13+ hour, 52+ min ago  (426+ words) Planned Parenthood has regained access to hundreds of millions in federal Medicaid funding as a Republican congressional ban expired after a year. The beleaguered women's health organization still cannot receive funds for abortions but can resume billing the feds for…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (888+ 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…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (690+ 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....

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (267+ words) The Bill of Rights states we are endowed with the inalienable rights of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." In today's society, there has been a lot of debate about the "right" to government-subsidized health care. Health care provided…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1054+ 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…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (627+ words) Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to "take heart in how far we've come" on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U. S. foreign aid for groups…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (313+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo told U. S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (934+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. " James Dobson, who founded the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died on Thursday. He was 89. Born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Dobson was a child…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (475+ words) BOSTON " Planned Parenthood won a partial victory Monday in a legal fight with President Donald Trump's administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation. A provision in that bill ends Medicaid payments for one year to…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (251+ words) DETROIT " A judge has rejected a challenge to Michigan's longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents, saying a group that brought the lawsuit had no standing to file it. Michigan voters in 2022 approved a sweeping constitutional amendment ensuring a…...