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Vance tells anti-abortion activists at March for Life rally to 'take heart in how far we've come"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1301+ words) JD Vance encourages anti-abortion activists to celebrate progress in limiting abortion during the annual Right to Life rally. He highlighted the Trump administration's expansion of a ban on U. S. foreign aid for groups that support abortion services. Vance tells anti-abortion activists…...
US abortion opponents want Trump's FDA to act on abortion pill restrictions
1+ week, 3+ day ago (866+ words) U. S. abortion opponents are increasingly frustrated with the lack of action by President Donald Trump's administration to stem the flow of abortion pills prescribed online that they view as undermining state abortion bans. A court ruling this week in a lawsuit…...
Judge refuses to block sending abortion pill by mail for now, but says FDA must finish review
1+ week, 5+ day ago (704+ words) A federal judge Tuesday refused to block filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone by mail across the U. S. " at least for now " in a setback to Louisiana's effort to stifle groups that send it into states where abortion is banned....
Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1008+ words) As states that already ban abortion look to further restrict access this year, much of the focus is on pills sent by out-of-state providers. A survey released Tuesday helps explain the emphasis. It suggests that more women in states with…...
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, convicted of killing babies at Philadelphia abortion clinic, dies at 85
3+ week, 6+ day ago (282+ words) Dr. Kermit Gosnell is seen during an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News at his attorney's office on March 8, 2010, in Philadelphia. (Yong Kim/Philadelphia Daily News via AP, File) Gosnell's grimy West Philadelphia clinic became known as the "house of…...
I lost a lot of hope: Nevada pays $100 K to woman convicted for miscarriage under 1911 law
2+ mon, 9+ hour ago (1223+ words) Nevada's ban on taking drugs to end a pregnancy after the 24th week makes it the only state left in the nation that explicitly criminalizes abortions, advocates say, and legislative efforts last year to change that fell flat. Patience Rousseau was…...
She was denied a legal abortion and sent to prison over an illegal one. Now she tells her story
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (860+ words) Violet Zulu, a house cleaner in Zambia earning $40 a month, was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2024 after representing herself in court with little understanding of the consequences of her actions. She didn't see her two children or other…...
Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (364+ words) The amendment was approved without public hearings and amid concerns from opponents who warned it would unleash confusion and affect how doctors and pregnant or potentially pregnant women are treated. The new law will lead to "defensive health care," warned…...
Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (253+ words) The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The policy, long urged by anti-abortion groups, expands restrictions issued during President Donald Trump's…...
Paxton sues another provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (778+ words) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused a Delaware nurse practitioner of prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in what is now the second lawsuit the state has filed against an out-of-state provider over such medications. "The day of reckoning…...