Florida House Passes Bill To Limit Type Of Abortion
A bill to outlaw a type of second-trimester abortion in Florida has passed the state's House.
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A bill to outlaw a type of second-trimester abortion in Florida has passed the state's House.
A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner's consent before a woman could get an abortion.
A Tallahassee judge gave Florida officials more time to present their defense of a two-year old law requiring women to wait 24 hours before receiving an abortion, but seemed skeptical that the state would convince him to keep the law on the books.
A Tallahassee judge will hold a hearing Wednesday on a request by opponents of the abortion waiting period.
A Texas lawmaker is trying to make a point about legislation that restricts women's access to healthcare and abortions by proposing men get fined $100 when they masturbate.
A heckler dunned Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio for not attending town hall meetings organized by citizens.
Reproductive rights were at the forefront at a rally at Florida International University Wednesday afternoon.
Legislation moving through the state House would make it easier for women who have had abortions to sue their doctors.
The Florida Supreme Court has blocked a 2015 law that would have required women to wait 24 hours before having abortions.
Anti-abortion activists emboldened by the new administration of President Donald Trump staged rallies around the country Saturday calling for the federal government to cut off payments to Planned Parenthood, but in some cities counter-protests dwarfed the demonstrations.
Vice President Mike Pence addressed thousands attending an annual March for Life rally calling for an end to taxpayer-funded abortions - something that's a high priority for the Trump administration.
A federal judge hammered an attorney representing the state during a contentious hearing on an abortion law.
More restrictive laws in some states and the availability of affordable, long-lasting contraceptives are two factors credited with dropping the abortion rate in America to its lowest level since 1974.
A Republican congressman from Sarasota has filed a bill which would ban abortions after 20 weeks.
It is now up to a federal judge to decide if to block additional parts of a contentious Florida abortion law.
A state appeals court has rejected a minor's attempt to get an abortion without her parents being notified.
- Pope Francis is now allowing all priests to absolve what they consider to be the "grave sin" of abortion.
The Trump administration is taking shape less than a week after election day among those is the topic of the future of abortion in the United States.
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction against a new Florida abortion law.
A controversial topic that has made its way to Florida lawmakers is back in the news.
Trying to move forward with a requirement that women wait 24 hours before having abortions, Attorney General Pam Bondi's office has filed a brief at the Florida Supreme Court saying such a waiting period "does not significantly burden the right to privacy."
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's office has filed a document disputing Planned Parenthood's arguments that new abortion restrictions are unconstitutional.
Siding with Planned Parenthood, a federal judge late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction against two parts of a controversial new Florida abortion law.
A federal judge seemed skeptical Wednesday about a sweeping new Florida abortion law being challenged by Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Attorneys for Planned Parenthood will go before a federal judge Wednesday to ask that he stop a new law that places restrictions on abortion clinics which goes into effect July 1st.
