Latest Reproductive rights News
Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother's access to abortion, violating her rights
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total ban on abortions. The...
Biden says healthy women help US prosperity as he highlights White House initiative on their health
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is “so proud” that a women's health research initiative he launched last year at his wife's urging has already invested nearly $1 billion because a healthy female population improves U.S. prosperity. “That's a...
Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
CHICAGO (AP) — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term. Trump’s cabinet picks offer a preview of...
What to know about abortion access in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after a newly passed constitutional amendment rolling back the state’s near-total ban took effect, but they remain on hold as a complicated court battle drags on. ...
Judge considers first lawsuit to overturn Missouri's near-total abortion ban
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday asked a judge to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang did not immediately...
Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a constitutional amendment recently approved by voters to expand access up to fetal viability. The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the...
Ohio attorney general appeals ruling striking down statewide abortion ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's attorney general will appeal a ruling that struck down the most far-reaching of the state's laws restricting abortion. A county judge in October determined that last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights effectively made the...
Legal challenges loom as abortion is enshrined in Arizona's constitution
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona top officials certified the state’s election results Monday, including voters' approval of a measure that expands abortion access from 15 weeks to the point of fetal viability. The victory for reproductive rights groups sets the stage for their next battle:...
A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky's near-total ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to restore the right to an abortion in Kentucky in the latest challenge to the state's near-total ban on the procedure. The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, claims that Kentucky laws blocking abortions...
Nevada voted to make abortion a constitutional right. What to know about key ballot measures
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has received its first nod of approval from voters, who must also approve the measure in 2026 in order to amend the constitution. The measure passed early Wednesday morning. ...
