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.
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Georgia's "heartbeat law" is among the restrictive abortion statutes that have been put in place in many conservative states.
The Trump administration said a lawsuit involving the abortion pill mifepristone that was brought by three GOP-led states should be dismissed.
Texas lawmakers advanced a bill to change the language in the state's abortion laws in an effort to clarify when doctors are allowed to perform an abortion during a medical emergency.
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.
The bill would not only allow an abortion to save the life of the mother, but also if the woman's major bodily function would be at risk.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have filed legislation in the Texas Senate and House to clarify medical exemptions to the state's near abortion ban.
Between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions.
Paxton said that Maria "Dr. Maria" Rojas is a known midwife in Northwest Houston and was taken into custody in Waller County.
The bill represents a pivot from GOP legislators who have defended the abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny.
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.
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.
A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in a state with one of the strictest abortion bans.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Legislature should amend the language of the state's near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.
A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.
Abortion bans enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned may be driving Americans to leave restrictive states, researchers find.
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman via telemedicine.
Georgia's top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after the leak, presumably by a committee member, of information about two such deaths.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Kennedy "should be deeply concerning to millions of pro-life Americans."
Americans voted to protect abortion access in seven states, but support for those measures outpaced support for Kamala Harris, who made abortion rights central to her campaign.
Former President Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States. Here's what that could mean.
Since Texas implemented its strict abortion laws, many women facing pregnancy complications have been forced to leave the state for care.
In Texas, where strict laws ban abortion with limited exceptions, women are struggling to find quality reproductive health care. Some doctors say the state law is dangerously vague.
CBS News' Jericka Duncan spoke to Amber Thurman's family and the ProPublica reporter whose investigation found doctors waited 19 hours before performing surgery on Thurman.
A new poll shows Ted Cruz leading Colin Allred by 4 percentage points, within the margin of error.
