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Roe v. Wade

Aug 17, 2023

Appeals Court upholds legality of abortion pill, with restrictions

A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday the abortion pill Mifepristone remains legal, however, set restrictions on patient access, according to court documents obtained by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The Appeals Court ruling sets the stage for a final decision before the United States Supreme Court on the future legality of one of the most frequently […]

Wisconsin Abortion
Aug 7, 2023

Wisconsin Attorney General Kaul moves for final judgment in abortion case

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a motion and brief Monday asking the Dane County Circuit Court to enter final judgment.

May 18, 2023

Case involving abortion pill moves to appeals court

NEW ORLEANS – Legal arguments over women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion move to a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday, in a case challenging a Food and Drug Administration decision made more than two decades ago. The closely watched case is likely to wind up […]

May 4, 2023

GOP prosecutor urges judge to toss Wisconsin abortion suit

Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper listened to more than 90 minutes of oral arguments on the motion Thursday.

May 4, 2023

Wisconsin judge to hear first arguments in abortion lawsuit

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court last June seeking to repeal the ban.

Supreme Court
Apr 19, 2023

Supreme Court delays decision on abortion pill restrictions until Friday

The Court is faced with the decision whether the drug utilized by millions of women to terminate early pregnancies nationwide would remain legally available.

Apr 11, 2023

Abortion questions intensify in US courts, legislatures

Dueling judicial opinions on the future availability of abortion pills could shake up the U.S. landscape.

Dan Kelly
Mar 18, 2023

Dan Kelly’s deleted blog posts raise new questions

The Wisconsin Law Journal has recovered many of Kelly's deleted posts. Several of the deleted posts are available to read within this article.

Mar 9, 2023

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit filed Monday in state court said the Texas law, one of the strictest in […]

Wisconsin Abortion
Jan 23, 2023

‘Here again’: Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe

From beach cities to snow-covered streets, abortion supporters rallied by the thousands on Sunday to demand protections for reproductive rights and mark the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that established federal protections for the procedure.

Dec 20, 2022

Undoing of Roe quickly shifts abortion in states

The legality of abortions has been in flux in some states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade six months ago.

Nov 14, 2022

In election, support for abortion rights was about much more

To Mona Cohen, a lifelong Philadelphia Democrat, democracy is under attack in the United States. In the midterm elections, she lists a woman's right to abortion as one of many fleeting freedoms she voted to defend.

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