• KIFI

    Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation

    By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country’s strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. But the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Currently the

    • WTOP

    Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive

  • Republicans want to use an 1873 law to ban abortion. Congress must overturn that law

    Democrats have a chance to corner Republicans on an unpopular issue – and defend a modern and egalitarian societyThey don’t need Congress. The anti-abortion movement is preparing to ban abortion nationwide as soon as a Republican takes the White House, and under a bizarre legal theory, they don’t think they even need congressional approval to do it. That’s because anti-choice radicals have begun to argue that an 1873 anti-obscenity law, the Comstock Act, effectively bans the mailing, sale,...

  • Abortion laws by state, explained

    Abortion access now is a state-by-state patchwork of laws that is ever-changing as new restrictions take effect.

  • Trump: National Abortion Law Not Needed

    Friday, while speaking at his Mar-a-Lago home, former President Donald Trump indicated that a new law at the federal level governing abortion is unnecessary, as the Supreme Court decision that overturned

    • Afro

    Arizona outlaws abortion using law from 1864

    The Arizona Supreme Court has reinstated a criminal law from 1864 that nearly completely banned abortions in the state, resulting in a near-total ban that will be enforceable in 45 days.

    • KGUN

    1864 law may send people out of state for abortions

    With a near total ban about to kick in in Arizona, abortion providers are keeping an eye on options in other states.

  • Kamala Harris blames Trump for Arizona abortion law

    Donald Trump has distanced himself from a revived 1864 law that would ban most abortions.

  • Arizona revives 19th-century law to ban abortions

    Arizona’s highest court has revived a 160-year-old law banning all abortions unless a mother’s life is at risk and punishing doctors who perform the procedure with prison sentences.

    • CNN

    Why Arizona’s abortion law is now over a century old

    Defense and trial attorney Misty Marris joins CNN to explain the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision that ruled the state must adhere to a 123-year-old penal code provision barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life.

    • MSNBC

    How Arizona’s retrograde abortion law could be a hidden gift to Biden

    Arizona’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a near-total ban on abortions tied to a Civil War-era law in the state is enforceable. Under that 1864 law, anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one can be charged with a felony. The one exception to the prohibition is if an abortion is needed to save a woman’s life. It’s a horrifying ruling, and all the more striking because Arizona is a purple state, not a bastion of deep social conservatism. The retrograde law dates back to...

  • Instead of fixing Arizona abortion law, Republicans take a vacation

    On Wednesday, Donald Trump said the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that restored an 1864 ban on all abortions “went too far.” Even Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake, an anti-abortion zealot, begged Gov. Katie Hobbs for help and asked the state legislature to pass “an immediate common sense solution.”  But that same evening, when Republicans in the Arizona Legislature had a chance to address the 1864 law, they used another option—they ran for the exits. GOP lawmakers ignored votes to suspend...