Iowa’s six-week abortion ban is now in effect
Many patients were unaware of the law change, Planned Parenthood staff say
By Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch - July 29, 2024Many patients were unaware of the law change, Planned Parenthood staff say
By Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch - July 29, 2024Georgia native Dr. Aisvarya Panakam says she was eager to return home to finish her medical training after spending about a decade away from her home state.
By Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder - July 24, 2024With dozens of bills to restrict abortion proposed, none became law this year
By Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice - July 22, 2024Dispute involves whether submitted paperwork complies with state law
By - July 16, 2024Thurston cites law requiring affidavit identifying paid canvassers by name
By Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate - July 10, 2024Most abortions will soon be illegal in Iowa after six weeks of pregnancy following the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn a lower court’s block on the 2023 abortion law.
By Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch - June 28, 2024President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign held a rally Monday in Southeast Michigan, attempting to draw a sharp contrast between abortion policy under Democrats vs. former President Donald Trump.
By Lucy Valeski, Michigan Advance - June 25, 2024In Arizona, the state’s highest court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban. Florida and South Carolina moved to restrict abortion to six weeks — before many people know they are pregnant.
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - June 24, 2024Amid a fight over an “abortion travel ban,” women health care experts say more attention is needed to the plight of pregnant Texans in the Panhandle where there are few hospitals and OBGYNs.
By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune - June 14, 2024Years before the Dobbs decision, providers like Dr. Kylie Cooper were already uncomfortable with some of the reporting requirements for abortion procedures in states where they practiced.
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - May 31, 2024Brown failed to disclose his work with the Faith and Freedom Coalition to the FEC.
By Jesse Valentine - May 28, 2024The Louisiana Legislature gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would label two drugs used to induce labor and treat miscarriages as “controlled dangerous substances,” despite opposition from a broad group of medical professionals.
By Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator - May 24, 2024And a future case centered on the Comstock Act is building, too
By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury - May 24, 2024Republican AGs say the rules support abortions in states where they’re illegal.
By Anna Claire Vollers - May 22, 2024Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November — but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect.
By Chabeli Carrazana and Shefali Luthra - May 22, 2024Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - May 21, 2024It is rare that women who have had an abortion are willing to share their story, much less step into the spotlight and open up about personal, reproductive decisions.
By Clayton Henkel, NC Newsline - May 17, 2024A federal law that allows emergency departments to treat patients without regard to their ability to pay will be under U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny this week, and Ohio doctors are concerned about the case’s local impact on emergency abortion care.
By Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal - April 23, 2024‘Having the president of the United States speaking out loud and with confidence about abortion access is a great thing’
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix - April 22, 2024Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - April 19, 2024Planned Parenthood clinics in California are bracing for an uptick in patients crossing the state line for abortions, after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a nearly total prohibition on the procedure.
By Deborah Brennan, CalMatters - April 10, 2024Josh Powell, a candidate for a special Michigan House election this month, said during a GOP event that he opposes all abortion “without exception” — and, if elected, is open to repealing the state’s landmark abortion law.
By Jon King, Michigan Advance - April 02, 2024The campaign said it hopes to get more than 750,000 to ensure it qualifies for the November ballot
By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror - April 02, 2024Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and nearly two dozen other Democratic-led states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the ability of emergency room doctors to provide abortions, arguing that failing to do so would have devastating effects for their health care systems and women across the country.
By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror - April 01, 2024Clinics across Ohio who provide abortion services asked a Hamilton County court to declare Ohio’s six-week abortion ban unconstitutional in light of the Ohio Constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights passed by 57% of voters in November.
By Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal - March 05, 2024HB560 heads to full Utah Senate as lawmakers impatiently wait for Utah Supreme Court
By Katie McKellar, Utah News Dispatch - February 27, 2024Recent state and local legal maneuvers signal that Texas’ conservative movement could be wading into a complicated Constitutional morass the country hasn’t dealt with since before the Civil War.
By Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune and William Melhado, Texas Tribune - February 09, 2024As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, ‘God does not make mistakes’
By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent and Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent - February 08, 2024Bills address abortion pills, civil lawsuits and helping minors seek the procedure
By Carmen Forman, Oklahoma Voice - February 02, 2024Assembly Republicans passed a bill on Thursday that would ask voters to decide whether Wisconsin would implement a 14-week abortion ban, tightening the state’s current 20-week abortion ban.
By Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner - January 26, 2024