Articles Tagged with Abortion

Police claimed that a Savannah woman committed murder by using an abortion drug, but the judge appeared to cast doubt on this view of the law.

One bill would largely prohibit abortion from the moment of conception, replacing the current "heartbeat ban," while the other bill would crack down on mifepristone and misoprostol, two drugs often used to terminate pregnancies.

These claims could result in substantial monetary awards, but attempts to enforce any judgments could collide with abortion shield laws in pro-choice states.

The Fourth Circuit rejected arguments by a drug manufacturer that a federal law preempts the state abortion ban as applied to medication abortions.

The dispute may result in a challenge to the New York shield law, which provides some key protections to doctors who send abortion drugs to patients in states that have banned or severely restricted the procedure.

A grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish indicted Dr. Margaret Carpenter for prescribing abortion drugs to a pregnant teenager, possibly sparking a legal standoff between Louisiana and New York.

A Monroe County judge felt that the medical exception complied with the state constitution, despite the challenges that doctors face in these situations.

A copy of an opinion “inadvertently and briefly uploaded” to the U.S. Supreme Court’s website on Wednesday revealed that it may allow emergency abortions in Idaho.  The Idaho law at issue outlaws all abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman’s death. It does not contain exceptions for abortions necessary to…

Louisiana added mifepristone and misoprostol to Schedule IV of its drug laws, becoming the first state to take this step and sparking criticism from medical providers.

The Georgia Supreme Court reversed a decision by a lower court striking down the state's "heartbeat ban," but the lower court now will consider further arguments against the law.