Health May 26 Indiana doctor reprimanded for speaking about abortion provided to 10-year-old rape victim By Ali Rogin, Tess Conciatori
Politics May 02 Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ private papers made open to the public A wide-ranging selection of papers that belonged to liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is opening to researchers at the Library of Congress. By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press
Politics Apr 27 North Dakota’s latest attempt at abortion ban likely to face lawsuit The state joins a handful that have passed new abortion bans this year — and several that have tweaked their abortion policy as the landscape continues to shift in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturning the… By Trisha Ahmed, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Politics Apr 10 Next abortion battlefront opens between states with clashing laws States with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states. But legal observers say there's no precedent offering guidance about what would hold up in court. By Geoff Mulvihill, John Hanna, Associated Press
Politics Apr 08 What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills? Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of U.S. abortions. Here's a look at the case and… By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press
Apr 08 Watch 6:32 Mifepristone ruling is latest in series of moves to curb abortion access By Ali Rogin, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson On Friday, a federal judge in Texas invalidated FDA approval of mifepristone, threatening access to the most common abortion pill in the country. Earlier this week, legislatures in Idaho, Kansas and Florida moved to further restrict abortion access in those… Continue watching
Mar 16 Utah bans abortion clinics in new wave of restrictions By Sam Metz, Associated Press The decision by Utah's Republican governor to sign into law a ban on abortion clinics is raising concerns about how already overburdened hospitals will accommodate becoming the only place for legal abortions in the state. Continue reading
Mar 15 Texas judge to hear arguments on drug used in medication abortions By Sean Murphy, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press A federal judge will hear arguments in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to medication abortion and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 8:43 The shifting battle over abortion rights 50 years after Roe By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade gave constitutional protection to the right to seek an abortion. But after a different Supreme Court overturned Roe last year, ending a pregnancy is now a crime in… Continue watching
Jan 22 On 50th anniversary of Roe, women’s marches draw thousands across the U.S. By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press Women’s marches demanding abortion rights drew thousands of people across the country on Sunday, the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established federal protections for the procedure. Continue reading