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Suit: He Gave Me Hot Cocoa That Ended My Pregnancy

Texas woman's complaint alleges US Marine secretly slipped her abortion pills

(Newser) - A Texas woman has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against a US Marine, alleging he covertly slipped abortion pills into her drink, resulting in the loss of her pregnancy. According to the lawsuit , Liana Davis says Christopher Cooprider, 34, repeatedly urged her to terminate the pregnancy after she informed...

California's 'Shield' Law Takes On Texas' 'Heartbeat' Law

Texas man files suit against Golden State doctor who allegedly shipped abortion pills to his girlfriend

(Newser) - A Texas man is taking a new legal tack in the nation's ongoing fight over abortion pills. Jerry Rodriguez has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against California physician Remy Coeytaux, alleging Coeytaux illegally mailed abortion medication to Rodriguez's girlfriend—despite California's "shield" law that protects...

Wisconsin Supreme Court: 1849 Law Doesn't Ban Abortion

Court says newer laws override 19th-century restrictions in state

(Newser) - Wisconsin's Supreme Court has ruled that an 1849 law doesn't ban abortion, ending years of uncertainty over the procedure's status in the state. The ruling means abortions can continue, following a period after Roe v. Wade was overturned when providers stopped offering the service out of...

SCOTUS: States Can Nix Planned Parenthood Funding

If it comes from Medicaid, per Supreme Court ruling

(Newser) - The Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider. The case centers on funding for other health care services Planned Parenthood provides in South Carolina, but the...

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Number of Abortions Keeps Rising

1 in 4 are now accessed by telehealth: WeCount

(Newser) - The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday, per the AP . While the total number of abortions has risen gradually over the three years since...

Baby Boy Born to Brain-Dead Mom in Georgia

Adriana Smith to be taken off life support Tuesday

(Newser) - A legally dead Georgia woman just gave birth. Adriana Smith, a mother and nurse, was in the early stages of pregnancy when she suffered a medical emergency linked to blood clots in her brain and was declared brain-dead in February. Her family had no choice but to see her remain...

SCOTUS Will Hear Pregnancy Center's Appeal of NJ Probe

NJ pro-life pregnancy center investigated for misleading people about its services

(Newser) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion. The justices agreed to consider an appeal from First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which wants to...

Man Faces Murder Charges Over Using Abortion Drug

Authorities say Texas suspect spiked girlfriend's drink, causing her to lose pregnancy

(Newser) - A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after allegedly slipping an abortion drug into his pregnant girlfriend's drink without her knowledge, police say. Justin Anthony Banta, 38, was arrested on Friday following a monthslong probe into claims made by his ex-girlfriend, per the BBC . According to...

Trump Revokes Emergency Abortion Policy

It directed hospitals to provide abortions needed to stabilize medical condition

(Newser) - The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition. That guidance was issued to hospitals in 2022, weeks after the Supreme Court upended national abortion...

Abortions in Missouri Are Canceled Again

State Supreme Court orders lower court judge to vacate her ruling

(Newser) - Planned Parenthood halted abortions in Missouri on Tuesday after the state's top court ordered new rulings in the tumultuous legal saga over a ban that voters struck down last November, the AP reports. The state's top court ruled that a district judge applied the wrong standard in rulings...

Brain-Dead Woman Being Kept Alive So She Can Carry Fetus to Term: Family

Family claims Georgia hospital, citing state's abortion ban, won't remove life support

(Newser) - A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and has been kept on life support for three months by doctors to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Georgia's strict anti-abortion law, family members say. The case is the latest...

Fewer People Crossing State Lines for Abortions

But the total number in the US increases slightly in new study

(Newser) - Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found. The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, estimates in a report released Tuesday that the overall number of clinician-provided abortions in states where it's legal rose by...

Texas Midwife Arrested, Charged With Performing Abortions

An alleged associate was also arrested and faces the same charges

(Newser) - In what appears to be the first arrest of an alleged Texas abortion provider since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a midwife in the state has been criminally charged with illegally providing abortions. Maria Margarita Rojas was arrested alongside an associate accused of working with her,...

It's Texas' 'Most Sweeping Abortion Bill' in Years

Senate Bill 2880 targets distributors of abortion pills, companies that process payments

(Newser) - There's been some uncertainty about how Republican states with abortion bans will try to project their power outside of state lines, reports AFP . But for Texas, the path is becoming clear. Amid the state's court challenge of New York's shield law , Texas Republicans have launched what experts...

Feds Move to Dismiss Idaho Emergency Abortion Case

This could have nationwide implications

(Newser) - The Trump administration moved to drop an Idaho emergency abortion case on Wednesday in one of its first moves on the issue since President Trump began his second term. The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was originally filed by the Biden administration, and allow Idaho...

Texas Takes on New York in Abortion Pill Battle

Texas poised to test telemedicine abortion shield law in case against NY doctor

(Newser) - Texas law bans nearly all abortions and threatens abortion providers with up to life in prison and $100,000 fines. New York law, on the other hand, protects abortion providers, including those who send medications to patients in other states. Those laws now look poised to clash at the Supreme...

NY Governor: No Way I'm Turning Over Abortion Doctor

Louisiana has issued an arrest warrant for a physician who dispensed pills by mail

(Newser) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, per the AP . Louisiana has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country. Grand jurors at...

With Mifepristone Under Attack, a New Possible Option

Study: Ulipristal acetate found in emergency contraception pill may be viable abortion alternative

(Newser) - A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type of abortion in the United States. Mifepristone has been under attack...

Cecile Richards, Ex-Leader of Planned Parenthood, Dead at 67

Women's rights activist died of brain cancer, her family says

(Newser) - Cecile Richards, a feminist and activist for women's rights and the longtime president of Planned Parenthood, died Monday at the age of 67. "This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie. Our hearts are broken today, but no...

New Mexico Strikes Down Local Abortion Restrictions

State's top court 'strongly admonishes' one county on Texas border

(Newser) - The New Mexico Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general. The unanimous opinion Thursday reinforces the state's position as having some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country, the AP reports. The ruling preserves...

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