In June 2022 the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, known as the Roe v Wade ruling, leaving the decision to individual states. As a result, 14 of the 50 US states banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy with very limited exceptions. Four have banned it pa...
The Supreme Court ruling last week effectively splits the availability of abortion care across the nation. The procedure issoon to be bannedin about half of U.S. states and protected in the other half. Shortly after the decision on Friday, abortion clinics in states such as Alabama, Texas a...
Predicts that the the abortion pill (RU-486) will be available commercially in the United States within two years. Licensing agreement currently being negotiated by French maker Roussel Uclaf with the New York-based Population Council; `U.S. News' poll which reveals a nation divided over the ...
US Supreme Court decision, explained Norma McCorvey, using the pseudonym "Jane Roe," undertook a legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in 1973 that legalized abortion nationwide.If the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning the landmark 1...
Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which had made pre-viability abortion legal. While other states have sought to ban or limit abortion, New York has kept intact its expansive laws allowing abortion. Unlike voters in states where abortion rights have been banned ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A measure undoing Missouri’s near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws sinc
Harris' views have been consistent, she links the issue of abortion to the larger problems in the U.S. with maternal mortality and morbidity.
Against that backdrop, the concurring opinion by Justice Kavanaugh was particularly important because he appears to be the median judge on abortion issues — meaning he controls the fifth vote that decides which side to make into a majority in a closely divided case. ...
Doctors should be able "to prescribe the medication, just like you can get other medications prescribed," she said. Roadblocks in some states Abortion medication drugs may not legally be sold in states that have banned their sale, or where other laws restrict their availability, experts said. ...
David Hoppe, the president of Gen Con, one of the largest gaming conventions in the US, said last week that if the abortion ban was enacted it would make it more difficult for the convention to remain committed to Indiana as its long-term annual home. ...