WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake is the ease of access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year. Abortion opponents are […]
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Self-Managed Abortion Increased After Roe Was Overturned
Self-managed abortions using abortion pills increased in the six months following the Supreme Court decision that repealed federal abortion protections, new research shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday, is a groundbreaking look at how self-managed abortion using abortion pills is becoming more and more common since the […]
Supreme Court Again Confronts Abortion, This Time Over Access To Widely Used Medication
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race […]
Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The US Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug Administration overlooked serious safety problems when it made […]
Breyer Gives Cryptic Answer On Foiled Supreme Court Abortion 'Compromise'
Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly tried to salvage Roe v. Wade with a compromise opinion before the Dobbs draft leaked. Source link
How The Far Right Engineered An Assault On Medication Abortion
The Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to U.S. abortion rights two years ago, ostensibly sending it back to the states. But the campaign to dismantle abortion access continues, spurred on by a powerful network of ultraconservatives. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments in a case specially designed to give them another opportunity to erode […]
Texas Medical Panel Refuses To Help Clarify Abortion Ban Exceptions
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas medical panel on Friday rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state. The head of the Texas Medical Board also said that wider […]
Donald Trump Pushes Extreme Abortion Lies After GOP Lost On Issue In Election
Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted Thursday that “Democrats were killing babies after birth, killing babies in the ninth month” after his GOP opponents peddled similar falsehoods in the third debate. (Watch the video below.) What’s more, Trump’s comments came after Republicans faceplanted in this week’s election around abortion, with Democrats rolling […]
GOP Candidates Got Away With Fake Claims About Abortion At Their Debate (Again)
A day after Democrats and abortion rights advocates chalked up a string of electoral victories around the country, GOP presidential candidates on Wednesday night appeared to have learned nothing from their party’s losses. During the third Republican primary debate, moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News asked the five presidential hopefuls how they see their party’s […]
Jake Tapper Hits Ohio Republican With A Brutal Reminder On Abortion Votes
The CNN anchor asked the Republican for his two cents on Ohio’s passage of the ballot measure Issue 1, which allows abortion access up until fetal viability or around 24 weeks of pregnancy (with the exception of cases where a pregnant person’s health or life is at risk). Turner told Tapper that he thinks what […]