Legislative news
On Monday, June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt against Texas’s...
A decision is expected about two restrictions imposed by Texas House Bill 2 (H.B. 2) during the final week of June. These requirements mean that abortion providers must have admitting privileges...
The US Supreme Court announced in November that it will review Texas abortion legislation that severely limits the practice of abortion providers in the state. The 2013 state bill, HB 2, requires...
Texas abortion providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to hear their challenge to the state's restrictions on abortions that they contend are aimed more at shutting clinics than...
The Federal Appeals Court for the 8th Circuit blocked an Arkansas law that bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The case was filed by two doctors on their own and their patients' behalf. The...
A law prohibiting abortions 20 weeks after conception took effect on May 26 in West Virginia, despite Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin twice vetoing the ban. Jennifer Meinig, executive director of the...
In February 2015, Illinois Representative Terri Bryant introduced an unconstitutional 20 week ban on abortion. The bill would ban all abortions at 20 weeks after a woman’s last menstrual period...
The number of abortion providers in Ohio has severely declined by about half, amidst many new restrictive laws passed over the last four years. Correspondingly, the number of the procedures also...