• Judge Says South Carolina Can Enforce 6-Week Abortion Ban Amid Dispute Over When A Heartbeat Begins

    A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.

  • New doctors avoiding states with abortion bans

    Many people expected abortion bans to result in wider problems for the healthcare industry, with rural hospitals, already on shaky financial ground, among the first to sound the alarm. New data shows that medical residents have begun avoiding those states generally. — Read the rest

  • Ben Carson Is Back And Is Calling For A National Abortion Ban

    Carson once compared women who terminate pregnancies to "slave owners" while making an appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press" in 2015.

  • Enforcement of Arizona's 1864 abortion ban delayed until late September

    The Arizona Supreme Court granted a request from Attorney General Kris Mayes to pause its ruling for 90 days. By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay the enforcement of a 160-year-old abortion ban that mandates prison time for doctors, granting women and health care providers across the state a reprieve until September. In doing so, the court granted a request from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, who asked the justices to delay the...

  • Fewer medical students apply for residencies in states with abortion bans

    According to new data from the Research and Action Institute at the Association of American Medical Colleges, OB/GYN, internal medicine, and emergency medicine programs saw the biggest drops — around 7% or 8%.

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    Arizona Supreme Court delays enforcement of 1864 abortion ban

    By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Arizona Supreme Court delayed enforcement of the state’s recently revived 1864 abortion ban, according to an order filed Monday. The order allows for a 90-day stay requested by the state’s attorney general. Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a repeal of the 1864 abortion ban on May 2, but the repeal will not be in

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    Kentucky governor to speak out against strict abortion ban in neighboring Tennessee

    By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is planning a trip to Tennessee next month to speak out against the neighboring state’s sweeping abortion ban. It’s the latest sign that Beshear is looking to improve his party’s prospects in Republican territory and build up his own name recognition. Beshear

  • Florida abortion ban has big impacts in S.C., Southeast

    A six-week abortion ban went into effect in Florida on May 1, removing a bastion of reproductive health care for women in South Carolina and across the Southeast. Prior to the ban, abortions in the Sunshine State were available up to 15 weeks into a pregnancy, but surrounding states like Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina […]

  • Arizona Supreme Court puts abortion ban on hold to allow for appeal

    (The Center Square) – Arizona's Supreme Court has granted Attorney General Kris Mayes more time to appeal to the nation's highest court before a pre-statehood abortion ban would take effect. The court on Monday rejected Planned Parenthood's request to halt judgment affirming the law but approved a 90-day stay on a near-total ban on abortions from taking effect, pushing it back to mid-August. In tandem with another court ruling that pushed the date back further, the law's...

  • Red state abortion bans headed for clash with blue state shield laws

    A clash is looming between anti-abortion red states and the blue state telemedicine shield laws trying to preserve abortion access.

  • Ohio judge set to rule on state’s near-total ban on abortions

    Remnants of 2019 ban could be thrown out under challenge from abortion clinics

  • Arizona Supreme Court pushes back enforcement date for 1864 abortion ban

    PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday granted a request to delay enforcement of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. The court granted Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes’ request for an additional 90 days before the Civil War-era ban can be enforced. Even though Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a repeal of the ban on May 2, that measure cannot take effect until 90 days after the state’s legislative session ends — and it is still in session. Monday's court order essentially...