A month after 2,246 fetal remains were found in the Illinois garage of a doctor who performed abortions, more remains linked to him have been found.
U.S. federal court delays adoption of healthcare rule on abortion
June 30, 2019By
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its opponents in a California lawsuit agreed on Friday to delay implementing a rule that would allow medical workers to decline performing abortions or other treatments on moral or religious grounds, according to a federal court filing.
Missouri’s lone abortion clinic denied license, will stay open for now-judge
June 21, 2019By
Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the license of the state’s only abortion clinic, but the facility will remain open for now as a judge left in place an injunction blocking its closure.
Missouri secretary of state blocks ‘heartbeat’ abortion law referendum
June 7, 2019By
A move to authorize a referendum over Missouri’s recently enacted ban on abortions after the eighth week of pregnancy hit a roadblock on Thursday when the secretary of state rejected petitions filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and others to get the issue to the ballot.
Hundreds rally at U.S. Supreme Court, calling state abortion bans as step backward
May 21, 2019By
Abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination, rallied at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states.
FDA issues warning to online abortion pill provider
March 16, 2019By
Aid Access, a European organization that provides doctor-prescribed abortion pills by mail, is under scrutiny by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Federal judge blocks Down syndrome abortion ban in Ohio
March 15, 2018By
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday blocked an Ohio law due to take effect later this month that would criminalize abortions based on a Down syndrome diagnosis, ruling that it violates a woman’s right to choose.
Northern Ireland abortion laws violate women’s rights, U.N. body says
February 25, 2018By
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Kingdom violates women’s rights in Northern Ireland by unduly restricting their access to abortion, a report by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) said on Friday.
Ohio passes law barring abortion over Down syndrome diagnosis
December 14, 2017By
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Women in Ohio would be prohibited from receiving abortions because of a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis under a bill that passed the state senate on Wednesday and is heading to Republican Governor John Kasich’s desk.
Texas enacts new abortion restrictions that include tissue disposal
June 8, 2017By
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas governor has signed into law new abortion restrictions that include requiring abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetal tissue through burial or cremation, despite a block on the regulation already imposed by a U.S. court.
