Tag Archives: reproductive-rights

Donald Trump wants to implement a 16-week national abortion ban, The New York Times reported on Friday. The former president has largely avoided taking on reproductive rights during the Republican primary, although he has at times made a point to take credit for the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn …

Data broker company Near Intelligence has been accused of tracking user visits to 600 Planned Parenthood locations and handing over that data to an anti-abortion ad campaign. In a letter from Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, Wyden demanded that federal regulators …

In 2004, Degrassi: The Next Generation aired what would become their most controversial episode with “Accidents Will Happen,” which premiered in Canada in two parts on January 26 and February 9, 2004. However, the episode would not see the light of day on Degrassi’s U.S. network, The N, for another …

The Supreme Court has allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, which applies to medical emergencies. The decision arrived on Friday as a legal battle over reproductive rights rages on in the state, and is the first time the high court weighed in on Idaho’s abortion ban since the …

Jane Doe, the pseudonymous plaintiff who brought a challenge to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban on Friday, is no longer carrying a viable pregnancy, her lawyers informed the court Tuesday. No details were provided beyond the fact that Doe “learned her embryo no longer had cardiac activity” the day before. The …

The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Kate Cox, the pregnant mother who sought permission to obtain an emergency abortion,on Monday. “These laws reflect the policy choice that the Legislature has made, and the courts must respect that choice,” the court’s seven-page ruling read. The court found that Cox’s doctor, Dr. …

A pregnant woman was temporarily blocked from obtaining an emergency abortion by the Texas Supreme Court in a ruling issued Friday evening, CNN reported. The lower court’s decision was put on hold, and the Court said the case would remain pending. However, a timeline on when a full ruling would …

When I heard the news about Norman Lear’s death, I was sitting with my writing team at Abortion Access Front. We had just finished writing this social post when the notification came in on Slack: “Norman Lear died.” It hit me harder than I thought it would. All my gratitude …

Last week, Kate Cox, 20 weeks pregnant and a mother of two, received the worst news a person can get: her baby had a fatal condition known as Trisomy 18. The baby has no chance of survival, but under Texas law, there are only two options available to Cox: a …

New Hampshire is a state that puts a lot of stock in the concept of freedom. “Live Free or Die” is stamped on its license plates; it’s home to the libertarian-baiting “Free State Project”; and just a few weeks ago, the governor celebrated its ranking as the “freest state” in …