Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark Supreme Courtruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled correctly when he blocked the... Read More

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December 13, 2019

Suspect in Planned Parenthood shooting to appear in court

DENVER (AP) — A man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015 is set to appear in U.S. District Court on Friday on new charges that were filed after his murder case in state court stalled. Ahead of the hearing in Denver, federal prosecutors filed a request for... Read More

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Robert Lewis Dear

December 10, 2019

Missouri, Planned Parenthood head to court over funding

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Government funding for Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics is at stake in a lawsuit set to be argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. State attorneys are asking Supreme Court judges to back the Republican-led Legislature’s decision to block funding from Planned Parenthood. The Attorney General’s Office appealed to the... Read More

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December 9, 2019

Alabama doesn’t appeal injunction blocking abortion ban

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s near-total abortion ban will remain blocked by a federal judge as a lawsuit over the ban plays out in court. Alabama did not appeal the court injunction that blocked the state’s near-total abortion ban from taking effect last month, according to the attorney general’s office. The state has previously acknowledged... Read More

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November 18, 2019

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury found Friday that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and is liable for violating federal and state laws. The jury ordered him, the Center for Medical Progress and other parties to pay nearly $2.3 million in damages. The jury awarded $1 million in... Read More

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November 11, 2019

Oklahoma abortion clinic takes on ‘physicians only’ laws

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City abortion clinic filed a lawsuit Friday challenging longstanding state laws that allow only physicians to perform abortions in Oklahoma, marking the sixth time in five years that the state’s abortion restrictions have ended up in court. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the Trust Women clinic,... Read More

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November 5, 2019

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks abortion law

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure. The high court acted Monday after an Oklahoma abortion clinic appealed a lower court judge’s decision to uphold a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure. The Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic requested the temporary injunction to put the... Read More

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October 31, 2019

Doctor at Missouri abortion clinic defends patient care

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The top doctor at Missouri’s sole abortion clinic on Wednesday defended its handling of four patients who faced complications — women whose care has been cited by the state as it seeks to revoke the clinic’s license. The testimony from Dr. Colleen McNicholas at a hearing that could determine the St.... Read More

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Dr. Colleen McNicholas

October 28, 2019

Hearing begins on fate of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic is at stake starting Monday, when a member of the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission will begin hearing arguments over whether the clinic can keep its abortion license. The hearing at a downtown St. Louis state office building is expected to last five days. Missouri... Read More

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October 24, 2019

Oklahoma judge blocks new abortion law from taking effect

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a new law that would allow doctors who perform medication abortions to face felony charges for not informing women about the possibility of reversing the process. Oklahoma County District Judge Don Andrews issued a temporary injunction that prevents the law from taking effect Nov.... Read More

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Abortion

October 15, 2019

Suit challenges speech rules at Mississippi abortion clinic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Abortion opponents in Mississippi have filed a lawsuit challenging a local ordinance that will restrict noise levels and require protesters to remain a certain distance from the entrance of health care facilities. The lawsuit says the Jackson ordinance unconstitutionally limits free-speech rights as people try to persuade women not to end... Read More

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October 7, 2019

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban going to US appeals judges

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three judges from a conservative federal appeals court are set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. After Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the law in 2018, the state’s only abortion clinic immediately sued and U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves blocked... Read More

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October 2, 2019

Kansas conservatives push to undo abortion rights ruling

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas conservatives are trying to overturn a state Supreme Court decision that protects abortion rights and threatens years’ worth of Republican-enacted restrictions, guaranteeing an election-year fight over amending the state constitution. A legislative study committee opened two days of hearings Tuesday on a ruling in April by the state’s highest court... Read More

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September 27, 2019

Tennessee’s abortion waiting period trial goes to judge

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge will have to decide which experts to believe in a trial over Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period law for abortions. Over the course of a four-day trial in Nashville that concluded Thursday, the state tried to show that the law, which requires women to make two separate trips to... Read More

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Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

Suspect in Planned Parenthood shooting to appear in court

Missouri, Planned Parenthood head to court over funding

Alabama doesn’t appeal injunction blocking abortion ban

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

Oklahoma abortion clinic takes on ‘physicians only’ laws

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks abortion law

Doctor at Missouri abortion clinic defends patient care

Hearing begins on fate of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic

Oklahoma judge blocks new abortion law from taking effect

Suit challenges speech rules at Mississippi abortion clinic

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban going to US appeals judges

Kansas conservatives push to undo abortion rights ruling

Tennessee’s abortion waiting period trial goes to judge

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