Judge temporarily blocks hospital-only abortion law in UtahA handful of abortion laws are being held up in Utah's courts, one of which would effectively shutter Planned Parenthood's abortion clinics.
Washington's new laws grant HIPAA-like protection to more health dataNew laws in the state of Washington give residents some of the broadest health-data protections in the country.
RNC chair: 2024 GOP candidates must confront abortion 'head-on'Ronna McDaniel is telling Republican candidates that they must address abortion rights if they hope to find success in upcoming elections.
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley gives abortion policy speechAmong the growing Republican presidential field, most candidates have pledged to limit abortion access.
North Dakota passes law banning nearly all abortionsNorth Dakota's governor signed a sweeping bill into law that is effectively a near-total abortion ban in the state. The law takes effect immediately.
Abortion spotlighted as 2024 GOP hopefuls pitch faith-based votersMore than half a dozen Republicans spoke to faith-based voters in Iowa this weekend.
After the high court decision, what's next for mifepristone?The Supreme Court has ruled to allow mifepristone to be prescribed as a lower court continues an appeal on its FDA approval. But what's to come?
Jonathan Adler on what the Supreme Court's abortion decision meansLaw professor Jonathan Adler helps explain the Supreme Court's latest decision on the abortion drug mifepristone.
Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristoneThere will be no changes to how the abortion pill mifepristone is prescribed while a case on its FDA approval moves through a lower court.
Supreme Court faces midnight deadline to rule on mifepristoneThe countdown is on for the Supreme Court as it faces a midnight deadline to make a key ruling on an abortion pill.
Kansas governor vetoes 2nd piece of abortion regulation legislationKansas GOP lawmakers are expected to make attempts to override both vetoes once they reconvene next week.
Supreme Court expected to rule on abortion pill restrictionsJustices are expected to issue a decision Wednesday on a Texas case that seeks to roll back the FDA's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
Doctors and patients wade through medication abortion 'chaos'Doctors and patients are in limbo when it comes to medicated abortions, with doctors not knowing what to tell people coming in for appointments.
Mississippi joins states expanding Medicaid under 'pro-life agenda'Mississippi extended postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months, the latest red state to do so after long resisting expansion.
Protesters rally outside Supreme Court amid mifepristone legal limboHere’s a breakdown of where the fight over abortion rights in the United States stands now and what comes next.
DeSantis appears to keep mum on 6-week abortion ban after signingFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 6-week abortion ban into law on Thursday, in a major political victory. The next day he made little mention of it.
Supreme Court issues temporary stay in abortion pill caseThe Supreme Court issued a stay in a case that could impact whether a popular abortion drug can still be prescribed.
Abortion ruling heads to Supreme CourtThe Biden administration wants the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling that stripped an abortion pill of FDA approval.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban into lawThe six-week ban will take effect only if the state's current 15-week ban is upheld in an ongoing legal challenge before the state Supreme Court.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to weigh in on abortion pill caseThe DOJ wants the Supreme Court weigh in on its appeal to keep an abortion pill on the market while a case about the FDA's approval is being heard.
3 facts about mifepristone ahead of ruling by 5th CircuitThe Department of Justice has appealed a decision on mifepristone onto the 5th Circuit, where its future remains unclear.
OB-GYNs explain how abortion drugs workScripps News spoke with two practicing OB-GYNs about how mifepristone and misoprostol work for medication abortion and other health conditions.
Iowa won't pay for rape victims' abortions or contraceptivesUnder the previous AG, Iowa’s victim compensation fund also paid for the “morning after” pill, as well as other treatments to prevent pregnancy.
Access to abortion pill threatened amid competing rulingsA judge halted a 20-year-old FDA approval for the abortion pill mifepristone, putting access in limbo as the court offered a week for an appeal.
Idaho bans youth gender-affirming care, certain out-of-state abortionsGov. Brad Little has signed a pair of bills, including one of the first attempts to curtail traveling out of state for an abortion.
Gov. Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan lawWhitmer's signature erasing the law eliminates the possibility the ban could be enforced in the future.
The future of abortion is on the Supreme Court ballot in WisconsinA look at Wisconsin's highly competitive election to replace a retiring justice on the state Supreme Court.
Idaho passes bill to criminalize helping minors have an abortionIf the bill is signed into law, a person who helps a minor obtain an abortion without parental consent could face up to five years in prison.
Judge blocks Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effectA Wyoming judge has temporarily halted an abortion ban in that state, days after it went into effect, making abortion legal again.
Kansas could soon approve 'born alive' abortion billThe bill being voted on says when an abortion procedure inadvertently results in a live birth, medical personnel must take steps to preserve life.
