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 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 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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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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Abortion

September 26, 2019

Witnesses clash in Tennessee abortion wait period trial

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Expert witnesses on Wednesday presented dueling views of whether Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period before abortion helps or hinders women’s decision making. Five of Tennessee’s seven abortion clinics are suing in federal court in Nashville over the law, which requires women to make two separate trips to an abortion clinic, first for... Read More

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September 18, 2019

Number of abortions in US falls to lowest since 1973

NEW YORK (AP) — The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, counted 862,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2017.... Read More

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September 11, 2019

Judge blocks North Dakota’s medication abortion reversal law

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota on Tuesday blocked a state law enacted earlier this year that required physicians to tell women they may reverse a so-called medication abortion if they have second thoughts. North Dakota is among eight states to pass or amend laws requiring doctors to tell women undergoing... Read More

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Abortion

September 10, 2019

South Carolina holds hearing on heartbeat abortion ban

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A small group of state senators are holding a hearing over whether South Carolina should follow the lead of other states and ban nearly all abortions . The bill banning almost all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected around six weeks into pregnancy easily passed the South Carolina House earlier... Read More

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September 6, 2019

Women facing restrictions seek abortions out of state

ATLANTA (AP) — At a routine ultrasound when she was five months pregnant, Hevan Lunsford began to panic when the technician took longer than normal, then told her she would need to see a specialist. Lunsford, a nurse in Alabama, knew it was serious and begged for an appointment the next day. That’s when the... Read More

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Missouri, Planned Parenthood head to court over funding

Alabama doesn’t appeal injunction blocking abortion ban

Oklahoma abortion clinic takes on ‘physicians only’ laws

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks abortion law

Hearing begins on fate of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic

Oklahoma judge blocks new abortion law from taking effect

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

Witnesses clash in Tennessee abortion wait period trial

Number of abortions in US falls to lowest since 1973

Judge blocks North Dakota’s medication abortion reversal law

South Carolina holds hearing on heartbeat abortion ban

Women facing restrictions seek abortions out of state

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