Nation Jun 17 Baby delivered prematurely from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia By Associated Press
Nation May 15 Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of Georgia’s abortion ban, hospital tells family A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant. By Jeff Amy, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Health Sep 18 Watch 7:03 Investigation links Georgia’s abortion ban to preventable deaths of 2 women We’re learning more about the effects of abortion restrictions enacted after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. ProPublica found at least two women in Georgia who died after being unable to get either a legal abortion or timely… By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes
World Sep 14 Watch 3:35 News Wrap: Turkish-American woman killed in West Bank buried in her hometown In our news wrap Saturday, a funeral was held in Turkey for the Turkish-American woman killed by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, Israeli airstrikes hammered central and southern Gaza, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war, a…
Nation Jul 23 Iowa judge rules state ban on most abortions to take effect Monday Iowa’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press
Jun 28 Iowa Supreme Court lifts block on state’s 6-week abortion ban By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Iowa joins more than a dozen other states with restrictive abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Continue reading
Apr 08 Trump says states should decide their own abortion laws, declines to endorse national ban By Jill Colvin, Associated Press One of the country’s most prominent groups opposed to abortion rights says it's “deeply disappointed” in Trump’s position. Continue reading
Feb 22 Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional By Todd Richmond, Associated Press The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first. Liberals hold a 4-3 majority on the Supreme Court, and one justice has repeatedly declared her support for… Continue reading
Jan 25 In states with abortion bans, rape exceptions ‘fail to provide reasonable access’ to survivors, researchers say By Laura Santhanam The resulting estimate is likely conservative, according to authors of the research letter published this week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 7:24 How abortion restrictions affect the care Wisconsin doctors can give patients By Marisa Wojcik, Wisconsin Public Television While the number of legal abortions has risen nationwide since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a recent report from a group that supports reproductive rights says there have been sharp declines in states that imposed new restrictions. PBS… Continue watching