Trump administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction
The Trump administration is giving taxpayer-funded family planning clinics more time to comply with its new rule that says they no longer can refer women for abortions. A notice sent Saturday night to representatives of the clinics by the Department of Health and Human Services ...
Mississippi governor signs 'heartbeat' abortion law, prompting threatened suit
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday signed one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation — a measure that bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights called the measure ...
Trump revamping policy on women's reproductive health, curbing access to birth control and abortion
Step by methodical step, the Trump administration is remaking government policy on reproductive health, moving to limit access to birth control and abortion and bolstering abstinence-only sex education. Social and religious conservatives praise the administration for promoting "a culture of life." But women's-rights activists and ...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects release of anti-abortion activists' undercover videos
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to win the release of videos they surreptitiously recorded at meetings of abortion providers. The justices declined to take up appeals by the abortion opponents and left in place a lower court's ruling ...
Democrat clout yields $1.1 trillion agreement, minus Trump priorities, to avoid shutdown
Erasing the threat of a disruptive government shutdown, the White House and Congress endorsed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Monday to carry the nation through September, an agreement underscoring that Democrats retain considerable clout in Donald Trump's turbulent presidency. Negotiators released the 1,665-page bill after ...
Hazmat teams find chemicals at Florida Planned Parenthood clinic; seven staffers treated
Hazardous materials teams found unidentified chemicals inside cleaning closets at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Florida on Monday after the clinic sent seven staffers who were complaining of breathing problems to a hospital for evaluation, police and clinic officials said. A total of 42 people ...
Planned Parenthood sues over Kasich-inked Ohio law that ends funding
Planned Parenthood sued Ohio's health department on Wednesday, saying thousands of patients could be denied access to HIV tests, cancer screenings and other services under a law designed to strip public money away from the organization's affiliates in the state. The law targets the roughly ...
Doctors hit Utah's landmark fetus anesthesia-before-abortion law
Utah's first-in-the-nation requirement that fetuses receive anesthesia or painkillers before some abortions takes effect Tuesday, but doctors say it's unnecessary and impossible to comply with. The law requires pain relief for a fetus before any abortion at 20 weeks of gestation or later, based on ...
Accused Colorado abortion clinic killer called delusional, urged committed
A forensic psychologist testified Thursday that a man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic suffers from a delusional disorder that causes him to believe the FBI is persecuting him and that President Barack Obama is the Antichrist. Robert Dear, 57, ...
2015 saw spike in violence, threats targeting U.S. abortion clinics: group
Threats and violence directed at U.S. abortion clinics increased sharply in 2015, according to the National Abortion Federation, which attributed the surge to the release of undercover videos intended to discredit health care provider Planned Parenthood. According to the federation, death threats targeting abortion providers ...
Women's health care provider Planned Parenthood is endorsing Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, but says that won't mean negative campaigning against her primary opponents. The endorsement by the group's political arm marks Planned Parenthood's first time wading into a presidential primary, and it ...
With a deeper-than-ever split between Republicans and Democrats over abortion, activists on both sides of the debate foresee a 2016 presidential campaign in which the nominees tackle the volatile topic more aggressively than in past elections. Friction over the issue also is likely to surface ...
