Associated Press, April 19, 2024 Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal. The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide. Read More

New York Times, April 24, 2024 Supreme Court justices seemed divided Wednesday over a case looking at whether Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion is so strict that it violates a federal law requiring emergency care for any patient, including providing abortions for pregnant women in dire situations. A ruling could reverberate beyond Idaho, to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans. A decision is expected late June. Read More

New York Times, April 9, 2024 The state's highest court said an1864 law banning abortions, moribund for decades under Roe v. Wade, was now enforceable, but it put its decision on hold for a lower court to hear other challenges to the law. Abortion providers said they expected to continue performing abortions through May as their lawyers and Democratic lawmakers searched for new legal arguments and additional tactics to delay the ruling. Democrats condemned the [...]