A fierce battle over the legality of abortion in Florida came to a head on Nov. 5, when the state’s voters became the first in the nation to reject a push to enshrine abortion in the state’s constitution since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. After overcoming multiple legal challenges to secure its spot on […]
Vice President Kamala Harris made a stop at Michigan State University on Sunday to rally young voters ahead of Election Day. Michigan had the highest youth voter turnout in the last presidential election at 37 percent. Harris is headed to Pennsylvania on Monday, with planned stops in Pittsburgh and a concert rally in Philadelphia.
New rules proposed by the Biden administration would require health insurers to cover certain over-the-counter contraceptives without a prescription at no cost to patients. The proposed regulations would require coverage of nonprescription birth control pills—recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—as well as condoms, emergency contraceptives, and spermicides under the Affordable Care […]
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday to prevent Florida’s health officials from taking action against television stations that aired advertisements supporting a ballot measure aimed at rolling back the state’s abortion restrictions. U.S. District Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida ruled in favor of Floridians Protecting Freedom, […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faced off against his challenger Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) in a debate Tuesday night, just three weeks before Election Day. Staged at WFAA’s Dallas studio, an ABC local affiliate, the two Texan lawmakers battled it out on hot-button issues such as abortion, transgender athletes, and Israel. Without an audience present, Cruz, […]
A judge’s ruling striking down Georgia’s abortion ban was stayed on Oct. 7 by the Georgia Supreme Court. The stay means the ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected will go back into effect as the case proceeds. Six justices granted a request by Georgia officials to reinstate the law after a county […]
Former First Lady Melania Trump said in a new video posted Thursday that she believes there is “no room for compromise” when it comes to a woman’s “individual freedom.” Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney will join Vice President Kamala Harris today in Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the GOP. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump will hold […]
Abortion is an important issue for many voters in the 2024 election. According to an August poll by The Economist and YouGov, three out of four voters say it’s either important or very important to them. In a new report, The Epoch Times reviewed both presidential nominees’ positions on the issue. To find out more, […]
The Supreme Court denied on Sept. 3 Oklahoma’s emergency application to restore a canceled $4.5 million family planning grant. Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision to deny the injunction against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency that withheld the grant. The three justices […]
Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’d vote no on a ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion access in Florida’s constitution, saying that a six-week ban is too short and a law allowing a nine-month abortion is too radical. The proposed amendment to Florida’s constitution will be decided by voters in November. The […]
The Montana Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 14 that a state law requiring parental consent for minors to access abortion violates their right to privacy under the state constitution. Montana’s Parental Consent for Abortion Act has been held up in litigation since it was approved in 2013. It requires girls under the age of 18 […]
A Roman Catholic diocese is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a New York appeals court ruling requiring religious charities to provide abortion coverage in their employee health insurance packages. Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, confirmed during an online press conference on July 25 that the Roman Catholic Diocese […]
A group of Republican-led states do not have legal standing to try to get a court to impose restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, including a ban on prescribing it by telemedicine and dispensing it by mail, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on June 27 decided to dismiss Idaho’s appeal against a lower court ruling that granted an exception to its strict abortion law for abortions deemed to be medical emergencies. The decision allows emergency abortions to proceed in Idaho, while a challenge to the state’s abortion law moves through the lower courts. President […]
Shawn Carney, president and CEO of 40 Days for Life, spoke with NTD about the second anniversary of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court’s recent decline to limit access to a widely-used abortion drug, mifepristone, and how the fight for the right to life continues.
A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked enforcement of a rule in two states that required employers to provide accommodations to employees who want to undergo elective abortions, with the judge siding with plaintiffs who argued that abortions aren’t “medical conditions” that employers must facilitate. U.S. District Judge David Joseph announced the ruling in an […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on May 23, allowing Arizona doctors to travel to the Golden State on a temporary basis to perform abortions for their patients. Senate Bill 233, introduced by state Sen. Nancy Skinner of Oakland and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry of Winters, allows licensed Arizona abortion providers […]
A bill to criminalize possession of the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol without a valid prescription cleared the Louisiana Senate on May 23, paving the way for the state’s Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to sign it into law. The bill, which creates the crime of “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud,” would add the […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a new lawsuit against two organizations and seven individual activists for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act with demonstrations outside abortion clinics. Federal prosecutors filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Monday. The complaint alleges […]
Arizona’s near-total abortion ban will be repealed just weeks after the state’s Supreme Court ruled it enforceable. The Arizona House narrowly passed the repeal on April 24 as three Republicans joined with Democrats to approve the measure. On May 1, the state Senate followed suit in a 16–14 vote—but not before several disappointed senators had […]
