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 [...]

(Washington Post | March 25, 2024) A newly published study finds that volunteer-led networks distributing abortion pills helped drive a rise in "self-managed abortions." Nearly 28,000 additional doses of pills intended for “self-managed” abortions were provided in the six months after the fall of Roe v. Wade — more than quadrupling the average number of abortion pills provided that way per month before the decision and suggesting that many women have turned to medication abortion [...]

(NBC News | March 27, 2024 - Highlights and live updates from NBC News) The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to reject a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, with a number of justices indicating the lawsuit should be dismissed. During the arguments, there was little discussion of whether the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions to lift restrictions on the drug were unlawful. Instead, the justices focused on whether the group of anti-abortion doctors [...]

(New York Times, Feb. 21, 2024) A ruling by Alabama's Supreme Court invites states to enact strict new regulations over the fertility industry that could sharply limit the number of embryos created during a cycle of medical treatment and affect the future of millions of stored frozen embryos. A concurring opinion even offered road maps for such statutes.... The Alabama Supreme Court employed reasoning that runs through the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 abortion ruling: that [...]

(CNN, Feb. 6, 2024) The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The retractions, Sage said, were based on unreliable data and conflicts of interest around the authors' ties to the anti-abortion movement. Read More

(NPR, Feb. 5, 2024) Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed. Read More

(Idaho Statesman, Feb. 5, 2024) A Boise woman's experience has garnered attention on social media after her husband posted about a local pharmacist's refusal to fill a prescription to aid her miscarriage. Note: The good news is that the husband's post went viral. Read More

(Jan. 30, 2024) French lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill (Jan. 29) to enshrine abortion rights in France’s Constitution, the first step in a complex legislative process that began in direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade. The bill, proposed by President Emmanuel Macron and his government, was passed by the National Assembly, the lower and more powerful house of France’s Parliament, with 493 votes in favor and 30 against. [...]

(CNN Politics, Jan. 23, 2024) The Justice Department and the manufacturer of a widely used abortion pill urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to preserve full access to the drug, warning that a lower-court ruling restricting its availability "threatens profound harms" nationwide. Read More

(NY Times, Jan. 18, 2024) A coalition of reproductive-rights groups in Missouri kicked off a campaign to establish a right to abortion in the state constitution, setting up the nation’s next big test of public support for legalized abortion. A successful ballot measure there could make it the first state where a citizen-led initiative reverses a near-total ban. Read More