Critics of Missouri abortion law sue over referendum failure

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Thursday sued Missouri’s top election official, alleging his actions and state laws denied them the right to put one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws to a public vote. No Bans on Choice Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union sought to put the law on the... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

August 15, 2019

Public vote on new Missouri abortion law faces time crunch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates beginning Wednesday can start collecting signatures to get a public vote on a new law restricting abortions, but they say a short deadline leaves them with an “impossible task.” Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Wednesday certified a petition to put the law on the 2020 ballot.... Read More

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Abortion

August 7, 2019

Federal judge continues blocking 3 Arkansas abortion laws

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that three Arkansas abortion restrictions she temporarily blocked will remain on hold while she considers a lawsuit challenging them. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the restrictions, which include a measure prohibiting abortion 18 weeks into... Read More

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Abortion

July 31, 2019

Planned Parenthood and ACLU suing over Missouri abortion law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to stop a Missouri law that bans abortions beyond the eighth week of pregnancy from taking effect Aug. 28. Lawyers for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services of St. Louis argued in the lawsuit... Read More

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Abortion

July 24, 2019

Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions in Arkansas minutes before they were set to take effect Wednesday, including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state’s only surgical abortion clinic to close. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a 14-day temporary restraining order shortly before midnight... Read More

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Abortion, Kristine Baker

July 4, 2019

Appeals court puts Trump abortion restrictions on hold again

SEATTLE (AP) — Trump administration rules that impose additional hurdles for low-income women seeking abortions are on hold once again. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday vacated a unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel and said a slate of 11 judges will reconsider lawsuits brought by more than 20... Read More

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Abortion

June 28, 2019

Lawsuit seeks to block Georgia law that bans most abortions

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Atlanta is the latest effort by abortion providers and advocacy groups to challenge a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in conservative states. Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed the lawsuit challenging a new Georgia law... Read More

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Abortion

June 24, 2019

2020 Democrats strongly defend abortion rights at forum

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Twenty Democratic presidential candidates attending a Planned Parenthood forum on Saturday vowed to defend abortion rights under nearly any circumstance while largely ignoring nuances around the issue that have already roiled their party heading into the 2020 election. The event sponsored by Planned Parenthood Action Fund — the group’s political arm... Read More

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Abortion

June 21, 2019

Missouri faces deadline to decide on abortion clinic license

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The battle over Missouri’s only abortion clinic is back in court Friday, the deadline a judge imposed for the state to decide whether to renew the clinic’s license. Missouri’s health department allowed the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic’s abortion license to lapse effective June 1. Rulings by St. Louis Circuit Judge... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

June 6, 2019

Closing arguments set in Virginia abortion regulations trial

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal trial is coming to an end in a lawsuit challenging four Virginia abortion laws that women’s health groups say are overly restrictive and limit access to abortion in the state. The case is one of more than a dozen lawsuits filed around the country seeking to lift restrictions on... Read More

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Abortion

June 5, 2019

Hearing to consider fate of lone Missouri abortion clinic

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic is at stake in a hearing scheduled for Wednesday in St. Louis. Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer will hear testimony in a hearing on Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction that would keep open its abortion clinic in St. Louis. Missouri’s health department last... Read More

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Abortion

June 3, 2019

Q&A: Possible closure of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has at least temporarily avoided becoming the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1974, the year after the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. A St. Louis judge on Friday intervened on behalf of a Planned Parenthood clinic there that is at odds with state regulators who are... Read More

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Abortion

May 31, 2019

Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge is deciding whether to ensure Missouri’s only abortion clinic can keep its license past Friday, the latest development in a decades-long push by abortion opponents to get states to enact strict rules on the procedure. Like many states, Missouri over the years enacted a series of regulations, ranging from... Read More

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Abortion, Planned Parenthood

May 31, 2019

Louisiana’s Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative Southern states while provoking anger from members of his own party. With his signature, Gov. John Bel Edwards made Louisiana... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion

Critics of Missouri abortion law sue over referendum failure

Public vote on new Missouri abortion law faces time crunch

Federal judge continues blocking 3 Arkansas abortion laws

Planned Parenthood and ACLU suing over Missouri abortion law

Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws

Appeals court puts Trump abortion restrictions on hold again

Lawsuit seeks to block Georgia law that bans most abortions

2020 Democrats strongly defend abortion rights at forum

Missouri faces deadline to decide on abortion clinic license

Closing arguments set in Virginia abortion regulations trial

Hearing to consider fate of lone Missouri abortion clinic

Q&A: Possible closure of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic

Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case

Louisiana’s Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

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