Protesters Gather Outside Indiana Statehouse While Lawmakers Debate Abortion Ban
Indiana lawmakers are pairing a plan to ban nearly all abortions in the state with promises to spend more to help pregnant women, young children, and adoptions.
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Republican attorneys general warn Google not to censor pro-life pregnancy centers in search results
A group of Republican state attorneys general have vowed to take action against Google if it follows through with congressional Democrats’ demands to censor search results by preventing women from finding pro-life pregnancy centers when searching for abortion.
UK: Charges dismissed against elderly woman arrested for praying outside abortion clinic
A 76 year-old woman who was arrested in Liverpool, England for praying silently near an abortion clinic has had the charges against her dismissed, CBN News reports.
Circuit court blocks W. Virginia anti-abortion law
A court in West Virginia on Monday temporarily blocked a 100-year-old anti-abortion law from taking effect in the state following the US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade last month, Axios reports. The circuit court issued an injunction on the law at the request of Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, the state’s only abortion clinic.
California: School district postpones planned vote on putting Planned Parenthood clinic at high school following large protest
alifornia’s Norwalk-LaMirada Unified School District had planned to vote Monday on whether to install a Planned Parenthood clinic at one of its high schools, but the plan was postponed after a large group of parents and anti-abortion demonstrators held a protest outside the board meeting on the same day, Newsweek reports.
Three US states allow doctors to refuse to carry out medical procedures against their faith
The Republican-led US states of South Carolina, Arkansas, and Ohio now have laws in place allowing doctors to refuse to carry out certain medical procedures against their religious beliefs, Christianity Today (CT) reports. The religious conscience protection laws affect practices related to gender transition, end-of-life care, contraception, and abortion.
House passes abortion rights measures after SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
The House passed two bills on Friday to codify the right to an abortion in federal law and to protect interstate travel to receive the procedure.
Texas sues Biden administration over emergency abortion guidance
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Thursday after the Department of Health and Human Services reiterated guidance this week that says doctors are required to perform an abortion if a pregnant woman’s life is in danger.
HHS instructs pharmacies to give prescribed medicine even if it ends a pregnancy
As America works out its post-Roe future, the US Department of Health and Human Services has told around 60,000 pharmacies they cannot refuse to give out prescribed medications, even if they fear those medicines could be used to end a pregnancy, Axios reports.
Abortion again legal in Louisiana – for a few days at least
Abortion is once again legal in Louisiana – at least until Monday – having been banned, then legalized, then banned a second time in the weeks following the US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade on June 24, USA Today reports.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Arizona law recognizing ‘personhood’ at fertilization
U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Rayes ruled that the 2021 Arizona law’s “personhood” provision was too vague, making it difficult for the plaintiffs in the case to do their work as physicians in accordance with the law, thus violating their due process rights.
Judge strikes down many of Minnesota’s abortion restrictions
A judge declared many of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion unconstitutional on Monday, including the state’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period and a requirement that both parents be notified before a minor can get an abortion.
Abortion Clinic To Arrive In Gulf of Mexico
Pro-abortion activists looked at the seas Monday after a California doctor proposed a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico for women in southern states where the procedure is banned.
Biden Signs Abortion Mandate Despite Court Ruling
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order “to protect” access to abortion after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.
Biden administration’s push to expand access to abortion pills fought by pro-life doctors
Pro-life doctors sounded the alarm Wednesday about the Biden administration’s effort to expand access to abortion pills, arguing that lifting restrictions will put the lives of pregnant women at risk.
Pope Francis Denies Resignation Reports; Wants To Visit Moscow, Kyiv
Pope Francis says he will not resign soon despite several ailments, and he hopes to visit Kyiv and Moscow soon as part of a peace initiative.
Democratic Senators introduce to bill to “crack down” on pro life crisis pregnancy centers
Following the US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade, a group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill that would utilize financial penalties and lawsuits to “crackdown” on pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) it claims “mislead women about reproductive healthcare,” Christian Headlines reports.
Florida Judge Blocks 15-Week Abortion Ban DeSantis Signed to Save Babies From Abortions
Less than one week after the Supreme Court upheld a 15-week abortion ban in the state of Mississippi, a Florida judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a 15-week abortion ban Governor Ron DeSantis signed to save babies from abortions.
Biden administration to make abortion pills readily available following reversal of Roe
The Biden administration has announced its plans to make the abortion pills misoprostol and mifepristone more easily available to facilitate medical abortions following the US Supreme Court’s withdrawal of federal abortion rights it conferred in the 1973 case of Roe v Wade, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
Crisis pregnancy centers attacked following reversal of Roe
Crisis Pregnancies in several states have been attacked and vandalized since the US Supreme Court on Friday withdrew a federal right to abortion it had conferred in the 1973 landmark case of Roe v Wade, the Roys Report said. In reversing Roe, the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization that there is no constitutional right to abortion, and that the issue should be decided upon by the people in individual states.