Latest Reproductive rights News

Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking access to reproductive health centers

Jan. 24, 2025 17:25 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking access to abortion clinics and reproductive health centers, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law enforcement. ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost launches 2026 bid for governor

Jan. 23, 2025 16:34 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that he is running to be the next governor of Ohio — wedging the news between the departure from the race of a top rival and the expected entry as soon as next week of a new one. Yost, 68, seeks to...

Top European rights court rules woman's refusal to have sex not a fault in divorce case

Jan. 23, 2025 12:12 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sided Thursday with a French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband, saying she should not have been considered at fault on those grounds in their divorce. The ruling concerned a fault-based case in which the blame...