Police: Texas man killed girlfriend after she traveled for an abortion
The suspect shot and killed his girlfriend after learning that she had traveled to Colorado to have an abortion, police said.
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The suspect shot and killed his girlfriend after learning that she had traveled to Colorado to have an abortion, police said.
"They've dressed this up as a 12-week abortion ban, but it's really not," the Democratic governor told "Face the Nation."
North Carolina state law currently bans almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Starting July 1, the ban would be reduced to 12 weeks.
A Utah judge ruled that the state law banning abortion clinics cannot take effect this week as scheduled, while the court deliberates over a lawsuit challenging the ban.
GOP state lawmakers in Ohio move ahead with plan for bill to hold special election on raising threshold for passing constitutional amendments from simple majority to 60%.
President Biden and Vice President Harris have signaled they'll put abortion access at the forefront of their reelection bid.
North Dakota's Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed legislation banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy.
The Supreme Court on Friday preserved access to the abortion drug mifepristone while lower court proceedings continue.
The decision from the Supreme Court blocks lower court orders that would have restricted the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
Lawmakers said they want people to know they "should be free" and they are "welcome and safe" in Minnesota.
Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary order last week preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone that was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
Many women feel access to reproductive health care is getting harder, not easier.
Limits on how late into a pregnancy the drug can be taken, who can prescribe it and how it can be dispensed were set to take effect Saturday at 1 a.m.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement the Justice Department "strongly disagrees" with the decision from an appeals court.
Under the law, anyone performing an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy could be charged with a third-degree felony.
The court maintained access to mifepristone for the time being but is only letting it be dispensed after a doctor's office visit, not by mail, and up to seven weeks into a pregnancy, not 10.
The rulings from federal judges in Texas and Washington were issues less than 20 minutes apart, the Justice Department said.
California secured about two million pills, while Massachusetts purchased about 15,000.
Xavier Becerra, President Biden's health secretary, did not rule out defying a Texas judge's order if necessary.
The FDA approved mifepristone more than 20 years ago.
A conviction for the "crime of abortion trafficking" comes with a minimum sentence of two years in state prison.
It's the first of its kind in the nation and covers cases where parents haven't given their consent. Among other things it seeks to restrict travel by creating the crime of "abortion trafficking."
The message "If abortions aren't safe then you aren't either" was spray-painted on the building's exterior.
A new Maryland abortion provider is opening close to conservative West Virginia, where the state recently passed a near-total abortion ban.
Her decision puts the ban on hold as it's fought in her court. She didn't weigh in on the state's first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills, due to take effect July 1 but also being challenged in her court.