Tagged: reproductive health
President Donald Trump announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his pick to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court bench. As expected, the nominee is staunchly opposed to abortion. Gorsuch ruled in favor of...
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas law that shut down more than half of the state’s abortion clinics over the span of three years. It was the court’s first major ruling...
U.S. state legislatures and lower courts are moving forward on a flurry of abortion related measures, all while a potentially landmark abortion case lingers before a divided Supreme Court that remains one justice shy...
The Supreme Court today heard its first major abortion rights case in several years. At the center of the case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, is a Texas law that has reduced the number...
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This week the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider reviving what would have been the most restrictive abortion law in the country – North Dakota’s so-called “Fetal Heartbeat Law.” The law would have banned...
This week marks the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, a case that codified a woman’s right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term or to have...
The Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill Thursday night. Senate Democrats introduced a number of amendments on gun safety, all of which failed. The bill that passed included a provision that takes aim at...
During the past couple of months, Republicans and Democrats have sparred about public funding for Planned Parenthood. It’s a debate reignited after an anti-abortion group released secretly recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood employees discussing...
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley moved Thursday to de-fund Planned Parenthood via executive order, making Alabama the third state to cut off funding since the release of a series of secretly recorded videos by a...