Congress passes contentious defense policy bill, sending it to Biden
The bill does not include language blocking the Pentagon's abortion travel policy or restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender service members and dependents.
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The bill does not include language blocking the Pentagon's abortion travel policy or restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender service members and dependents.
The Supreme Court took on two new cases Wednesday: One on the abortion pill, and the other relating to Jan. 6 and former President Donald Trump. Jan Crawford and Jessica Levinson explore the issues at stake in each case.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear two cases that could have major impacts on both abortion rights, and the prosecution of hundreds of people convicted of assaulting the Capitol on Jan. 6. One case could determine restrictions on how the abortion pill mifepristone can be obtained, even in states where abortion is legal. Jan Crawford has more.
The Supreme Court said it will take up the Biden administration's bid to maintain access to mifepristone.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in a case that could re-impose a nearly 160-year-old law banning nearly all abortions, with exceptions for the life and health of the mother. CBS News' Janet Shamlian reports.
The pregnant Texas woman who challenged the state's abortion ban has opted to leave Texas to receive the procedure. Kate Cox's decision came hours before the Texas Supreme Court ruled against her, saying she did not qualify for a medical exception to the state's near-total abortion ban. Doctors say her fetus has a fatal condition that puts her life at risk and may prevent her from getting pregnant again. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against 31-year-old Kate Cox to receive an abortion just hours after she left the state to receive the procedure. CBS News' Janet Shamlian has the latest.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Kate Cox's emergency request after she left the state. "Her health is on the line," said the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The Texas Supreme Court has paused a lower court's decision to allow Kate Cox to get an emergency abortion. CBS News' Janet Shamlian has more on why a final decision is so urgent for the 31-year-old.
The Texas Supreme Court late Friday night put a hold on a lower court ruling which would have allowed a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fatal fetal diagnosis to obtain an abortion. The all-Republican state Supreme Court issued its hold without offering an opinion. Jared Hill has details.
Kate Cox, a mother of two, said she found out last week that her unborn child suffered from what doctors say is a fatal disorder.
A Texas judge ruled Thursday she would allow a Dallas-area woman to get an emergency abortion, despite the state's near-total ban. Texas is one of several states that imposed strict limitations on the procedure in the wake of last year's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. CBS News' Janet Shamlian reports.
A Texas judge granted permission for a woman to have an abortion, despite the state's ban, in a landmark ruling Thursday following the fall of Roe v. Wade. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian explains why the judge allowed the exception. Then, Constitutional Accountability Center president Elizabeth Wydra joins to discuss the precedent the case could set.
Texas has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, and 20 women have previously sued to allow exceptions in the case of extreme pregnancy complications.
A Texas judge on Thursday granted an emergency abortion to a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a fatal genetic abnormality. The emergency order applies only to the 31-year-old mother of two and ensures her doctor will not face penalties. Janet Shamlian has details on the ruling.
The Senate approved hundreds of military promotions late Tuesday after Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville dropped his opposition despite no changes to the Pentagon's policy on abortion access for service members. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
Just last week, Kate Cox found out her unborn child has trisomy 18.
Just The Pill is an organization that offers reproductive health services to women via telehealth and a mobile clinic that its directors think will be a model for the future of this health care.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby said the job of the court is to "decide cases," and not to "elaborate and expand laws in order to make them easier to understand or enforce."
More than a third of counties in the U.S. don't have a hospital or birth center that offers obstetric care or any obstetric health care providers, one report says.
Republican presidential candidates are raking in new endorsements before the Thanksgiving holiday. Politico reporter Natalie Allison and WCBS chief political correspondent Marcia Kramer join "America Decides" to discuss the latest developments in the 2024 elections.
Voters have turned out in support of abortion rights initiatives, most recently in Ohio, but anti-abortion activists are not giving up.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are both trying to make abortion and immigration winning issues on the campaign trail. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi and Camilo Montoya-Galvez join "America Decides" to break down the candidates' comments.
Allie Phillips decided to run for office after being forced to leave Tennessee to get an abortion.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change the Pentagon's abortion policy, employing maneuvers to hold up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.