The Supreme Court on Monday set a date for one of the highest-stakes and closest-watched cases of the term – announcing it will hear oral arguments on how patients can access mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill, on March 26.
NEWS: Harris, Biden Deliver Fiery Message on Abortion Rights
Vice President Harris framed the fight for abortion access in searing terms in this battleground state Monday afternoon, highlighting what she called “the horrific reality that women are facing every single day” since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade 18 months ago.
NEWS: Ohio Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage at Home Will Not Be Criminally Charged
An Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage and left the nonviable fetus at home will not be criminally charged, a grand jury decided Thursday, dismissing a case that highlighted the extent to which women can be prosecuted when their pregnancy ends – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
NEWS: SCOTUS Allows Idaho to Keep Banning Abortion in Nearly All Cases
The Supreme Court has allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, which applies to medical emergencies. The decision arrived on Friday as a legal battle over reproductive rights rages on in the state, and is the first time the high court weighed in on Idaho’s abortion ban since the overturning of Roe v. Wade
NEWS: The states where abortion could be on the ballot in 2024
Seven states have directly voted on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 — and abortion rights advocates are so far undefeated with ballot measures.
NEWS: Supreme Court to hear case on access to mifepristone abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the future of mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions in the United States, setting up another major dispute over abortion rights less than two years after the court’s conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade
NEWS: Top lawmakers drop abortion limits from defense bill
A compromise defense policy bill unveiled late Wednesday will not include a Republican-backed proposal to block the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy, nixing a controversial measure that threatened to tank the legislation.
NEWS: Supreme Court to confront post-Roe abortion battles
Supreme Court justices are slated to delve into disputes surrounding abortion during their final session this year, revealing the legal battlefronts forming in the wake of the high court’s stunning decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
NEWS: How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence
As more abortion bans have gone into effect across the country, it has become far more difficult to perform a standard element of gynecological care: screening patients for domestic abuse.
NEWS: Abortion rights keep winning
Tuesday’s elections confirmed that voters remain concerned about threats to reproductive rights 16 months after the end of Roe v. Wade and the issue is a potent one for Democrats at the ballot box.
NEWS: Abortion rights are on the ballot in Ohio this Election Day
The number of legal abortions in the United States increased in the year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But they decreased sharply in states with total bans or strict limits on the procedure.
NEWS: Abortions Increased the Year After Roe was Overturned
The number of legal abortions in the United States increased in the year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But they decreased sharply in states with total bans or strict limits on the procedure.
NEWS: Domestic Violence Calls about ‘Reproductive Coercion’ Doubled After the Overturn of Roe
Reports of abuse involving reproductive coercion – actions that prevent someone from making crucial decisions about their body and reproductive health – nearly doubled in the yearlong period after Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to new data from the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH).
NEWS: Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
Latinas remain the largest group of women of color in the nation impacted by current or likely state abortion bans more than a year after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer.
NEWS: More Latinas are living in states with abortion bans and restrictions, new report finds
Latinas remain the largest group of women of color in the nation impacted by current or likely state abortion bans more than a year after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer.
NEWS: What it means for trans mutual aid groups and abortion funds to work together
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, 15 states have banned abortion outright (others restrict abortion after six weeks, before most people know that they’re pregnant). Meanwhile, 49 states have proposed close to 600 anti-trans laws this year alone.
NEWS: Americans don’t trust politicians on abortion and gender-affirming care, poll finds
The vast majority of Americans — 7 in 10 — think that politicians are not informed enough about abortion and gender-affirming care to create fair policies, new polling by The 19th and SurveyMonkey found. Partisan battles over both issues are expected in races up and down ballots in 2024. Republicans at all levels of government are pushing to restrict access to abortion and gender-affirming care, and the polling indicates that these efforts likely appeal only to the party’s most fervent base voters.
NEWS: New chatbot connects abortion seekers with care options
A chatbot launching Tuesday aims to give users confidential, accurate information when seeking abortion care. The bot, Charley, was built specifically to reach people in states where abortion has been banned or restricted, but it does not offer legal advice.
NEWS: Abortions rose in most states this year, new data shows
Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of the year compared with 2020, an analysis of new estimates shows, as states with more permissive abortion laws absorbed patients traveling from those with bans and access to abortion pills via telemedicine continued to expand.
NEWS: Appeals court upholds legality of abortion pill but with significant restrictions
A federal appeals court panel said on Wednesday that the abortion pill mifepristone should remain legal in the United States but with significant restrictions on patients’ access to it, setting up a showdown before the Supreme Court on the fate of the most common method of terminating pregnancies.