Jul 15 Texas hospitals delaying care over violating abortion law By Associated Press The Texas Medical Association says some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban. The Dallas Morning News reports the association sent a letter this week to… Continue reading
Jul 15 House to vote on bills restoring abortion rights. But Senate odds remain unlikely By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The legislation has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet voting marks the beginning of a new era in the abortion debate as lawmakers, governors and legislatures grapple with the impact of… Continue reading
Jul 14 WATCH: Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House will vote to codify abortion rights Friday By Associated Press The bill would bar states from from imposing restrictions on abortions that could make them more difficult or costly to obtain. The legislation is not expected to get traction in the Senate. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 7:26 How Democrats are feeling about the midterm elections Less than four months until midterm elections, Democrats are facing a series of headwinds on inflation, gun violence and abortion rights. A New York Times-Siena College poll just out shows 60 percent of voters, including a quarter of Democrats, disapprove… Continue watching
Jul 13 Navigating insurance coverage for abortion can be complicated. Here’s what you should know By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Even before the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, insurance coverage for the service varied widely. Now it’s become even more complex. Continue reading
Jul 12 Louisiana judge blocks state from enforcing abortion ban By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing a near total ban on abortion, this time under a judge's order released Tuesday by a state court in the capital. Continue reading
Jul 11 Texas woman says unborn baby should count as a passenger in HOV lane By Associated Press When an officer pulled Brandy Bottone over for driving by herself in an HOV lane in Texas just days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she pointed to her pregnant belly and told him her unborn daughter now… Continue reading
Jul 11 Abortion rights to be on Michigan ballot this fall By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press Abortion rights are poised to come before Michigan voters in November after an abortion rights campaign turned in a record-breaking number of signatures Monday for a ballot initiative to the secretary of state’s office. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 5:45 How women are navigating rapidly changing rules after Roe reversal States across the country are struggling to determine whether and how to provide the most vulnerable access to abortion through Medicaid. Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Marsha Jones of The Afiya Center, a reproductive… Continue watching
Jul 08 WATCH: White House defends Biden’s response to Supreme Court abortion decision By Associated Press After Biden condemned the Supreme Court decision ending a constitutional right to abortion and signed an executive order to try to protect access to the procedure, White House aides echoed his plea for Americans to make it an election issue… Continue reading