Social Movements & the Law

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.

Companies want to offer health benefits to female employees, but doing so may mean being selective about where they hire.

Experts say the Arizona lawsuit shows how civil suits could be used to intimidate providers and punish people who’ve had abortions.

Medical care in a post-Roe world includes tense legal discussions and tortured delays that are not in the best interests of patients.

The House voted Thursday to pass a bill that would guarantee access to contraception by protecting the right to buy and use contraceptives without government restriction.

After the fall of Roe vs. Wade, Jews, Muslims and others debate abortion access and religious liberty.

While issuing a powerful rallying cry, “Aftershock” hinges on humanizing the Black maternal-mortality crisis through storytelling.

Seven clergy members have filed five lawsuits in Florida contending that the state’s abortion restrictions burden their religious beliefs, speech and conduct.

Attorney General Garland has repeatedly said the Department of Justice "is going to use every tool we have to ensure reproductive freedom" and was reviewing its options.

Taxpayers in the state will be able to claim tax exemption for ‘any unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat’

Several drugs can have intended and unintended affects on pregnancies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is ordering pharmacies to keep providing them, in light of state abortion bans.

Backers say they collected more than 175,000 signatures in about two months, well short of the 356,457 that were needed. Focus will now shift to 2024.

A federal judge will decide whether a provision in a 2021 law could be used to make bring criminal charges against doctors who perform otherwise-legal abortions, including those to save the life of the mother.Attorney Jessica Sklarsky of the Center for Reproductive Rights told Judge Douglas Rayes on Friday that Arizona has long interpreted its laws against child abuse, child endangerment and assault to not apply to legal abortions.

Arizona’s largest abortion provider will not resume the procedures in Pima County even though a federal judge has blocked a fetal "personhood” law it feared could lead to criminal charges against doctors and others.

Advance Urology of South Florida has been a lot busier in recent weeks.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in Democrats' first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v.