Tag Archives: abortion-rights

A federal appeals court has upheld some restrictions on access to the abortion medication mifepristone, while still allowing it to remain available, CNN reports. The government and mifepristone’s manufacturer will likely appeal the ruling, setting up another major abortion rights showdown in the Supreme Court following its decision to overturn …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is claiming he misunderstood a question on Sunday when he announced his support for a ban on abortion after three months. In an interview, he had said he would sign a federal ban on abortions after three months of pregnancy if elected president, a stance that …

Ohio residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a GOP effort that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution. The hastily-called special election took place ahead of a November vote on whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. Abortion is currently legal up to …

Kierre Morgan has had an abortion, but it was the abortion she didn’t have that transformed her into an activist. She was 17 and in denial, at first, about being pregnant at all. Under Ohio law, she needed permission to terminate her pregnancy, and — after considering whether she could …

A controversial Indiana law once championed by Mike Pence could end up protecting abortion access in the state if a lawsuit filed by the ACLU is successful. Last week, a superior court judge granted class action status to a suit seeking to strike down the state’s near-total ban on abortion …

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is obstructing an effort to enshrine reproductive rights in the state’s constitution, claiming legalizing abortion could cost the state “as much as $51 billion dollars” — a figure that is roughly equivalent to the state’s entire budget this year. The Republican made the outrageous claim …

North Carolina is poised to become the next Southern state to dramatically restrict abortion access. On Thursday, the state Senate adopted a motion that will ban most pregnancy terminations after 12 weeks. The fast-tracked legislation, which passed North Carolina’s House of Representatives on Wednesday night, was made public less than …

Vice President Kamala Harris visited The Jennifer Hudson Show for Thursday’s episode, where she discussed the need for gun control, abortion rights, and more. On the rash of gun violence in America in recent weeks, Harris told Hudson — who had her own tragic experience with a mass shooting — …

A federal district court judge in Texas has issued an injunction suspending distribution of mifepristone — a critical component in the two-step abortion pill regimen — nationwide. It’s hard to overstate the magnitude of the order, which could make the drug used in most abortions in America unavailable to women …

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Tallahassee, Florida — a state whose leaders are discussing changing the timeline for abortions to 12 weeks of pregnancy from 15 and impeding the distribution of abortion pills — on Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The landmark 1973 decision …