Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Ten judges with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis heard arguments over a judge's ruling last year that struck down the ban as unconstitutional. The 2021 law would prohibit doctors ... Read More

Health News

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Kentucky Abortion Law

A federal judge in Kentucky struck down a state law Friday barring abortions after 15 weeks of ... In court papers, attorneys for Kentucky Health Secretary Adam Meier, the named defendant, argued that ... Read More

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Mississippi’s 6-Week Abortion Ban

If a ban on abortion after 15 weeks is unconstitutional ... is the first appellate court ruling handed down in challenges from laws passed in nine conservative-leaning states in 2019, including ... Read More

Abortion News

Trump to the state’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect on Wednesday ... By Jack Healy and Elizabeth Dias The court’s ruling could extend to at least half a dozen other states that ... Read More

One Florida abortion clinic confronts a new six-week ban with a last-minute push and long-term plans

Mikenzie Buchanan scooped up an armful of clipboards piled behind the front desk at A Women’s Choice, an abortion clinic here; It was almost too many to hold. On each clipboard, behind a blue cover to ... Read More

Appeals court strikes down W.Va. transgender athlete ban

The U.S. Court of Appeals ... s emergency appeal of an appellate court’s decision to block the state from enforcing an anti-transgender youth sports ban against a 12-year-old transgender girl. Read More

Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care

Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care ... Read More

Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

LOUIS (AP) — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas' first ... judge's ruling last year that struck down the ban as unconstitutional. Read More