Senators Call For An Investigation Of Alleged Mistreatment Of Pregnant Women In Immigration Detention
The letter cited “harmful and substandard conditions” for pregnant women in ICE and Border Patrol custody in response to a BuzzFeed News report.
Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Is Drawing Heat On Both Sides Of The Abortion Debate Over The Case Of An Undocumented Teen
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s dissent in the case of an undocumented teenager trying to get an abortion is either the first step to overturning Roe v. Wade or doesn't go far enough, depending on whom you ask.
Pregnant Women Say They Miscarried In Immigration Detention And Didn't Get The Care They Needed
Pregnant women in immigration detention under the Trump administration say they have been denied medical care, shackled around the stomach, and abused.
After Kennedy's Retirement, Groups On Both Sides Of The Abortion Debate Are Gearing Up To Fight Over Roe V. Wade
Planned Parenthood and Susan B. Anthony List are already planning to pour resources into the next Supreme Court fight, both casting it as a pivotal moment in the abortion debate.
The Supreme Court Just Axed Part Of A California Law That Requires Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Post Abortion Information
The case brought arguments over free speech, yet again, to the abortion debate.
The Trump Administration Is Partially Defunding Planned Parenthood
The Department of Health and Human Services is releasing a proposed rule that creates new barriers for family planning organizations that discuss or provide abortions.
Iowa’s Governor Just Signed The Most Restrictive Abortion Law In The Country. Planned Parenthood Says They’ll Sue.
Planned Parenthood told BuzzFeed News it plans to sue.
Planned Parenthood And ACLU Just Sued The Trump Administration Over Family Planning Funding
The organizations argue that new guidelines unfairly favor anti-abortion and pro-abstinence groups.
Iowa’s Legislature Just Passed The Most Restrictive Abortion Bill In The Country
If Gov. Kim Reynolds signs the bill, Iowa will become the first state to ban abortion at 6 weeks.
Republicans And Anti-Abortion Groups Are Pushing The Trump Administration To Partially Defund Planned Parenthood
The groups are demanding that the administration cut family planning funding from any organizations that refer patients for abortions or perform the procedure in the same building.
Three Courts Have Now Blocked The Trump Administration From Cutting Funding For Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
As the Trump administration makes the shift toward abstinence for teen health programs, three courts ruled that they have to keep funding Obama-era programs.
The Trump Administration Just Shifted Teen Pregnancy Programs Toward Abstinence
A new announcement compares the risk of teen sex to "drug use" or "failing to use a seatbelt."
In Closed-Door UN Meetings, Trump Administration Officials Pushed Abstinence For International Women’s Health Programs
Members of HHS, USAID, and the US Mission to the UN asked for references to contraception, abortion, and comprehensive sex education to be struck from a document on international gender equality, calling the US a "pro-life nation."
A Major Abortion Rights Group Just Sued Mississippi Over Dozens Of Abortion Laws
The mega-lawsuit comes shortly after the state’s governor signed a 15-week abortion ban, the most restrictive abortion law in the country.
The Supreme Court Won’t Hear An Anti-Abortion Activist's Case Over The Release Of Secretly Recorded Videos
SCOTUS declined to take up the case of David Daleiden — the man behind the secretly recorded anti–Planned Parenthood videos.
A Judge Just Ruled That The Trump Administration Cannot Block Undocumented Pregnant Teens From Getting Abortions
The decision, which will stay in place while a larger class-action suit moves forward, is a big win for the American Civil Liberties Union, which has been fighting a lawsuit on behalf of several undocumented pregnant teenagers who were prevented from gaining access to abortion.
New York Threatens To Sue If The Trump Administration Moves Forward With “Religious Protections” For Medical Workers
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general also wrote a comment on the Trump administration’s proposed rule, saying it threatens health care access, particularly for LGBT and poor patients, and asked for it to be withdrawn.
Texas Lost Federal Family Planning Funding Over An Anti-Abortion Law. Now They Want Trump To Give It Back.
The Obama administration stripped Texas of federal family planning funding after the state passed a law preventing federal dollars from going to abortion providers. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just asked for the money to be reinstated.
One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress Just Beat A Progressive Challenger
Rep. Dan Lipinski won the Democratic primary in Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District in a close race with a progressive challenger amid the party’s internal wrangling about whether Democrats need a litmus test on abortion.
Mississippi Passed The Most Restrictive Abortion Law In The Country, But A Court Has Just Put It On Hold
Mississippi's new 15-week abortion ban will be put on hold for 10 days, after a US district judge said it is likely to be ruled unconstitutional.