Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

abortion laws

Boxes of Mifepristone, the first pill in a medical abortion, are seen at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 9, 2024. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)
May 2, 2026

US court blocks mail-order access to abortion drugs, for now

A US appeals court temporarily blocked the FDA rule allowing mail-order access to abortion drug mifepristone, limiting availability nationwide.

Mylissa Farmer stands for a portrait at her home in Joplin, Missouri, on Sept. 28, 2022. In early August, Farmer had to travel to Illinois to terminate her pregnancy when her water broke at 17 weeks and 5 days and put her life in danger. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File)
May 2, 2023

Feds: Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law

WASHINGTON — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and violated federal law, a first-of-its-kind […]

Demonstrators march and gather near the Texas state Capitol in Austin following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Apr 11, 2023

Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws

Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor on Wednesday signed another law making it illegal to provide help within the state’s boundaries to minors […]

Abortion Access Maryland
Jul 1, 2022

Maryland law expanding who can perform abortion takes effect

A Maryland law taking effect Friday will enable nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants who receive special training to perform abortions, as some states seek to expand access to the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court
Jun 27, 2016

Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic regulation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down Texas‘ widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court’s biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century. The justices voted 5-3 […]