Dec 20 Kansas Planned Parenthood takes step toward telemedicine abortions By John Hanna, Associated Press A Planned Parenthood affiliate says it has started teleconferences with off-site doctors for patients seeking medication abortions at one of its Kansas clinics. Continue reading
Dec 06 How some state legislatures are preparing to further limit reproductive rights By Shefali Luthra, The 19th As statehouses reconvene — most for the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned — GOP lawmakers are pushing for further restrictions on abortion. Continue reading
Dec 06 Biden effort to protect abortion access hindered by strict state laws By Amanda Seitz, Colleen Long, Associated Press The Biden administration is searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women, but those efforts are bumping up against strict new state laws enacted in the months after the Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right. Continue reading
Nov 14 WATCH: Kentucky voters rejected a constitutional amendment on abortion. Here’s what that means By Casey Kuhn, Nicole Ellis Across America, midterm voters in five states had abortion rights on the ballot. In all five, voters decided to protect those rights. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 5:51 How abortion rights swayed results in the midterm election The midterm election was the first since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. Since then, 12 states have put in place total bans on the procedure and other states have enacted restrictions. That was top of… Continue watching
Oct 24 Trial over Georgia law restricting abortion to 6 weeks to begin By Associated Press A trial to determine whether Georgia can continue to ban abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy is set to begin in an Atlanta courtroom. Continue reading
Oct 19 Medical students worry about where to train as several states enact abortion restrictions By James Pollard, Associated Press Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine are facing tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access to abortion varies from state to state. Continue reading
Oct 12 Indiana Supreme Court still considering if state abortion ban violates state constitution By Tom Davies, Associated Press The Indiana Supreme Court has issued an order that prevents the state from enforcing a Republican-backed abortion ban while it considers whether the ban violates the state constitution. Continue reading
Oct 07 Judge hears arguments in challenge to Ohio abortion law By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Attorneys fighting for and against extending a stay on Ohio's near-total ban on abortions presented providers, medical scholars and ethicists at a hearing Friday. Continue reading
Sep 09 Voters in Michigan will decide whether to protect abortion this November By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Voters in Michigan will decide whether to amend the state constitution to include protections for abortion access this November following a contentious battle over including two petition-driven proposals on the ballot. What is often an ordinary administrative process resulted in… Continue reading