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Women seeking abortions across Arizona were forced to find alternatives beyond the state’s borders after a court ruling last week cleared the way for prosecutors to charge doctors and others who help a woman end a pregnancy unless her life is in danger.

Life, Liberty and Levin host Mark Levin called out the Democratic Party with a thorough history of their involvement with racism and abortion in America.

An Arizona judge lifted the injunction on enforcing the state's abortion law, giving state Attorney General Mark Brnovich a win he touted as defending life.

Senator Warren, other top Democrat senators backed by Planned Parenthood, harass pregnancy help groups with new letter to keep them from assisting mothers.

Washington Post chief fact-checker Glenn Kessler tweeted on Thursday that the "fetal heartbeat" is a misnomer and it's really just the sound the ultrasound makes.

The former president of Planned Parenthood on the end of Roe v. Wade and the fight for gender equity.

Stacey Abrams claimed earlier this week that fetal heartbeats detected at six weeks are 'manufactured sound' designed to help men control women's bodies.

An Oregon man pleaded guilty Monday to destroying property at a Planned Parenthood clinic because he was upset they provided abortion services, prosecutors said.

The prosecution of Robert Dear, 64, has stalled because he has been repeatedly found mentally incompetent since his arrest and he has refused to take anti-psychotic medication for delusional disorder.

The pro-life movement in the U.S. has faced setbacks since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade in June, but activists say that's not the right approach ahead of the midterms.

California has launched a publicly funded website to promote the state's abortion services.

Hospitals and abortion clinics in Indiana are preparing for the state's abortion ban to go into effect on Sept. 15.

Planned Parenthood Arizona has joined several other providers and restarted abortion care in the state, although it may only be temporary.

Planned Parenthood Arizona has joined several other providers that have restarted abortion care in the state —, although it may only be temporary — after clinics ceased providing the service when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that women do not have a constitutional right to end a pregnancy. The organization has for years done the most abortions in the state, but it ended the practice after the high court overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling on June 24. Planned Parenthood and other providers shut down because of the legal uncertainty over a pre-statehood law that bans almost all abortions and a “personhood” law that they feared could be used to prosecute doctors and nurses providing that care.

Part of McHenry Avenue was closed after authorities declared an unlawful assembly.

An Arizona judge is set to hear arguments on the state’s request to allow it to enforce a near-total ban on abortions under a law that has been blocked for nearly 50 years.

Last May, Lubbock became the biggest city in Texas to ban abortion within city limits. Now, with abortion outlawed throughout the Lone Star State, the fight over reproductive rights is taking a new turn.

The record investment underscores how much reproductive rights advocates believe abortion will be a motivating issue for voters after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The nation's leading abortion rights advocacy organization plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections.

The nation's leading abortion rights advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November’s midterm elections.

One of the laws slated to take effect allows potential relatives of an embryo or fetus to sue abortion providers for up to $20,000 within four years of an abortion.

After Wisconsin left an 1849 near-total abortion ban in place, some providers began commuting to Illinois to treat patients. These Planned Parenthood partnerships could be a model for the future.

Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. said it will reassess its presence in Indiana following legislation signed into law last week.

In a span of 3 days this week, court rulings seesawed between outlawing abortions and permitting them. A judge allowed them to continue Wednesday for at least 21 days.

The Biden administration has considered using emergency public health powers to protect access to abortion pill, mifepristone.

Hundreds more out-of-state patients are having abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics in Illinois and wait times to schedule the procedure in the southern part of the state have spiked during the first month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing for what could be its final day of performing procedures.

Some clinics are relocating to “haven states” where abortion will continue to be legal. Others are investing in sexual and reproductive health efforts beyond abortion access.

Florida is on track to surpass last year's total of out-of-state abortions.

A cascade of poor decisions exposes the Journal to ridicule.

Caitlin Bernard, an OB/GYN in Indianapolis, is also listed on an antiabortion website linked to Amy Coney Barrett before she was nominated to the Supreme Court and helped overturn Roe v. Wade.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin suspended abortion services after June 24, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to terminate a pregnancy.

The implications of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade are reverberating nationwide as states reemerge as the new battlefields for abortion rights.

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but four of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

Houston rapper Megan thee Stallion took to Instagram on Friday to announce her latest T-shirt line in support of women’s rights and Planned Parenthood’s campaign following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Democrats and their aligned groups raised more than $80 million in the week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion.

Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while abortion rights advocates challenged laws in Texas, Idaho, Kentucky and Mississippi.

Judges in Louisiana and Utah temporarily blocked enforcement of trigger-law bans on abortion following the Supreme Courts' overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The California Legislature passed a bill Thursday to shield abortion providers and volunteers in the state from civil judgment.

Judges have temporarily blocked abortion bans in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina said a law sharply restricting the procedure would take effect there immediately.

The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country, as abortion foes looked to quickly enact statewide bans and the other side sought to buy more time.

In 2016, the Supreme Court blocked onerous regulations that had shuttered half of Texas’ abortion providers. On Friday, the court’s new conservative majority cited that case in overturning the constitutional protection for abortion.

Built in the 1950s to carry tourists on day trips from the German port of Hamburg, the cruise ship looked bound for the scrap heap, until Chris Willson found the Aurora for sale on Craigslist. Today, his 293-foot ship (which once played a Bond villain's yacht) is parked near Stockton, Calif., surrounded by blueberry fields, and is being carefully restored. Correspondent Luke Burbank reports.

"You cannot make abortion go away by criminalizing it. All you do is you make it unsafe," former president of Planned Parenthood Alexander Sanger said.

‘Banning abortion doesn’t prevent abortions, it prevents safe abortions,’ writes model

Washington state and Idaho are going head-to-head when it comes to views on abortion rights.

