Texas denied abortions to these women when their lives were in danger. Now they're suing the state.
Though speaking out requires them to relive losing their wanted pregnancies, four plaintiffs told The 19th they're doing it because they know they're "not the only ones like this."
Three #Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain #abortion medication
In the first lawsuit of its kind since #RoeVWade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her #pregnancy.
Trump-appointed judge overseeing abortion pill case makes hearing public after furious backlash
A controversial Trump-appointed judge in North Texas overseeing a lawsuit that seeks to abolish use of a common medication abortion drug nationwide has scheduled a Wednesday hearing, following backlash from reporters who accused him of trying to keep the trial proceedings out of the public eye, reported CNN on Monday.
Wyoming Governor #MarkGordon on Friday signed into law a bill outlawing the use or prescription of medication #AbortionPills that was passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature earlier this month.
Gordon, a Republican, signed the law as a federal judge in Texas considers ordering a nationwide ban on the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups.
A look inside the new reality for a southern Illinois abortion clinic, where more women are traveling from hundreds of miles away and seeking abortions later in pregnancy since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
A judge in #Texas ruled Friday in a much-watched case, saying that the FDA's approval of mifepristone must be blocked; his decision, he wrote, takes effect in one week, giving the Department of Justice time to appeal the decision.
But another federal judge, in #Washington state, found the opposite in a separate case concerning the drug’s approval, holding that a nationwide injunction blocking mifepristone’s distribution would be "inappropriate."
The #BidenAdministration is updating #HIPAA, the nation's main health #privacy law, to offer stronger legal protections to people who get abortions in their state or who cross state lines for the procedure, as well as their #doctors and loved ones.
Appeals court partially blocks ruling that imperils access to key abortion pill mifepristone.
The 5th Circuit panel put a hold on the part of a federal judge’s ruling that would have paused the FDA's original 2000 approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
On Friday, #SCOTUS justices granted emergency requests from the #BidenAdministration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug #mifepristone. They are appealing a lower court ruling that would roll back #FDA approval of mifepristone.
The next stop for the case is at the #NewOrleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which has set arguments in the case for May 17.
#Trump-appointed judge concealing multimillion-dollar stock holding from financial disclosures: report
The #Texas-based federal judge who ruled to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone is redacting personal wealth #disclosures in an unusual move, reported CNN on Friday.
In #Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for #abortion care
The molar pregnancy Jaci Statton had would never become a baby. It was cancerous, though.
At the last hospital she went to during her ordeal last month, Statton says staff told her and her husband that she could not get a #SurgicalAbortion until she became much sicker.
Oklahoma has 3 overlapping abortion bans, with different and sometimes contradictory definitions and exceptions.
This week, the #Ohio legislature is considering a ballot initiative that would require a supermajority (60%) of voters to approve future initiatives for them to become law. This is a blatant effort to stop a pro-abortion initiative from passing in November.
What’s more, they are hoping to hold a vote on this antidemocratic initiative in August – just months after these same lawmakers voted to end most August elections because they are so expensive and traditionally have very low turnout.
The bill’s supporters say it will battle “out-of-state special interests,” but so far the biggest backer of this antidemocratic effort is an out-of-state special interest, Illinois megadonor Richard Uihlein.
While perhaps less stringent, North Carolina’s bill has far-reaching consequences. Before its passage, many women from nearby states with more restrictive laws had traveled to the state for abortions in later stages of pregnancy.
Abortion-rights supporter Democratic Gov. #RoyCooper has pledged to veto the bill, calling it "an egregious, unacceptable attack on the women of our state."
Democratic Gov. #RoyCooper's veto of the 12-week abortion ban sets up an override vote by #Republicans, who hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.
Planned Parenthood is calling for the major reform of the federal judiciary less than a year after the fall of#RoeVWade, including expanding the Supreme Court and adding term limits.
#MatthewKacsmaryk's #AbortionPill ruling has been temporarily blocked by the Supreme Court, but the 5th Circuit Court if Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Wednesday.
Murphy's remarks come after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a case that could force mifepristone off the market nationwide, including in states where abortion is legal.
BREAKING: Twenty-seven male #SouthCarolina legislators passed a ban on abortions after six weeks Tuesday, over the objections of all five women in the state Senate—including three #Republicans.
