On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a decisive abortion rights case regarding whether hospitals are obligated to provide abortions in emergency situations under federal law, even in states where abortion is prohibited. “Anti-abortion politicians have brought this case to the nation’s highest court to challenge long-standing federal protections for emergency care abortion care,”... Source ..read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is set to propose new legislation that would allow Arizona abortion providers to become certified faster within California. Newsom has said that the bill is necessary because of an 1864 anti-abortion statute that will soon be re-implemented in the Grand Canyon State, and the high likelihood that Arizonans will travel to California in the months afterward seeking... Source ..read more

Health care providers aren’t allowed to tell law enforcement about a patient’s abortion if they received the procedure in a state where it is legal, it is protected by federal law, or it is permitted by state law, the Biden administration said Monday. The new rule is based on the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. It could shield patients’ medical information if... Source ..read more

Conservative MPs, hard-right media personalities, and US-backed Christian anti-abortion charities are working to spread their anti-abortion agenda ahead of a parliamentary debate on legislation that would stop women being imprisoned for terminating a pregnancy after 24 weeks. Emboldened by their success in the United States with the Dobbs decision – the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned... Source ..read more

Following Idaho lawmakers’ failure to revise the state’s abortion ban, a group of Idaho residents is exploring the possibility of putting a ballot initiative before voters to allow them to decide on abortion rights for themselves. Idaho’s trigger ban on abortion was automatically implemented after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn abortion rights protections across the country. Source ..read more

On Wednesday, Arizona Republicans blocked efforts in both houses of the state legislature to repeal a territorial-era abortion ban. This marks the second time this month that Republicans blocked advancement or even consideration of a measure to overturn the incredibly burdensome law. The law in question — which was passed in 1864, before Arizona was a state — was reinstated last week by the state... Source ..read more

Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights has officially launched a campaign to place a state constitutional amendment safeguarding abortion rights on the ballot for the general election this November. The group will need to gather 60,000 signatures from Montana residents by June 21 to qualify for the ballot. “With 2024 shaping up to be the biggest year ever for abortion on the ballot... Source ..read more

This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, after being criticized by conservative lawmakers and religious organizations. Part of the update included a clarification that accommodations, like a leave of absence, under the law apply to abortion care. The EEOC said it received approximately 54,000 comments — “most of which... Source ..read more

With Florida set to enforce a six-week abortion ban as early as May 1 and a near-total prohibition taking effect soon after in Arizona, staffers at abortion funds say they won’t be able to meet the increased demand for help funding out-of-state travel — a development that could lead to more people continuing unintended pregnancies. “I don’t think people quite understand the ramifications... Source ..read more

A national study published by JAMA Health Forum found that there was an abrupt surge in permanent sterilization procedures among young adults ages 18 through 30 after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, which reversed the constitutional right to an abortion. “If options for avoiding pregnancy and/or avoiding carrying pregnancies to term are severely limited, as has happened in 21 states since Dobbs... Source ..read more