Latest Reproductive rights News
Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure. ...
Minnesota Legislature adjourns after passing $72B budget; Democrats celebrate as GOP hits tax hikes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature put the final touches on a $72 billion state budget and adjourned for the year Monday night as Democrats celebrated enacting an ambitious agenda that ranged from protecting abortion rights, to providing more resources for education, to legalizing...
How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mere weeks before North Carolina's GOP-controlled legislature enacted a 12-week abortion limit over the Democratic governor's opposition this week, state Republican lawmakers appeared just one vote shy of an override. But one House Democrat — formerly a...
Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of abortion ban; hearing next week
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a new ban on the type of abortion most commonly used after 15 weeks of gestation until he can hear arguments on the law next week. District Court Judge Mike Menahan issued a temporary restraining...
Illinois Democrats say abortion-access protections are a promise: 'You're safe here'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Access to abortion is essentially locked down in Illinois. But Democrats are looking for ways to further protect the practice and its availability, including to outsiders who potentially face home-state penalties for seeking treatment here. Legislation...
Michigan protects workers from retaliation for having an abortion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan companies will be prohibited from firing or otherwise retaliating against workers for receiving an abortion under a bill signed Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that amends the state's civil rights law. Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil...
Editorial Roundup: Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 13, 2023. Editorial: Public safety bill brings gun reform to Minnesota at last Red flag law and expanded background checks will make the state safer. As it struggles to continue turning the corner on crime, Minnesota...
Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session’s most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. The...
North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In front of an exuberant crowd, North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoed legislation Saturday that would have banned nearly all abortions in his state after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion-rights activists and voters watched on a plaza in the capital of...
Montana Supreme Court decides registered nurses and midwives can continue providing abortion care
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that advanced-practice registered nurses can continue to provide abortion care in the state, likely setting up legal clashes with the 2023 Legislature, which passed restrictive laws saying only physicians can perform abortions....