“I’m going to use that same precedent to sue states ... bringing illegal guns in my state with reckless abandon and taking lives," she said.

Nearly half the states are expected to outlaw or severely restrict abortion as a result of the Supreme Court's decision, CNBC reports.

Paxton and some anti-abortion activists are arguing that state laws that banned abortion...

Doctors across Wisconsin said they would immediately stop providing abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down its Roe v. Wade decision on Friday.

Paxton and some anti-abortion activists are arguing that state laws that banned abortion before Roe v. Wade — and were never repealed — could now be in effect in Texas.

Illinois remains an oasis for those seeking the procedure, as abortion providers in many surrounding states prepare to shut down.

Republican legislators in Wisconsin have quickly adjourned a special session that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called to repeal the state's dormant abortion ban without taking any action.

Abortion providers are bracing for the final days of the U.S. Supreme Court’s guarantee of a right to an abortion.

Idaho state politicians are likely to pass an abortion law if Roe is overturned, but both sides of the conversation are still pushing for their cause.

As new abortion restrictions are imposed in some parts of the U.S., states with more liberal leadership have been passing laws to let a wider range of medical providers to do the procedures.

Efforts are underway at the Idaho-Oregon border to ensure safe travel for women seeking out-of-state abortions in a post-Roe v. Wade America.

Efforts are underway at the Idaho-Oregon border to ensure safe travel for women seeking out-of-state abortions in a post-Roe v. Wade America.

The pro-gun organization already won.

About 400 workers at Planned Parenthood offices in five Midwestern states plan to unionize.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois has begun offering abortion pills by mail for state residents who qualify.

Planned Parenthood of Michigan challenged the state's pre-Roe abortion ban, arguing it violates the state constitution.

A judge has suspended Michigan’s dormant ban on abortion, saying it likely violates the state constitution.

A judge on Tuesday suspended Michigan's dormant, decades-old ban on abortion, which means the procedure would not be illegal in the state even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its historic Roe v. Wade decision. The Michigan law, which makes it a crime to assist in an abortion, has been on the books since 1931. The court, however, could throw out that landmark ruling before July, leaving abortion issues for each state to decide.

Several states are asking voters in coming months to amend state constitutions in hopes of permanently changing abortion rights.

Dozens of people gathered for a pro-life prayer vigil on Wednesday evening, which took place outside of a Planned Parenthood facility in Houston.

The border between Missouri (where abortion is difficult to access) and Illinois (where abortion rights are codified) marks one of the great divisions in America today – and will become more so if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

With federal protections imperilled, advocates expect a dramatic influx of interstate “refugees” seeking care.

The singer shared her own recent experience with abortion after a Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked that shows Roe v. Wade may be overturned.

While abortion will still be legal in Illinois, experts anticipate that more than half the states in the nation would ban or significantly chip away at the right to terminate a pregnancy. This includes every state surrounding Illinois.

The draft published by Politico indicates it was circulated in February, and the justices could change their votes in the days or weeks before a decision is released.

The draft published by Politico indicates it was circulated in February, and the justices could change their votes in the days or weeks before a decision is released.

The law, passed last week, had halted all abortions across the state.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Republican-backed law in Kentucky that led the state's two remaining abortion clinics to halt the procedure.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has sued to protect abortion rights, asking a court to recognize a right to abortion under the state constitution.

The Oklahoma House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony.

A new report shows over half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery.

An appellate court has heard arguments in Planned Parenthood’s challenge to South Carolina’s new abortion law, with attorneys for the state arguing the nonprofit doesn’t have legal standing to bring the case.

The decision, hailed by abortion opponents as a victory, is another indication of how legal protections for abortion have been gutted in Texas.

Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $10 million in payments for low-income patients.

Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to claw back Medicaid payments made during the three years that Planned Parenthood was fighting in court to remain as a qualified health care provider.

A new government report suggests U.S. abortions may be inching up after a long decline.

For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court's review.

COVID-19 and state abortion restrictions like a near-ban that took effect in Texas in September have people with unwanted pregnancies increasingly considering getting abortion pills by mail.

A conservative Christian university in Alabama has withdrawn an invitation for Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham to speak during inaugural activities for its new president.

The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics.

Planned Parenthood had requested that the court reverse a decision to indefinitely pause the lawsuit, which was filed in Travis County district court.

It has been nearly a month since a controversial abortion law went into effect in the state of Texas.

A panel of five judges indefinitely blocked the lawsuits last week upon the request of an anti-abortion group.

Abortion providers in Texas say they have seen a sharp drop in patients in the two weeks since the nation’s strictest abortion law took effect.

Abortion providers in Texas say they have seen a sharp drop in patients in the two weeks since the nation’s strictest abortion law took effect.

The facilities had a responsibility to patients who needed other reproductive services, said Jeffrey Hons, CEO of Planned Parenthood of South Texas.

Senate Bill 8, which allows anyone to sue anyone who performs or aids in an abortion, marks an unprecedented change to who has standing to bring a lawsuit. The tactic is also an emerging trend in Republican-dominated states that may compromise constitutional rights, some legal experts said.

One abortion provider said it was “engulfed” in treating more than 100 patients at one clinic before the law took effect Wednesday.

The ruling is yet another blow to reproductive rights advocates after Texas passed a law this year that goes into effect Sept. 1 banning abortions as early as six weeks. That law is also currently being challenged in court.

The state’s “fetal heartbeat” law going into effect Sept. 1 is considered one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation.

A federal judge has blocked a new Indiana law that would require doctors to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed treatment for potentially stopping the abortion process.

A federal appeals court panel has blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy.

Planned Parenthood sued to block the "sanctuary city for the unborn" ordinance, passed by voters in May, but a federal judge said he didn't have jurisdiction to hear the case. The ordinance went into effect June 1.

The Biden administration is beginning to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions.