The Supreme Court is set to reject a challenge to emergency abortion care in Idaho, according to a report from Bloomberg. The leaked ruling suggests the court will vote 6-3 to reinstate a lower court decision that allowed abortion care to be used in emergency situations in hospital emergency rooms. Conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Neil … Read more
(NewsNation) — Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who was once one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics, could now be heading into this year’s election as his running mate. Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential short list to a handful of contenders as he prepares to announce his pick in the days before — … Read more
(NewsNation) — Two years after the Supreme Court waived the constitutional right to an abortion, more than 80% of women on probation or parole who are seeking abortions must first ask permission to travel, Prison Policy Report data found. The number of impacted women has more than doubled to 635,000 in the past two years as … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Tennessee prepares to become the second U.S. state to enact a ban against adults helping minors get an abortion without parental permission, a state Democratic lawmaker and reproductive rights activist on Monday filed a legal challenge alleging the statute is unconstitutional. The complaint filed in federal court came on the second … Read more
(NewsNation) — Researchers are blaming an increase in infant deaths in the state of Texas on the state’s abortion ban in a study released Monday. Between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths rose from 1,985 to 2,240 in Texas, according to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study. It’s a 12.9% increase in infant … Read more
Texas’ six-week abortion ban, a 2021 law whose GOP backers claimed would “protect innocent human life,” is linked to a staggering rise in infant deaths, a new study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. The study, published on the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, … Read more
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Harris said Monday that Trump “intended” for his three Supreme Court picks to overturn Roe. … Read more
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says “everything is at stake” with reproductive health rights in November’s election as the Biden campaign steps up its focus on contrasting the positions taken by Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump on the issue before their debate this week. Harris comments come as … Read more
GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are appealing portions of a federal judge’s order this month that blocked several state laws that restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed, including the requirement that only physicians can provide the drugs to patients. Lawyers for Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore filed … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas Medical Board came less than a month after the state Supreme … Read more
