JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge blocked many of the state’s abortion restrictions Thursday, reimposing a preliminary injunction against them just a little over a month after the state’s highest court had lifted a previous hold. The order by Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion restrictions likely violate a state…
The state of abortion, 3 years after Roe v. Wade was overturned – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing individual states to ban abortion. Despite that, the number of abortions has increased. Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, joined CBS…
LONDON – Britain’s parliament voted on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales to stop a growing number of women from being investigated by police for terminating pregnancies under legislation dating back to the mid-19th century. Abortions have been legal in England and Wales for almost 60 years, but only up to 24 weeks…
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state’s strict anti-abortion law. With her due date still more than…
Abortion after Roe v. Wade: A further divided America Abortion after Roe v. Wade: A further divided America 05:25 Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape and incest. The…
To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester. What You Need To Know An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester quietly closed last month It leaves…
For the first time in history, an American was chosen to lead the Catholic Church, as cardinals on Thursday selected Pope Leo XIV — or Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native — as the new pontiff. The surprise move comes at a time of political tension in the United States. Hints as to what postures Pope Leo…
Washington — The Trump administration on Monday urged a federal district court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s actions expanding access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. Justice Department lawyers wrote in a filing with the U.S. district court in Amarillo, Texas, that the three states pursuing the lawsuit —…
Alan Simpson, former Wyoming senator, dies at 93 – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming died Friday at the age of 93. Simpson was from a bygone era: A conservative who supported gay rights and said abortion was so personal men shouldn’t even have a vote on it. Be the…
Gov. Hochul will not sign Louisiana warrant seeking extradition of NY doctor Gov. Hochul will not sign Louisiana warrant seeking extradition of NY doctor 00:49 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke out Thursday after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for a New York-based doctor indicted by a grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills…