passed reproductive rights amendment is urging a prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home. Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, a nonpartisan coalition of 4,000 doctors and others, argues in a letter to Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins that the abuse-of-corpse charge against …

Reproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried
1 year ago

Reproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The physicians' group behind Ohio's newly passed reproductive …

A Black woman was criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe
1 year ago

A Black woman was criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began passing thick blood clots. Whether abortion-seekers should face criminal charges is a matter of debate within the anti-abortion community, but, post-Dobbs, pregnant women like Watts, who was not even trying to get an …

Woman criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe
1 year ago

Woman criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe

LA Times  

Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights earlier this fall when Brittany Watts, whose pregnancy was 21 weeks and 5 days along, began passing thick blood clots. prosecutors wanting to show that they are going to be vigilant — they’re going to take down women who violate the ethos coming out of the state’s legislature.” …

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills
1 year ago

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills

Associated Press  

— Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy urged a judge Thursday to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial. Wyoming’s abortion pill ban specifically bars any exception for “psychological or emotional conditions.” “When the state says they are trying …

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
1 year ago

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday. “Jane Doe sought an abortion in Kentucky, and when she could not get one, she bravely came forward to challenge the state’s abortion ban,” ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project deputy …

Judge weighing Ohio abortion rights amendment’s legal impact keeps anti-abortion groups clear
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge weighing Ohio abortion rights amendment’s legal impact keeps anti-abortion groups clear

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio has denied a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to weigh in on long-running litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements, as he assesses the impacts on the case of an abortion-rights amendment approved by voters this fall. In a brief order issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett said he rejected …

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
1 year, 1 month ago

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

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 A federal appeals court has …

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
1 year, 1 month ago

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has changed several times regarding whether programs receiving family planning funds can provide abortions or refer patients …

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