Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging incumbent Rick Scott and highlighting his ‘unapologetic and proud’ support for the state’s six-week banA round table on abortion rights, hosted by Florida’s Democratic Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, has only just begun, and already she finds herself comforting a woman in tears with a very personal story to tell.The woman is from Colombia, and speaks softly in Spanish as she tells the intimate gathering of the Miami-Dade Hispanic Democratic...
Justices to rule whether abortion bans should undo Emtala, the Reagan-era law requiring hospitals to treat emergency patientsOne of the only universal rights to healthcare in the US is to be treated in the emergency room – a place where doctors are required to stabilize patients if their future health or life is in serious jeopardy.That right, guaranteed by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known across the country by healthcare professionals as Emtala, was borne out of what was...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Friday vetoed proposed tax breaks for anti-abortion counseling centers while allowing restrictions on college diversity initiatives approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature to become law without her signature. Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a bill with bipartisan support to increase the penalties for killing a law enforcement dog […]
Twenty-five states have approved measures barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s scholastic sports, but West Virginia could become the first to have its law taken up by the Supreme Court.
Kelly Clarkson got emotional recalling her own difficulties with her pregnancies, claiming that the recent Arizona Supreme Court decision to uphold pro-life legislation "can literally kill" someone.
A decision from Arizona's Supreme Court put the abortion statute back in the news — and into enforcement.
Abortion bans in more than a dozen states, as well as recent pro-life rulings in Arizona and Florida, make it significantly harder for women to get abortions in much of the country, saving babies’ lives.
Court heard arguments over Idaho case on abortions in medical emergencies. Biden administration believes Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act trumps state abortion laws in some cases. It's the first case over a state abortion ban to go before the court since Roe fell. Pro and anti-abortion rights protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court
Opposition parties say women’s rights dealt blow after package approved by Georgia Meloni’s cabinetItalian opposition parties have said women’s rights in Italy have been dealt a “heavy” blow after parliament passed a measure by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government allowing anti-abortion activists to enter abortion consultation clinics.The measure forms part of a package of initiatives approved by Meloni’s cabinet that will be funded by the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund, of which Italy is the...
Anzac Day is commemorated across Australia and New Zealand, from dawn services and marches to games of two-up, on the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two consolidated cases, Moyle v. Idaho and Idaho v. United States, to determine whether a federal law governing Read More
Abortion access now is a state-by-state patchwork of laws that is ever-changing as new restrictions take effect.