Where the 2024 Republican presidential candidates stand on abortion
The GOP field of candidates is fractured over how far into a pregnancy abortion should be prohibited and whether a federal ban is appropriate.
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The GOP field of candidates is fractured over how far into a pregnancy abortion should be prohibited and whether a federal ban is appropriate.
There is no precedent for a U.S. court overturning the approval of a drug that the FDA has deemed safe and effective.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Alexis McGill Johnson contends, "This baseless case is an active effort to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers."
The judge also declared a citizen-enforced abortion ban unconstitutional.
Due to the AG's appeal, Texas' abortion bans remain unchanged, pending a decision by the Texas Supreme Court.
"I don't feel safe to have children in Texas anymore," said one Texas woman who testified about the effect of the state's abortion law on her failed pregnancy.
In the wake of the Supreme Court's bombshell decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the landscape surrounding abortion access has shifted dramatically.
"Texas law caused me to be detained against my will for five days and treated like a criminal all during the most traumatic and heartbreaking experience I've had in my life."
The women who were told they could not end pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies or that endangered their health.
Anti-abortion groups claim the FDA's green light of mifepristone forces them into situations where they must perform elective abortions.
A 22-year-old man who shot and killed his girlfriend early Wednesday did so because of a recent abortion she had, according to his arrest warrant.
The South Carolina bill would have banned many pregnancies at conception, while the Nebraska bill would have done so at about six weeks.
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.
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.
North Texans on both sides of the abortion debate are waiting to see if the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes in a case involving a commonly used abortion pill.
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.
Almost exactly nine months after closing their Texas locations, Whole Woman's Health (WWH) has opened a brand-new clinic in New Mexico.
A federal judge in Amarillo is considering whether to restrict the sale of an abortion pill or ban it altogether.
A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments Wednesday in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to abortion medication and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators.
Abortion rights groups condemned the lawsuit, and are calling it an intimidation tactic.
The women, including two from North Texas, are asking the courts to clarify medical exceptions to the state's strict abortion ban.
The decision comes as a federal judge is set to rule on a lawsuit that seeks to restrict access to Mifepristone.
Southwestern Women's Surgery Center is closing on March 2. The clinic has provided health care and abortions since 1973.
