Ahead of the Arizona Republican Party convention this weekend, DNC spokesperson Cameron Niven released the following statement: “Trump’s MAGA minions in Arizona are gathering for a closed-door convention this weekend, but we already know…
A Bexar County judge on Thursday swatted down a suit anti-abortion activists filed to block San Antonio from using its newly created Reproductive Justice Fund to cover travel expenses for women seeking out-of-state abortions, City Attorney…
The Supreme Court justice who authored the Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade jumped headlong Wednesday into the debate about whether a fetus is entitled to the same rights as a person. Abortion-rights advocates were concerned ahead of…
In 1918, Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido was arrested for performing an abortion on Dora Juhl, who wanted to end her pregnancy. Boido was charged under a 54-year-old law banning abortions. The Arizona Supreme Court recently ruled to enforce this…
After winning campaigns in both red and blue states, abortion rights activists are facing a test of the limits of their success in what is sometimes ranked as the most ‘pro-life state in America.’
Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido's obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy.
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison.
The Supreme Court struggled with the consequences of its 2022 decision ending the nationwide right to abortion in a case pitting the health of women suffering medical emergencies against a state law that bans the procedure.
Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue.
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. One iteration of the…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. While the current case involves an Idaho abortion ban, the…
As pro- and anti-abortion rights protesters gathered outside, the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that pits Idaho's strict abortion law against a federal law on emergency treatment. The Washington Post reports that the…
The contentious issue of abortion has returned to the Supreme Court, with the justices on Wednesday weighing a states rights challenge over hospital emergency room access to the procedure.
The Washington Post is monitoring abortion access in the U.S. following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade. 2022 is a crucial election year in which voters in many states can influence abortion rights through constitutional…