Veterans Affairs Department reimposing near total abortion ban

The Veterans Affairs Department is reimposing a near total ban on abortions for veterans and their families that was modified in 2022.

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North Dakota's high court restores state abortion ban

The state's Supreme Court couldn't muster the required majority to uphold a judge's ruling that struck down the state's ban last year.

• Nov 21

FDA approves another generic abortion pill

Federal health officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, prompting outrage from abortion opponents.

• Oct 2

Pope criticizes those who say they're pro-life but support death penalty

Pope Leo XIV has for the first time waded into an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.

• Oct 1

Planned Parenthood clinics in Louisiana close

Planned Parenthood is now absent in four states — Louisiana, Wyoming, Mississippi and North Dakota.

• Oct 1

Louisiana seeks arrest of California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills

Louisiana is pursuing a criminal case against an out-of-state doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to a patient in the state, court documents filed this month revealed.

• Sep 30

Kennedy says FDA is reviewing safety of abortion pill mifepristone

Conservatives have criticized the abortion medication, particularly after it became available through telehealth.

• Sep 26

Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds can be blocked for now, appeals court rules

A U.S. appeals court panel let the Trump administration block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue.

• Sep 12

Texas lawmakers pass bill that curbs mailing of abortion pills into the state

The Texas state Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that would make it easier to sue physicians and distributors who mail abortion pills into the state.

• Sep 4

Texas bill would allow lawsuits over shipping abortion pills

Republican lawmakers in Texas have opened a new front in their efforts to crack down on abortion, this time with a bill that would enable lawsuits targeting the mailing of pills.

• Aug 11

Texas overhauls anti-abortion program that spent millions with little oversight

After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas' funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers was riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.

• Jul 11

Many Missouri laws restricting abortion blocked again by state judge

A Missouri judge blocked many of its abortion restrictions, reimposing a preliminary injunction against them just a little over a month after the state's highest court had lifted a previous hold.

• Jul 4

U.K. parliament poised to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales

British lawmakers vote decisively in favor of decriminalizing abortion in England and Wales, to prevent women from being punished under a law on the books since 1861.

• Jun 18

Montana Supreme Court says several state abortion curbs are unconstitutional

Montana's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional several laws restricting abortion access​, including a ban beyond 20 weeks of gestation.

• Jun 11

FDA to review abortion pill mifepristone for safety. Here's what to know.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone​," but experts say concerns about the abortion pill's safety are misguided.

• Jun 5

Abortions stopped in Missouri again in wake of State Supreme Court ruling

Planned Parenthood halted abortions​ in Missouri after the state's top court ordered new rulings in the tumultuous legal saga over a ban that voters struck down last November.

• May 28

Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban, family says

Georgia's "heartbeat law" ​is among the restrictive abortion statutes that have been put in place in many conservative states.

• May 16

Missouri lawmakers seek to repeal abortion-rights amendment approved by voters

Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment​, Republican state lawmakers seek to repeal it and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape and incest.

• May 14

Trump administration urges judge to toss states' lawsuit over abortion pill

The Trump administration said a lawsuit involving the abortion pill mifepristone that was brought by three GOP-led states should be dismissed.

• May 5

Judge sides with Catholic employers on worker's abortions, fertility care

More than 9,000 Catholic employers don't need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions​ and fertility treatments under a ruling by a federal judge in North Dakota.

• Apr 17

Fewer women left their states to get abortions in 2024, survey finds

Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a Guttmacher Institute survey has found. The number of abortions in clinics rose slightly, the survey shows.

• Apr 15

U.K. anti-abortion activist convicted of breaching ban on clinic protests

A British anti-abortion rights activist whose case caught the Trump administration's attention has been fined for breaching a "buffer zone" law.

• Apr 4

Texas midwife, assistant arrested for providing illegal abortions, state AG says

Paxton said that Maria "Dr. Maria" Rojas is a known midwife in Northwest Houston and was taken into custody in Waller County.

• Mar 18

Trump administration expected to seek to let Idaho enforce strict abortion ban

The Trump administration has signaled it will move in court to let Idaho enforce its strict abortion ban​, a dramatic reversal from the Biden administration's stand.

• Mar 5

Texas judge fines N.Y. doctor for prescribing abortion pills to Texas woman

A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas.

• Feb 14

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