The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday issued an emergency injunction to block enforcement of a new Arizona abortion regulation that will ban abortions after 20...
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A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Monday declined to block enforcement of a new Arizona abortion regulation that will ban abortions after 20 weeks unless...
Advocacy group appeals Oklahoma 'personhood' case to Supreme Court
An anti-abortion group appealed to the US Supreme Court on Monday in an attempt to reinstate an Oklahoma ballot initiative to establish legal rights for embryos. Personhood USA had originally tried to gather enough petition...
Federal appeals court upholds mandatory suicide advisory for abortions
An 11-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday upheld part of a South Dakota abortion law that requires doctors to inform women seeking abortions that...
Reproductive rights group releases report detailing 2012 abortion laws
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) released its annual mid-year report summarizing some of the trends observed in 2012 in the ongoing US reproductive rights controversy and highlighting some of what the CRR considers the...
Planned Parenthood Arizona sues state officials to block new law restricting funding
Planned Parenthood Arizona (PPA) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona Monday against Arizona state officials to enjoin enforcement of a new state law that would block funding for...
Federal judge allows more time for abortion clinic to comply with new law
The US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Friday ordered that the state's new abortion law could take effect, but ordered that the state not prosecute the plaintiff, Jackson Women's Health...
Decade of abortion laws unevenly restricting reproductive rights: report
The Guttmacher Institute released a study on Thursday detailing how the enactment of numerous anti-abortion laws over the past decade has affected the reproductive rights of American women and created discrepancies among states. The report...
Missouri governor vetoes bill banning mandatory birth control coverage
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have prohibited mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for anyone with ethical or religious objections. Nixon explained that while he...
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging an Arizona law that prohibits abortions after 20 weeks into a...