Lizelle Gonzalez is suing the Texas prosecutors who charged her criminally after abortion

Doctors found the fetal heartbeat had stopped, and the abortion ... prison, more than $100,000 in fines, and the loss of their medical license. Cybele Mayes-Osterman is a breaking news reporter ... Read More

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned ... Read More

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade less than two years ago, seemed skeptical about the Biden administration's contention in arguments Wednesday that ... Read More

Abortion News

By Pam Belluck and Emma G. Fitzsimmons The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President ... Read More

Texas woman charged with murder for self-induced abortion sues Starr County district attorney

An investigation by the State Bar of Texas found that Ramirez “sought ... the lawsuit says. “Because the charges stemmed from abortion – a hot button political agenda – the dismissal ... Read More

Lawsuit against county dismissed

Apr. 9—A former deputy with the Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office had a lawsuit against Nez Perce County officials dismissed because of inaction and missed deadlines. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn ... Read More

Arizona reinstates 160-year-old abortion ban

The 1864 law carries a sentence of two to five years in prison ... ban on abortion — they signed an amicus brief affirming that very fact,” said Burch. “This moment must not slow us down.” ... Read More

The Endgame in the Battle Over Abortion

In the 19th century, the first crusade to criminalize abortion was led by physicians in the American Medical Association. And when they sought to impose abortion bans early as well as later in ... Read More

Abortion becomes key issue in US presidential race

Decisions by Florida’s high court this week opened the way for both tighter restrictions on abortion and the ability of Florida voters to decide this November whether to undo those restrictions. Read More

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

“This moment must not slow us down ... emotional harms of abortion,” the group said in a statement. Nearly every state ban on abortions has been challenged with a lawsuit. Read More

Lawsuit against county dismissed

Apr. 9—A former deputy with the Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office had a lawsuit against Nez Perce County officials dismissed because of inaction and missed deadlines. U.S. District Court Judge B. Read More