An #Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an #Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an #abortion to a 10-year-old #rape victim from neighboring #Ohio.
Today, a South Carolina state court granted abortion providers' request to temporarily block a newly-enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474).
The ban took immediate effect on May 25, after being signed into law by Governor #HenryMcMaster. S. 474 is nearly identical to a six-week ban permanently struck down by the South Carolina Supreme Court in January.
Nevada's #JoeLombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for abortion patients.
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday against an anti-abortion group, Red Rose Rescue, alleging its members have repeatedly blocked entrances to health clinics and have "made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve."
Health care providers in #NorthCarolina file lawsuit against state over #abortion restrictions
The #ACLU brought the lawsuit on behalf of #PlannedParenthood South Atlantic and physician #BeverlyGray. The suit challenges the legitimacy of North Carolina's Senate Bill 20, which bans most abortions in the state after 12 weeks of pregnancy and which is set to go into effect on July 1. The plaintiffs are asking the court to block the bill from going into effect.
#Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate strict #abortion limits, but a new law could be coming
Abortion will remain legal in Iowa after the state's high court declined Friday to reinstate a law that would have largely banned the procedure, rebuffing #Republican Gov. #KimReynolds and, for now, keeping the conservative state from joining others with strict abortion limits.
In a rare 3-3 decision, the court upheld a 2019 district court ruling that blocked the law.
A federal judge paused Wyoming's first-in-the-nation ban on medicated #abortion pills on Thursday, citing an ongoing lawsuit over the law's constitutionality.
The ban was set to be implemented on July 1.
The law concerns two abortion pills, one of which, mifepristone, had its FDA approval challenged earlier this year. In April, #SCOTUS ruled that #mifepristone can still be distributed pending that challenge.
Federal Judge Blocks Certain Provisions In North Carolina Abortion Ban
The 12-week abortion ban will take effect, but the temporary injunction will allow patients to obtain medication abortions at early stages of their pregnancy.
#Abortion in #Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions
The new law prohibits almost all abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.
Ohio abortion ballot measure meets signature requirement for November
Ohio announced Tuesday that abortion rights advocates have met the signature requirement to place a measure on the Nov. 7 ballot that would codify abortion rights in the state constitution.
Abortion advocates sue Alabama Attorney General over prosecution threats for out-of-state travel
The Yellowhammer Fund argued Attorney General Steve Marshall's threats create an illegal chilling effect on the group's freedom of expression and have forced the group to stop operating its abortion fund due to fear of prosecution.
Alabama banned nearly all abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, even in cases of rape or incest.
A judge has ruled #Texas' #abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications
A Texas judge ruled Friday the state's abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges.
Early #voting in #Ohio is exceptionally heavy for a midsummer special election as voters decide a #Republican-pushed measure that would make it much harder to pass constitutional protections for #abortion rights.
A 13-year-old in Mississippi just became a mom after a stranger raped and impregnated her in 2022. Due to Mississippi's restrictive abortion laws, the middle schooler had no choice but to carry the traumatic pregnancy to term.
Tyler Massengill pleaded guilty to burning the Peoria, #Illinois office in February. According to investigators, on January 15, Massengill made a firebomb from what is believed to be a laundry detergent container filled with gasoline and placed it inside the office after lighting it on fire.
Massengill was ordered to pay $1.45 million for the damages in addition to being handed the prison sentence.
Backers blast approved ballot language for #Ohio's fall #abortion amendment as misleading
Key among opponents’ objections were several aspects of language developed by #Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, an abortion opponent, which they warned could prompt a legal challenge.
Among the revisions, the word "fetus" in the amendment was changed to "unborn child" in the ballot description.
Florida supreme court signals openness to abortion ban that would slash access
Five of seven justices on court were selected by Governor Ron DeSantis and decision would have ramifications across south-east
If the state's high court upholds the 15-week ban under consideration, a separate, stricter law would take effect prohibiting abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant.
#Indiana Attorney General Sues Hospital System Over Privacy Of #Ohio Girl Who Traveled For #Abortion
Indiana's A.G. has sued the state's largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion.
#Ohio Supreme Court allows 'unborn child' language to stay in #abortion ballot measure
The sharply divided court said only one element of the description is misleading and must be rewritten. The justices ruled that all other elements that were challenged, including the substitution of "unborn child" for "fetus," can remain.
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