A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of Donald Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.
Physicians for Reproductive Health issued a groundbreaking research brief, “Cascading Harms: How Abortion Bans Lead to Discriminatory Care Across Medical Specialties.”
Senate Republicans say they’re open to extending a pot of Affordable Care Act funds that will expire at the end of the year – but only if Democrats acquiesce to stricter abortion restrictions on insurance plans.
Now, Democrats’ commanding victories in the 2025 elections have breathed new life into the [abortion rights] fight.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs, which administers the Title X Family Planning Program, has been effectively shut down.
Pregnant women have reported bleeding, miscarriages, being shackled and other instances of medical neglect while in US immigration custody, according to a group of prominent civil rights organizations.
TThe decimation of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs — part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump to fire federal employees during the government shutdown — threatens a program that has existed for over 50 years .
The availability of abortion pills in states with bans on the procedure is facing a new challenge after Louisiana filed a lawsuit to curb mailing of the medication within its borders, claiming the process circumvents state law.
In the first two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, prosecutors in 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, new research released on Tuesday found.
Texas, Florida, and Louisiana are urging US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas to let them join Missouri v. FDA, a lawsuit by three other red states seeking to force the Food and Drug Administration to drop telemedicine access to the abortion medication mifepristone and further restrict its use.
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, on Wednesday signed into law a bill that lets people sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, distributing or mailing abortion pills to or from Texas.
Abortion politics are colliding with ongoing efforts in Congress to extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage.
The Texas state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow private citizens to sue physicians and distributors who mail abortion pills into the state.
About two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access to contraception before are now using the over-the-counter option.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down rules adopted during President Donald Trump’s first term that exempt employers with religious or moral objections from having to provide workers with insurance coverage for birth control.
President Donald Trump’s administration is calling to remove abortion coverage from the list of medical benefits for veterans and their families, saying it’s not needed.
A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that would prevent many Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements if they continue to offer abortion services.
Most Planned Parenthood clinics are now cut off from Medicaid funding, after a court ruling.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to restrict abortion pill sales in West Virginia. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, affirmed a ruling by a U.S. district judge in 2023 despite federal regulators’ approval of the abortion pill as a safe and effective medication.
Planned Parenthood won a temporary injunction on Monday that allows its clinics to continue to receive Medicaid funding for services that are unrelated to abortion.
