Social Movements & the Law

Abortion rights supporters expressed relief on Friday after the US Supreme Court preserved access to a widely used abortion pill but warned of a long fight ahead as a legal challenge to the

A Texas federal judge who ruled against the government in an abortion pill case withdrew his name from a controversial law review article before his nomination to the bench.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that would ban most abortions in the state after six weeks, according to a release from the governor's office late Thursday night.

Government says restrictions on mifepristone would deny people ‘lawful access’ to drug deemed safe by US regulators.

Students at the University of Arizona are protesting at the University over graphic anti-abortion displays that went up Wednesday morning.

We look at the state of abortion access in the United States with The Nation's Amy Littlefield as the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a ruling set to take effect Saturday that effectively overrides the Food and Drug Administration's two-decade-old approval of the medication abortion pill mifepristone. Her most recent piece is headlined “A Conservative Christian Judge Rules Against Medication Abortion. How Hard Will Democrats Fight Back?”

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s constitutionality plays out in the courts.

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In the nine months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a rapidly shifting patchwork of abortion bans and restrictions has emerged.

Republican state legislators keep sending bills to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and she keeps vetoing them, including one she struck down Monday that critics say would have helped to codify fetal personhood.

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In pleadings to the high court, attorneys for McGrane said he does not agree with the decision by the state Court of Appeals that a 2022 law permitting doctors to perform the procedure through the 15th week of pregnancy trumps the older statute.

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Federal officials say they've arrested a 29-year-old Wisconsin man in connection with the May 2022 incident. They found him with the help of forensics and fast food.

Four families in Florida sued the state on Thursday over new rules prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender youth, arguing the bans violate the US Constitution and should be thrown out.

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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill banning medication abortions into law on Friday, becoming the first state to do so.

North Dakota's Supreme Court on Thursday refused to revive a strict abortion ban previously blocked by a lower court, finding that the ban runs afoul of a right under the state constitution to abortion if it is needed to preserve the mother's life or health. The ruling means that abortion remains legal in North Dakota for now.

As women continue to die due to pregnancy or childbirth each year in the United States, new federal data shows that the nation's maternal death rate rose significantly yet again in 2021, with the rates among Black women more than twice as high as those of White women.

Over the course of about four hours of arguments, a federal judge in Texas asked questions that suggested he is seriously considering undoing the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of a medication abortion drug and the agency's moves to relax the rules around its use.

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If the case succeeds, it could have sweeping repercussions — for abortion clinics and patients across the nation, as well as for the FDA's drug-approval process.

The ruling reverses a 2021 decision that previously blocked the law.

A baseless lawsuit targeting mifepristone could effectively ban the most commonly used method of abortion — very soon.

An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide an abortion on hold.

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Lawmakers want to ban abortion. Advocates are confident that Wyoming’s constitution protects access — and they’re fighting in court to prove it.

Century-old abortion bans are back in play after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Rural Arizonans will have to travel to Phoenix, Glendale or Tucson for care.