Florida is just hours away from its six-week abortion ban going into effect, largely cutting off abortion as an option for the thousands of patients who’ve traveled to the state for reproductive care following the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Starting Wednesday, patients in Florida, one of the country’s most populous states, will … Read more
A coalition of 17 Republican-led states lobbed a lawsuit at a federal agency Thursday over a new policy requiring employers to give time off and other accommodations to pregnant workers who are seeking abortions. The lawsuit is being led by the attorneys general in Arkansas and Tennessee and takes aim at new regulations that the … Read more
Arizona state House Speaker Ben Toma (R) is facing a reckoning as he tries to navigate the fallout from Arizona’s Supreme Court decision enforcing an 1864 abortion ban. Since the decision last week, Toma has twice helped block House Democrats’ efforts to repeal the ban on procedural grounds. Toma is facing pressure from … Read more
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake is the ease of access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year. Abortion opponents are asking the justices … Read more
France has officially included the right to abortion in its constitution and has become the world’s first country to do so. French President Emmanuel Macron said France would not rest until the right to abortion was guaranteed in the EU’s rights charter. France Establishes Abortion As Constitutional Right; President Macron Pledges To Make It A … Read more
France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world-first welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticized by anti-abortion groups. MPs and senators overwhelmingly backed the move, by 780 votes against 72, in a special joint vote of the two houses of parliament, under the gilded ceilings of Versailles Palace, … Read more
French lawmakers meet on Monday for a final vote to include the right to abortion into the constitution, a world-first welcomed by women’s rights groups and criticized by anti-abortion groups. Abortion rights are more widely accepted in France than in the United States and many other countries, with polls showing around 80 per cent of French people … Read more
Democrats are going on offense over access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), looking to hold Republicans’ feet to the fire and force them to answer uncomfortable questions about the full impact of fetal personhood. In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, Republicans have publicly spoken up to say they fully support IVF. … Read more
The French government, lawmakers and senators had argued that the right to abortion needed full constitutional protection as it comes under threat in the US and other countries in Europe. Emily Halvorson, center, of Washington, with Planned Parenthood, joins groups of abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists.(Photo: AP) France is preparing to enshrine abortion as a constitutional … Read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) called out Alabama for its recent ruling that frozen embryos and fertilized eggs should be considered people under law, arguing it will only add what he called a “war on women.” “This is a serious threat,” Newsom said in a preview clip shared Saturday by NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to … Read more
