South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has signed into law a bill that bans abortions after 19 weeks, making it the 17th state to pass a law banning abortions that early. South Carolina’s law makes no exceptions for rape or incest.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has vetoed a bill that would have effectively outlawed abortion by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure. The bill passed the state Senate 33-12 on Thursday and went to the governor’s desk Friday morning.
Planned Parenthood has filed suit against Indiana for a new anti-abortion law, arguing that it’s blatantly unconstitutional. The law, signed by Governor Mike Pence in March, prevents abortions based on genetic abnormalities and stipulates that aborted fetuses must be buried or cremated.
The Supreme Court is currently considering the case of abortion provider Whole Woman’s Health, which is arguing that HB 2, Texas’ mammoth anti-abortion bill, is unconstitutional. The outcome of the case could determine abortion access for a generation, and not just in Texas. Monday evening, a group of cities including…
In a historic ruling, a High Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland has ruled that the country’s anti-abortion laws violate human rights. The current law, which forbids abortions in the case of fatal fetal abnormalities, rape or incest, imposes, according to the judge, “an intolerable burden” on women who have to travel…
The Satanic Temple, God bless and keep them, is filing a federal lawsuit today against Missouri’s abortion restrictions, where one of their members, known as “Mary Doe,” recently terminated a pregnancy. The Satanic Temple is arguing that Missouri’s abortion laws, specifically its 72-hour waiting period and an…
South Dakota State Representative and red-hot thinker Isaac Latterell, a Tea Party Republican who's been in office since 2013, hates abortion. But so do lots of folks in the Mount Rushmore state, and so it's important for him to show he hates it even worse than other people, that he's the most ride-or-die pro-fetus…
An Irish woman in her mid-to-late 20s is being kept alive on life support against her family's wishes because she is 16 weeks pregnant. The woman is reported to be clinically brain-dead after suffering severe head trauma and a subsequent blood clot in her brain. The case will likely end in court, with her family…
A very impressive new investigation from RH Reality Check reveals a list of 14 "experts" who peddle junk science and outright lies to lawmakers, in order to push through anti-abortion laws.
