COLUMBUS, Ohio — A judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortions as a suit challenging the law’s constitutionality proceeds. The two-week restraining order was granted by a Hamilton County judge late Tuesday ...

Tagged with: abortion telemedicine

The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to dismiss a Trump-era appeal of a Baltimore-supported decision that struck down a federal rule barring taxpayer-funded pregnancy clinics from referring women for abortions. The high court last month had ...

Tagged with: abortion Department of Health and Human Services doctor-patient privilege Title X

Over Baltimore’s objection, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the legality of a federal rule barring taxpayer-funded pregnancy clinics from referring women for abortions. In a brief order, the justices said they will review a 4th U.S. ...

Tagged with: abortion Affordable Care Act doctor-patient privilege Title X

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Opponents of abortion joined with some of South Carolina’s most powerful Republican politicians to mark what they think may be the end of a long fight to pass a bill that would ban almost all abortions in ...

Tagged with: abortion

Citing Joe Biden’s presidential election victory, counsel for Baltimore this month urged the U.S. Supreme Court in vain to extend until after Inauguration Day the city’s deadline for responding to President Donald Trump’s request that the justices review and reinstate ...

Tagged with: abortion Affordable Care Act doctor-patient privilege Title X

Seeking to overturn a legal victory for Baltimore, the Trump administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reinstate a federal rule that bars taxpayer-funded pregnancy clinics from referring women for abortions. In papers filed with the ...

Tagged with: abortion Affordable Care Act doctor-patient privilege Title X

WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest doctors’ group on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strike down a Trump administration rule that’s had a far-reaching impact on family planning by prohibiting taxpayer-funded clinics from referring women for abortions. The American Medical ...

Tagged with: abortion

A federal appeals court on Thursday permanently blocked the Trump administration’s rules preventing doctors and other medical providers who receive government funding from referring patients for abortion services. In its divided ruling, which applies statewide in Maryland, the full U.S. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals abortion Planned Parenthood

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions in Arkansas minutes before they were set to take effect Wednesday, including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state’s only surgical abortion clinic to close. ...

Tagged with: abortion Planned Parenthood roe v. wade U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker

The federal government appealed a Maryland judge’s recent injunction blocking the implementation of changes to the Title X program and is seeking a stay while the appeal is pending. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett became the ...

Tagged with: abortion Title X U.S. District Court in Baltimore