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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Thursday became the first Australian jurisdiction to guarantee free abortion care. The new policy allows women living in the ACT to obtain abortion up to 16 weeks gestation. The ACT government noted that cost was a significant barrier to safe and legal abortions in the state. In a press release, [...]

A US federal judge in Texas Thursday ruled that private health insurance companies are not required to cover contraceptives, STD screenings or HIV prevention treatment (pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP). The court held that the preventative care minimum of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) violated the claimant’s rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This [...]

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Friday signed a bill which bans abortion pills in Wyoming and allowed a separate measure with further abortion restrictions to be passed without his signature. The abortion pills (misoprostol and mifepristone) are already fully banned in 13 states, and 15 states have restricted access and production of abortion pills. The bill makes [...]

The Ohio Ballot Board Monday voted to move forward with a proposed ballot measure enshrining abortion rights in the state’s constitution. The measure would amend Article I of the Ohio Constitution by adding a section called, “The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety.” Now, abortion rights activists who are working to [...]

Marisa Wright is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School.   Anti-choicers are continuing their march toward near-total control over reproductive health in the United States. Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade last June, anti-abortion proponents have turned their attention to trying to ban medication abortion and even birth [...]

The Attorney General of Texas Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over federal guidance informing pharmacies that refusing to fill prescriptions for abortion medication breaks federal civil rights law. The complaint argues that the guidance was procedurally invalid and violates federal law, saying “the question of abortion is up to the people’s elected [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday announced it will change label information on emergency contraceptive Plan B One Step to accurately reflect that the drug is not an abortifacient. Based on updated clinical data, the FDA determined: Plan B One-Step will not work if a person is already pregnant, meaning it will not [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Tuesday that a program providing contraceptives to teenagers without prior parental consent violates the constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children. The lawsuit was brought by a plaintiff who argued that the Title X program violated his [...]

Legal counsel for the US Supreme Court Monday defended Justice Samuel Alito and his wife from allegations of outside influence raised by members of Congress. In a November 20 letter, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Henry Johnson (D-GA) questioned whether Alito was in any way influenced by or gave advance notice to a right-wing [...]

Reverand Rob Schenck, a former prominent anti-abortion leader, told Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that he was informed of the outcome of the 2014 Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby weeks before the decision was disclosed to the public. The New York Times published a letter from Schenck to Roberts on Saturday. In [...]