SACRAMENTO—California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined the Legislative Women’s Caucus to announce a new bill, which would allow licensed doctors in Arizona to provide abortions to their patients while temporarily practicing in California, at a press conference held at the Capitol on April 24. “If you care about women and girls and their future … this […]
The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill to remove the state’s strict abortion prohibition on April 24. The vote comes two weeks after a judge ruled that the state could enforce the 1864 legislation which contains only an exemption for cases where the mother’s life is in danger. The day of the vote, three […]
Most Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to accept Idaho’s argument on April 24 that the state’s strict abortion law does not conflict with a federal law that prevents hospitals from refusing to treat indigent emergency room patients. At the same time, liberal justices vigorously questioned whether the Idaho law is putting women in danger. The […]
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments at 10:00 a.m. ET on April 24 over the legality of Idaho’s abortion ban in medical-emergency situations in a fight between state officials and the Biden administration.
Arizona’s Republican-led House of Representatives declined to discuss a bill on April 17 that would repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban after the state Supreme Court upheld the controversial law a week prior. The lawmakers voted not to discuss the measure on the House floor after two previous attempts were also unsuccessful. The law has […]
Former President Donald Trump said his shift in position on a federal abortion ban is because the nation no longer needs one. “We don’t need it any longer because we broke Roe v. Wade, and we did something that nobody thought was possible,” President Trump said during an April 12 press conference at his Mar-a-Lago […]
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) praised former President Donald Trump and the GOP for their efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving the abortion issue to the states amid the recent Arizona Supreme Court’s decision upholding a Civil War era abortion ban. When asked about her view on the Arizona ban on almost all abortions in […]
Former President Donald Trump said on April 10 that he would not sign a federal abortion ban if one is placed on his desk as president. While in Atlanta on April 10 for a fundraiser, the former president was asked by a reporter if he would sign such a law if passed by Congress. “No,” […]
Former President Donald Trump on Monday released his official stance on abortion, saying the issue should be left to the states. Gerard Filitti, political strategist and senior counsel at The Lawfare Project, says President Trump’s stance on abortion is correct in that it agrees with the Supreme Court.
Former President Donald Trump has taken a public stance on when he believes abortions should be banned. He had previously declined to publicly disclose his position on the issue—one that could play a crucial role in the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. The former president made the announcement on Truth Social on April 8, […]
The Supreme Court appears unlikely to limit access to mifepristone, commonly known as the abortion pill. Julie Marie Blake, senior counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, the organization representing the plaintiffs opposed to the FDA’s mifepristone policies, explains how the regulator is failing to protect women’s health. Sarah Parshall Perry, senior legal fellow of The Heritage […]
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) revealed on Tuesday that a department policy to reimburse service members for leave time and travel expenses for abortion-related travel was used 12 times in a seven-month period last year after the policy went into effect. The DOD announced last February that it would grant administrative absence time and […]
What to Know About Today’s Hearing By Catherine Yang The Supreme Court appeared skeptical that the doctors group who challenged the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) loosening of regulations of the abortion pill mifepristone had the right to bring the case. Justice Neil Gorsuch pointed out that the universal injunction the group was requesting is […]
The U.S. Supreme Court will start hearing arguments against abortion drug Mifepristone beginning this week, with a decision expected in three months. The abortion pill challenge concerns mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medical abortion in the United States. Two cases have been filed—one against Danco Laboratories, which manufactures mifepristone, and the second […]
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reversed regulations that made abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain. The case, to be heard on March 26, is the Supreme Court’s most important abortion-related case since its decision in June 2022 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned […]
Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, talks to NTD’s Jack Bradley on his newly conducted poll on how would voters decide their candidates in regard to abortion issues in the upcoming election.
Politically, the states of California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, and Vermont run the gamut from very liberal to very conservative. But as of late, they have something in common. Voters in each state either approved pro-abortion ballot initiatives or rejected pro-life ballot initiatives following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 reversal of its landmark 1973 ruling […]
A Biden-Harris speech in Virginia on Tuesday about abortion rights was intercepted multiple times by hecklers shouting “Genocide Joe,” referring to the Israel-Hamas war. President Biden was targeting Republicans for restricting abortion rights, the same day people were voting for their preferred presidential candidate in New Hampshire. He and Vice President Kamala Harris held an […]
