Both sides planning for in-state fights after Supreme Court abortion ruling
The fate of the Mississippi case won’t be known for months, but based on opening arguments, Roe v. Wade appears to be in peril.
Preview of ‘a post-Roe world’ in Texas over abortion access
Texas offers a glimpse in real time of what would be a striking new national landscape if the Supreme Court drastically curtails abortion rights: GOP-led states allowing almost no access to abortion, and women traveling hundreds of miles to end their pregnancies.
The Breakdown: SCOTUS hears abortion argument
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it's likely at least 22 states would immediately move to ban abortion.
At historic Supreme Court abortion arguments, conservatives signal changes
Supreme Court justices on Wednesday are weighing whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Supreme Court braces for all-or-nothing abortion fight
The 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is facing its most serious challenge in 30 years in front of a court with a 6-3 conservative majority that's been remade by three appointees of President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court doesn't block Texas abortion law, sets hearing
The court's action leaves in place for the time being a law that clinics say has led to an 80% reduction in abortions in the nation's second-largest state.
Appeals court allows Texas abortion law to resume, stopping federal judge’s order to block its enforcement
Texas officially appealed two days after a federal judge temporarily blocked the new law.
Biden administration reverses Trump-era abortion referral ban
The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics.
On year’s anniversary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, abortion rights in limbo
On the one-year anniversary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, abortion rights are in significant peril in the U.S. after the Supreme Court was reshaped by three conservative justices appointed by former President Donald Trump.
Houston church leaders unite against new abortion law
Reproductive Freedom Congregations is a group of churches uniting against Texas's new abortion law in support of women's right to choose. Texas Right to Life, the organization which helped draft the law is defending it as helping to prevent women from making a devastating decision.
Texas doctors association says abortion ban encourages 'vigilante interference' doctor-patient relationship
The Texas Medical Association called two anti-abortion bills unconstitutional and criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for not blocking the broader law from going into effect.
Biden: SCOTUS ruling on Texas abortion ban is 'unprecedented assault' on women's rights
President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court’s decision to allow Texas’ ban on nearly all abortions “insults the rule of law.”
Clinics ask high court to block Texas 6-week abortion ban
The Texas law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in May, would ban abortion in the nation’s second-biggest state after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks of pregnancy and is before many women even know they are pregnant.
Texas lawmakers among those urging SCOTUS to overturn Roe v Wade
22 Texans joined other lawmakers from around the country in filing an amicus brief calling for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade on Thursday.
Mississippi argues Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade ruling
Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
Arkansas governor signs legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state.
Group of prosecutors says they’ll refuse to press charges for abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Dozens of elected prosecutors and attorneys general from across the country issued a joint statement saying that they will not criminalize abortion even if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned.
Justice Ginsburg's death puts Roe v. Wade on the ballot in November
If Trump is able to install his nominee in that seat, both sides agree there’s a better chance than ever that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 decision established a nationwide right to abortion — could be overturned or gutted.
More than 200 members of Congress call for Supreme Court to ‘reconsider’ Roe v. Wade
Mostly Republican members of Congress filed an amicus brief that called for the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade or even overrule it.