abortion
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On Friday, Kansas’ highest court permanently blocked the state from enforcing a law that banned the most common second-trimester abortion procedure. The court ruled that the ban violated the right to abortion under the state constitution, a right the court had recognized in 2019. In a 5-1 ruling, the Kansas Supreme Court, with one justice…
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On Friday, Texas’ highest court refused to ensure that doctors in the state won’t face prosecution for performing abortions they deem necessary in medically complicated pregnancies. The court rejected a lawsuit filed by 22 patients and physicians. This decision follows an earlier ruling denying a woman’s request for an emergency abortion of a non-viable pregnancy.…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers. The lawsuit alleges that they have been misleading and potentially endangering women by falsely claiming to offer a treatment that can reverse the effects of the abortion pill mifepristone. James sought legal action in…
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A Texas man is actively seeking a court order to depose a woman he had been dating, alleging that she traveled to Colorado to undergo an abortion. Collin Davis, a resident of Brazos County, initiated legal action in March, stating that he retained an attorney the day after learning of the woman’s intention to terminate…
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Since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022, which effectively nullified the constitutional right to abortion nationwide, nearly two dozen states have implemented bans or restrictions on access to the procedure. The repercussions of these measures are now becoming apparent, with states facing higher rates of maternal…
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On Monday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declared that employers who refuse to use transgender workers’ preferred pronouns and prevent them from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity are engaging in unlawful workplace harassment under federal anti-discrimination law. This update marks the first revision of the commission’s enforcement guidance on workplace harassment in…
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Supreme Court justices, diving back into the battle over abortion access, seemed divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho’s strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law ensuring that patients can receive emergency care. The justices listened to arguments in an appeal by Idaho officials of a lower court’s ruling that found the 1986…
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State Representative Delisha Boyd of Louisiana is pushing for changes in the state’s abortion laws, drawing from her own family’s painful history. Boyd’s mother, who was raped at 15 and became pregnant with Boyd, struggled with limited options due to abortion being illegal at the time. Boyd’s advocacy aims to prevent similar situations for young…
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It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump feared the story, which he says is false, would cost him votes. So, prosecutors say, he arranged to pay Stormy Daniels to…
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Lizelle Gonzalez, a Texas woman who faced murder charges for self-managing an abortion, has taken legal action against the prosecutors responsible for her arrest. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Thursday, targets the district attorney’s office in Starr County, situated along the U.S.-Mexico border, for initiating the criminal case, which was later dropped. Gonzalez’s…
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