abortion

Court rules against Trump's abortion policy for immigrant teens in government shelters

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled against the Trump administration and kept in place an order blocking a policy it described as a "blanket ban" preventing immigrant teens in government custody from getting abortions.

New Illinois law makes access to abortion a 'fundamental right'

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed sweeping protections for abortion on Wednesday in a new law that establishes access to the procedure as a "fundamental right" for women.

Congressional Democrats press to retain abortion funding ban, out of step with presidential candidates

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Top Capitol Hill Democrats are intent on preserving a four-decade ban on taxpayer-financed abortions despite calls from their party's presidential candidates to abandon it, arguing that attempts to undo the longstanding consensus will fail and won't be worth scuttling a…

Where 2020 Democrats stand on abortion

By PBS NewsHour

Democratic presidential candidates are drawing a contrast between their own views and the laws Republican-led legislatures have passed to severely restrict the procedure.

University of Alabama trustees vote to refund $26 million gift

By Blake Paterson, Associated Press

The gift was from a top donor who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state's new abortion ban.

Joe Biden reverses position on using federal dollars for abortions

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Biden said that no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.

New abortion laws are too extreme for most Americans, poll shows

By Gretchen Frazee

State legislatures pushing abortion legislation that caters to the extremes risks go against the views of most Americans, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist, which could spark a backlash against the party in the…

Trump administration ends fetal tissue research by federal scientists

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Research using fetal tissue has led to life-saving advances including development of vaccines for rubella and rabies, and drugs for the HIV virus.

Court hearing to consider fate of Missouri's only abortion clinic

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer will hear testimony in a hearing on Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction that would keep open its abortion clinic in St. Louis.

Missouri subpoenas abortion clinic doctors amid legal battle

By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press

A St. Louis judge on Tuesday is set to weigh whether physicians from the state's only abortion clinic can be forced to testify amid a legal fight over the facility's license.