Missouri Senate passes legislation to defund Planned Parenthood

On Tuesday, Sen. Tracy McCreery, D-Olivette, kicked off a Democratic filibuster when she proposed an amendment to the defunding measure to safeguard access to in vitro fertilization in Missouri, ... Read More

Billions for Missouri Medicaid might depend on ending Planned Parenthood funds

Three years ago, the Missouri legislature failed to pass during its regular session a recurring special tax providing billions of dollars to the state’s Medicaid program. Read More

Missouri looks to mirror Arkansas law that forced Planned Parenthood to turn away patients

A new state law that had been working its way through the courts had just gone into effect — Planned Parenthood could no longer receive Medicaid ... funds. “The real issue for us is that ... Read More

Alabama inmate set for second-ever nitrogen gas execution sues: 'pain and disgrace'

An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state's ... prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein and at one point left him hanging vertically as he lay strapped ... Read More

New Planned Parenthood CEO says real issue is fairness, health equity

It's time for us to start focusing on what ... women to exterminate their own people." Planned Parenthood employees in red states mourned the end of Roe, especially in places like South Dakota ... Read More

LDF Sues Alabama Town Alleging Residents’ Voting Rights Were Violated For Decades

The town of Newbern, Alabama is being sued by the Legal Defense Fund over the town’s refusal to let Patrick Braxton, a Black man who won the mayorship in 2020, do the job that he earned because ... Read More

ACLU, Planned Parenthood Challenge Ohio Abortion Restrictions After Voter Referendum

ACLU, Planned Parenthood Challenge Ohio Abortion Restrictions ... member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service ... Read More

Voting rights groups sue Alabama over blocking assistance for absentee ballots

Alabama has prosecuted Black voting rights workers for assisting others in the past – convictions that were overturned on appeals, the suit notes. Sign up to First Thing Our US morning briefing ... Read More

Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state

Abortion is now banned in 14 states, while two have banned the procedure past roughly six weeks of pregnancy The US supreme court ... abortion rights is far from over. Since Roe was overturned ... Read More

US sues Apple, alleging illegal monopoly over iPhone ecosystem

The lawsuit centres around the accusation that Apple has leveraged its control over the iPhone to gain an ... denying their use to competitors. The US government has pointed out multiple instances ... Read More

US sues Apple over the iPhone

The US is suing Apple over its control of the iPhone. The Department of Justice accused the company of using it control over the device to unfairly control the market for smartphones, and take ... Read More

ACLU, Planned Parenthood challenge Ohio abortion restrictions after voter referendum

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a legal challenge ... Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit ... Read More