Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate law banning most abortions
In a rare 3-3 split decision, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a 2019 district court ruling that blocked the law.
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In a rare 3-3 split decision, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a 2019 district court ruling that blocked the law.
Facing doctor burnout, soaring medical costs and an influx of legislation targeting the LGBTQ community, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld is taking over at a difficult time.
The group that provided the pills, thinking the woman was only seven weeks pregnant, says the case shows "the desperate need" for reform of U.K. abortion laws.
Gov. Joe Lombardo, who describes himself as pro-life, has said he would respect the will of Nevada voters who codified abortion rights up to 24 weeks in a 1990 referendum vote.
A state judge on Friday temporarily halted a new South Carolina law that bans nearly all abortions after six weeks. The judge halted the law pending a review by the state's Supreme Court.
South Carolina passed a 6-week abortion ban, over the objections of the state’s only five women senators. A judge has temporarily halted the measure until the state Supreme Court can review it. The bipartisan group of women sat down with CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns in their first group interview after the vote to reflect what the ban means not just for South Carolina but women across the country.
South Carolina's new six-week abortion ban was signed into law just about 24 hours before Judge Clifton Newman halted it.
Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a complaint with Indiana's medical licensing board against Dr. Caitlin Bernard after she spoke publicly about a 10-year-old's abortion.
The law restricts most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, when most people do not know they are pregnant. It is effective immediately.
The only five women in the South Carolina Senate, who call themselves the "sister senators," sat down with CBS News to discuss their opposition to the state's six-week abortion ban.
South Carolina's Senate has voted to enact a ban on nearly all abortions after six weeks. The bill now heads to Republican Gov. Henry McMaster's desk, where he is expected to sign it into law. CBS News reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice reports from Columbia, South Carolina.
Doctors who violate it could face felony charges carrying two years imprisonment.
South Carolina is set to enact a ban on nearly all abortions after six weeks. The state's Senate passed the bill on Tuesday. It now heads to Republican Gov. Henry McMaster's desk for his signature. CBS News reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice has more on what .
The South Carolina Senate approved a bill to ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, joining other Republican-led states across the South in restricting abortion access. The governor has promised to sign the bill. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest from Columbia, South Carolina.
The abortion ban takes effect immediately.
Honduras has one of the world's strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases.
The Nebraska Legislature passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for children.
Ashley Etienne, the former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, and Leslie Sanchez, a Republican strategist, discuss Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' expected announcement he will run for president, special council John Durham's report on his investigation into the Trump-Russia probe, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's health and more political news.
A North Carolina bill banning abortion after 12 weeks became law on Tuesday after the Republican-controlled state legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the bill. The new law will take effect July 1.
The North Carolina Senate and House voted Tuesday along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill banning abortion at 12 weeks. The law goes into effect July 1. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from Raleigh.
A doctor in the Netherlands is helping women in the United States seek abortion pills and arranging for them to be shipped directly to their home. Haley Ott reports.
The Biden administration faced skepticism from a conservative appeals court in New Orleans over its defense of the FDA's 2000 approval of the widely used abortion drug mifepristone. CBS News reporter Melissa Quinn has more.
North Carolina's Republican-led legislature pushed through a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and a federal appeals court is hearing arguments in the dispute over the abortion pill mifepristone. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest from Raleigh.
Anti-abortion groups claim the FDA's green light of mifepristone forces them into situations where they must perform elective abortions.
The governor of North Carolina is railing against the state legislature's vote to override his veto of a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court in New Orleans is hearing arguments Wednesday over the legal status of the abortion pill mifepristone. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more.