Abortion rights

'Something needs to change.' Woman denied abortion in South Carolina challenges ban

4:43pm February 20, 2024

by Victoria Hansen

The state law has been interpreted as banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood argues the ban is vague and shouldn't apply until at least three weeks later in pregnancy.

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Access to the abortion drug mifepristone could soon be limited by the Supreme Court for the whole country. Here, a nurse practitioner works at an Illinois clinic that offers telehealth abortion.

Abortion pills that patients got via telehealth and the mail are safe, study finds

11:01am February 15, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The study looks at 6,000 patients who got abortion pills after an online appointment. It found that 99.7% of those abortions were not followed by any serious adverse events.

The Supreme Court will hear the case against the abortion pill mifepristone on March 26. It's part of a two-drug regimen with misoprostol for abortions in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Research at the heart of a federal case against the abortion pill has been retracted

5:01am February 09, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A research paper that raises questions about the safety of abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling about the abortion pill mifepristone.

Brittany Watts, center, speaks to a rally of supporters, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Warren, Ohio. A grand jury decided that Watts, who was facing criminal charges for her handling of a home miscarriage, will not be charged. Congressional Democrats are using Watts' case to call for Biden to do more on abortion rights and protection for pregnant patients.

Congressional Democrats tell Biden to do more on abortion after Ohio woman's arrest

3:11pm February 02, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

A new letter to President Biden spearheaded by the Democratic Women's Caucus references the case of Brittany Watts, an Ohio woman who faced felony charges after suffering a miscarriage last year.

Kirsten Engel, an Arizona Democrat running for U.S. House, speaks during a Women's March rally in Phoenix on Jan. 20.

Politics & Government

House Democratic candidates make abortion access top focus of '24 campaigns

5:00am January 28, 2024

by Susan Davis

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

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Vice President Harris speaks about reproductive rights on Jan. 22, 2024 in Big Bend, Wis.

Why Vice President Harris went to Wisconsin today to talk about abortion

3:04pm January 22, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

The vice president is hitting the road to talk about reproductive freedom, an issue Democrats want to highlight in the 2024 election. Her first stop marks the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade.

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Elizabeth Weller speaks at a press conference in Austin, Texas on July 19. She's one of 20 women suing the state after being denied abortions despite serious pregnancy complications.

Health & Safety

'Jane Roe' is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023

8:58am December 26, 2023

As the first full year since Roe v. Wade was overturned closes, the abortion landscape in the U.S. has changed legally, politically and medically.

Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane speaks before the Texas Supreme Court in Austin on Nov. 28. The court ruled in a different abortion case on Monday.

Health & Safety

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas

2:48pm December 13, 2023

The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.

Kate Cox and her husband were expecting their third child when they got a devastating fetal diagnosis last week. She is also having problems threatening her own health. A judge may decide if she can end her pregnancy on Thursday.

Health & Safety

Texas woman asks court's permission for abortion because of pregnancy complications

6:07pm December 06, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A woman who is pregnant and seeking an abortion is asking a judge to allow it to be performed in Texas. She has health problems, and the fetus has a condition that is almost always fatal.

When the Center for Reproductive Rights first announced the lawsuit against Texas in March, there were five patient plaintiffs. Now there are 20.

Health & Safety

Texas abortion case heard before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit

4:01pm November 28, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Dr. Dani Mathisen is one of 20 patients who say abortion bans in Texas harmed them during complicated pregnancies. Attorneys in the lawsuit will argue before the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday.

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