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Nov 2, 2021

Supreme Court questions Texas abortion law

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Monday they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to the controversial Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation's second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy.

Nov 1, 2021

Supreme Court takes up Texas law banning most abortions

The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation's second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy, with at least one conservative justice who let the law take effect raising questions about the law's novel structure.

Oct 20, 2021

Wisconsin Senate approves GOP-backed abortion bills (UPDATE)

The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday approved a package of Republican-authored bills designed to discourage abortion in the state.

Oct 18, 2021

Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure's constitutionality plays out in the courts.

Oct 12, 2021

Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law

The Biden administration is again urging the courts to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September, as clinics hundreds of miles away remain busy with Texas patients making long journeys to get care.

Oct 12, 2021

Justices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes

Abortion already is dominating the Supreme Court's new term, months before the justices will decide whether to reverse decisions reaching back nearly 50 years. Not only is there Mississippi's call to overrule Roe v. Wade, but the court also soon will be asked again to weigh in on the Texas law banning abortion at roughly six weeks.

Oct 5, 2021

Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family-planning clinics

The Biden administration reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family-planning clinics, lifting a Trump administration restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sep 28, 2021

Senate Republicans approve ‘born alive’ legislation

The state Senate was set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would raise penalties for a child who is "born alive" during an abortion.

Sep 20, 2021

Supreme Court sets arguments in big abortion case

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in Mississippi's bid to have the landmark Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman's right to an abortion overturned.

Sep 1, 2021

High court divides 5-4 to leave Texas abortion law in place

A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation's second-largest state.

Aug 4, 2021

With abortion heading back to the Supreme Court, is it time to retire the ‘my body, my choice’ slogan?

One of the blockbuster cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in its upcoming session is a challenge to Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban.

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