Tag: abortions

August 25, 2022

Federal judges in Idaho and Texas have issued conflicting decisions on whether a federal law requiring stabilizing emergency care conflicts with abortion bans. The federal law at issue is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. The law, known […]

August 2, 2022

If someone is pregnant but doesn’t want to be, they might take to the internet to look for abortion providers. It may also be jarring to discover that at least 11% of Google’s abortion-related searches lead to anti-abortion nonprofits. In […]

June 29, 2022

Several larger law firms plan to cover the cost of travel for employees’ abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Law firms are acting as litigation over abortion rights moves to the states, where […]

November 3, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1 ordered a New York court to reconsider a ruling that upheld a state regulation requiring employer health plans to cover abortions. We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media […]

September 9, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Texas on Thursday in a bid to block its law that bans abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the filing of the lawsuit in […]

July 9, 2021

A new Texas law that bans abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat has an unusual enforcement provision: Private citizens can sue abortion providers and others who knowingly help pregnant women violate the restrictions. No state official is authorized […]

March 30, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron can intervene to defend an invalidated state abortion law after no other state official would continue to defend it. Cameron sought to intervene after the […]

November 7, 2019

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday struck down a proposed rule that would have allowed health care providers to turn away patients seeking abortions and other treatments based on the […]

May 17, 2019

The Missouri Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would ban most abortions after eight weeks of gestation. The Missouri Bill contains exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. Doctors would also face five […]

May 15, 2019

The Alabama Senate approved a near-total abortion ban Tuesday by a 25-6 vote. House Bill 314, known as the “Human Life Protection Act,” bans all abortions in the state except when “abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious […]

May 1, 2019

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a state law that restricts access to drug-induced abortions unconstitutional. The decision overturns a 2014 state law that banned “off-label” use of mifepristone, a medication used for abortions, also referred to as RU-486, […]

March 13, 2019

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled 11-6 Tuesday that Ohio can enforce a 2016 law preventing Planned Parenthood, and any other organization that “performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions” from receiving state funds. The decision by the […]

February 18, 2019

The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a previous decision preventing the state from enforcing two regulations that limit Medicaid coverage of abortion services. Brought by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, the lawsuit argued that the regulations violated the […]

February 8, 2019

Louisiana cannot implement a restrictive law that opponents say would have left only one doctor eligible to provide abortions in the state, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining […]